Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Leve Center for Jewish Studies , Professor of History, and holder of the Viterbi Family Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies at UCLA .¹ She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and her B.A. from Brown University . Stein is the author of ten books, many of them prize-winning. Her work has been translated into Spanish, French, Hebrew, Russian, and Arabic. Stein is the author of Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century . New York Times contributor Matti Friedman has written that "Stein, a U.C.L.A. historian, has ferocious research talents....and a writing voice that is admirably light and human." ' Stein’s books, articles, and pedagogy have won numerous prizes, including two National Jewish Book Awards , the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature , a Guggenheim Fellowship , and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award . She is co-editor, with David Biale of Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture . Stein has served as consultant, advisor, and board member for institutions as varied as the The Walt Disney Company , Pixar , The World’s Jewish Museum of Tel Aviv , the Skirball Cultural Center , Jewish Story Partners , Facing History & Ourselves , the television series I Love Dick , and universities around the world. She is a frequent speaker and writer on Jewish diversity.²