Saul S. Friedman was a professor of Ancient and Near Eastern History at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Among the earliest American scholars of the Holocaust, Friedman founded...view moreSaul S. Friedman was a professor of Ancient and Near Eastern History at Youngstown State University in Ohio. Among the earliest American scholars of the Holocaust, Friedman founded the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown, and half of the dozen books he authored focused on Jewish history and Jewish experience in the United States. His documentaries on Jewish and the Holocaust received five regional Emmy Awards. Friedman retired from Youngstown in 2006, and passed away in 2013.view less