Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Sarah Abrevaya Stein is the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Director of the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, as well as Professor of History and the Viterbi Family Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies at UCLA. Look for Sarah's award-winning books and learn about upcoming speaking engagements at sarahastein.com, or tune in to @sarahastein. Sarah is the author or editor of ten books, including Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century, named a Best Book of 2019 by The Economist, a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book, and a National Jewish Book Award Finalist. The recipient of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and two National Jewish Book Awards, her work has been translated into Spanish, French, Hebrew, Russian, and Arabic. Sarah lives and surfs in Santa Monica, CA.