Jane Gerber

Jane S. Gerber is a professor of Jewish history and director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the City University of New York.

Education and marriage

Gerber received a Ph.D. from Columbia University[1] and is married to Roger A. Gerber.[2] Their family includes a daughter Dina.[2]

Academic career

Gerber teaches classes in Classics, History, and M.A. Liberal Studies in the Center of Jewish Studies at the City University of New York, specializing in Sephardic history.[1] She is director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies.[3]

Gerber's books include Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience.[4] Gerber was formerly the president of the Association for Jewish Studies.[5]

Works

  • (1986). "Anti-Semitism and the Muslim World". In History and Hate: The Dimensions of Anti-Semitism, ed. David Berger. Jewish Publications Society. ISBN 0-8276-0267-7
  • (1994) The beginnings of Jewish life in Spain are cloaked in myth and legend..." Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience ISBN 0-02-911574-4
  • (1997) Jewish Society in Fez, 1450-1700: Studies in Communal and Economic Life (Studies in Judaism in Modern Times) ISBN 9004058206

Her one-volume history of Sephardic Jews of Spain was described as "excellent" and a reviewer noted her strengths in synthesizing much recent research about this people.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty Directory: G". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  2. 1 2 "WEDDINGS; Dina Gerber, Marshall Huebner". New York Times. September 21, 1992. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Institute for Sephardic Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, City University of New York, 2014, accessed 20 February 2014
  4. ↑ amazon.com entry for Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience
  5. ↑ "Jane Gerber", Cinema On Sundays
  6. ↑ Renée Levine Melammed, Review: "The Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience, by Jane S. Gerber", AJS Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1995), pp. 219-222, Published by: Cambridge University Press, accessed 20 February 2014



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.