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Sara Bender
Israeli historian (1947/1948–2026)
Sara Bender (Hebrew: שרה בנדר; 1947 or 1948 – 31 October 2026) was an Israeli historian. She was the editor of the journal Dapim: Studies on the Holocaust.
Education
In 1994, she received her doctoral degree from the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her dissertation focused on the Jews of Białystok during World War II.
Career
From 1998, she taught in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa, as an associate professor and later promoted to professor.
Death
Bender died on 31 October 2026, at the age of 78.
Works
Mikhman, Dan; Gutman, Israel; Bender, Sara (2005). The encyclopedia of the righteous among the nations: rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. Belgium. Yad Vashem.
Bender, Sara (2008). The Jews of Bialystok During World War II and the Holocaust. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-729-3.
Bender, Sara (2018). In Enemy Land: The Jews of Kielce and the Region, 1939-1946. Academic Studies Press. ISBN 978-1-61811-871-4.