Lau­ra Hob­son Fau­re is pro­fes­sor of mod­ern his­to­ry and chair of Mod­ern Jew­ish His­to­ry at Uni­ver­sité Paris 1‑Pan­théon-Sor­bonne. She’s an expert on French-Amer­i­can Jew­ish his­to­ry and the author of The ​“Jew­ish Mar­shall Plan” The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Pres­ence in Post-Holo­caust France.