About Derek J. Penslar Derek J. Penslar is the Samuel Zacks Professor of Jewish History and the director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Toronto. Books by Derek J. Penslar Colonialism and the Jews edited by Ethan B. Katz, Lisa Moses Leff & Maud S. Mandel contributions by Colette Zytnicki, Daniel J. Schroeter, Tara Zahra, David Feldman, Adam Mendelsohn, Susannah Heschel, Israel Bartal, Derek J. Penslar, Joshua Cole, Elizabeth F. Thompson & Frances Malino In Search of Jewish Community Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 edited by Michael Brenner & Derek J. Penslar