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Dr. Ellis Rivkin was the Adolph S. Ochs Professor of  Jewish History Emeritus at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born  on 7 September 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland and died on April 7, 2010. He received his B.A. (with honors) from Johns Hopkins University in 1941 and his Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1946. He also attended the Baltimore Hebrew College and was awarded the B.H.L. degree in 1943. After receiving his doctorate in 1946, Dr. Rivkin served as the Cyrus Adler Post-Doctoral research  fellow until 1948 and taught Jewish history at Gratz College from 1946-1949. In 1949, Dr. Rivkin was appointed Assistant  Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. In 1953 he was appointed Professor of Jewish History. In 1965 he became the Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History. Dr. Rivkin has served as Visiting Professor at  Antioch College (1963); Visiting Professor of Jewish  History, Dropsie University (1969); Visiting Professor of Jewish History, University of Utah, (1973); Visiting Professor, Judaic Studies, Southern Methodist  University (1977); Visiting Zwig Professor of Judaic  Studies, University of San Francisco (1984); and  Seinsheimer Professor of Jewish Studies at Spertus College (1989).

In 1962, Dr. Rivkin was awarded a Simon Guggenheim  Fellowship to do archival research on the role of the  Jews in the development of early Capitalism in European archives. In 1965, in conjunction with an American Council of  Learned Societies grant to read a paper entitled Marrano-Jewish Entrepreneurship and the Ottoman  Mercantilist Probe in the 16th Century at the Third  International Congress of Economic Historians in Munich in 1965, Dr. Rivkin was granted an American  Philosophical grant to continue his research on the  role of the Jews in the development of early capitalism in the Viennese archives.

In the course of his career, Dr. Rivkin has served  on the Editorial Boards of the Hebrew Union College  Annual and the Jewish Publication Society of America,  and has been a member of many honorary learned and  professional societies such as: Phi Beta Kappa, The  American Historical Association, The Economic History  Association, the Medieval Academy of America, the  Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy  of Political and Social Science, the American Academy  of Religion, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. In 1966 Dr. Rivkin was elected Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Rivkin has been awarded Honorary degrees by the  Baltimore Hebrew College (1975), the Hebrew Union  College (1989), and Spertus College of Jewish Studies (1989).

In 1977 Dr. Rivkin established The Globalist  Research Foundation, which has published his analyses  in the field of International Affairs with a special focus on Israel and The Middle East in The Globalist  Newsletter, The Globalist Backgrounder, The Globalist Spirit, and Letters From the Desk of Ellis Rivkin. Dr. Rivkin has published five books: 1) Leon de Modena and the Kol Sahkal. Cincinnati, OH; Hebrew Union College Press, 1952.   2) The Dynamics of Jewish History. Sarasota, FL: New College, 1970. 3) The Shaping of Jewish History: A Radical New Interpretation. New York, NY: Charles Scribners  Sons, 1971.   4) A Hidden Revolution: The Pharisees Search for the Kingdom Within. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1978.   5) What Crucified Jesus? Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1984.    And more than a hundred articles and reviews which  have appeared in The Jewish Quarterly Review, The Hebrew Union College Annual, The Journal of Modern  History, The Canadian Historical Review, Commentary,  Judaism, and The Reconstructionist. He has also  presented many papers at scholarly conferences,  colloquia, and other fora.    Dr. Rivkin had been working on a book with the  tentative title The Sun Never Sets: Great Britains  Post Imperial Superpower Role.    Dr. Rivkin has lectured widely in the U.S. and  abroad and has been especially active in  Christian-Jewish dialogue.    At the Hebrew Union College Dr. Rivkin has served  many terms as chairman of the Academic Senate and from  1977 until shortly before his retirement served as the  chairman of the Graduate Executive Committee.