Name Jane Gerber Education Columbia University | Books Jews of Spain | |
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Awards National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies | ||
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Jane S. Gerber is a professor of Jewish history and director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the City University of New York.
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Education and marriage
Gerber received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and is married to Roger A. Gerber. Their family includes a daughter Dina.
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. She is director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies.
Gerber's books include Jews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience. Gerber was formerly the president of the Association for Jewish Studies.
Works
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.