Semion Goldin

Semion Goldin (born 1967) is an Israeli historian. He is a senior research fellow at the Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and Eastern European Jewry in Israel.

Career
Goldin is responsible for the programmatic development and administrative aspects of the Nevzlin Center. He received his PhD cum laude from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His dissertation, published as monograph, focuses on the Russian Army policy towards the Jews during WWI, from 1914 to 1917.

Goldin now teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published several articles on various topics of East European Jewish history in the twentieth century.

Research
Goldin's historical research is mostly focused on the last years of the Russian Empire, and its military's highly destructive and ultimately disastrous persecution of the Jews during WWI.

The specific aspects he researches are:
 * The "Jewish Question" and the political situation in the Russian Empire
 * Jews as the Other in Polish and Russian nationalist ideology
 * The Russian Army and the Jews at the start of the twentieth century
 * Russian Army authority and activity in civilian administration during WWI
 * Russian Army Command and the negative stereotype of the Jew
 * Russian Army's libelous persecution of the Jewish population in WWI
 * Soldiers, officers, and the Jewish population of the frontal zone in WWI
 * Deportations of the Jewish population and hostage taking during WWI
 * Antisemitism and pogroms in the military of the Russian Empire

Goldin's research papers are published in professional publications:
 * Semion Goldin in Google Scholar
 * Semion Goldin in JSTOR
 * Semion Goldin in Google Books
 * Semion Goldin in Hebrew University

Books

 * The Russian Army and the Jewish Population, 1914–1917: Libel, Persecution, Reaction.
 * Jewish Migration in Modern Times: The Case of Eastern Europe.