# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-farbstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:45:34.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-farbstein"
name: "Esther Farbstein"
slug: "esther-farbstein"
description: "Esther Farbstein is an Israeli historian, researcher, author, and lecturer. Considered the leading Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) scholar of the Holocaust, she focuses on the spiritual responses of Jews to Nazi persecution. She has introduced new sources for academic research on the Holocaust, and has also shepherded the incorporation of Holocaust education in Haredi girls schools. In 1994, she founded and became head of the Center for Holocaust Studies at Michlalah–Jerusalem College in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem. She is the author of numerous books, articles, and monographs in Hebrew and English."
tagline: "Israeli historian of the Holocaust"
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump