Steven Leonard Jacobs holds the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Alabama where he is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies. He is the author, editor, or translator of sixteen books and numerous articles in the fields of Judaic Studies, the Holocaust, genocide, and contemporary issues. He received his BA from Penn State, his MAHL, DHL, and rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.