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Joseph Rothschild (1931 – January 30 2000) was an American Jewish professor of history and political science at Columbia University specializing in Central European and Eastern European history.Joseph Rothschild was a member of the Academy of Political Science the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America Phi Beta Kappa and American Professors for Peace in the Middle East (of which he was the national vice chairman in the years 1975-1990).