Kenneth Libo

Kenneth Harold Libo (December 4, 1937 – March 29, 2012) was an American historian of Jewish immigration who is known for working with writer Irving Howe.¹

Libo attend Norwich Free Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1959. In 1974, he received his PhD in English literature from the City University of New York. In 1980, he became the first English-language editor of The Jewish Daily Forward.²³

References

"Kenneth Libo; documented Jewish immigration - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
Vitello, Paul (April 8, 2012). "Kenneth Libo, Scholar of Immigrant Life, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
"Kenneth Libo, Jewish Historian, Dies at 74". The Forward. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2026-05-17.

[1] "Kenneth Libo; documented Jewish immigration - The Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2026-05-17.

[2] Vitello, Paul (April 8, 2012). "Kenneth Libo, Scholar of Immigrant Life, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-25.

[3] "Kenneth Libo, Jewish Historian, Dies at 74". The Forward. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2026-05-17.

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