Sarah Abrevaya Stein

UCLA, Viterbi Family Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies

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. She is the author or editor of nine books, including, most recently, Family Papers, a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century, which was named a Best Book of 2019 by The Economist and an Editor’s Choice Book by the New York Times Book Review. 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, Stein lives with her family in Santa Monica, CA.

All Sessions by Sarah Abrevaya Stein

  • C: 8:00 pm

    May 16, 2021

  • 8:00 pm  - 9:00 pm
    Sarah Abrevaya Stein’s 9th book, named a Book of the Year by The Economist, an Editors’ Choice by the New York Times, and a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, uses the Levy family’s correspondence to tell the story of their journey spanning generations and the globe. The Levys wrote letters to share grief and to reveal secrets, to propose marriage and to plan for divorce, to maintain connection. And years after they frayed, Stein discovers, what remains solid is the fragile tissue that once held them together: neither blood nor belief, but papers. With meticulous research and care, Stein uses the Levys’ letters to tell not only their history, but the history of Sephardic Jews in the twentieth century. Zoom Link




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