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Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Sarah Abrevaya Stein is an American historian of Sephardic and Mediterranean Jewries. She is the Sady and Ludwig Kahn director of the Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, Professor of History, and holder of the Viterbi Family Chair in Mediterranean Jewish Studies at UCLA. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and her B.A. from Brown University. Stein is the author of ten books. 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.''Her 2008 book ''Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce'' won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. 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 two National Jewish Book Awards, the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stein is a German language, German, Yiddish and Norwegian language, Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic languages, Germanic Root (linguistics), root as the English word stone. It may refer to: Places In Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria * Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria * Stein (Lassing), a village in the district of Liezen, Styria * Stein an der Enns, a village in the district of Liezen, Styria In Canada * Stein River, a tributary of the Fraser River, from the Nlaka'pamux language ''Stagyn'', meaning "hidden place" **Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, a British Columbia provincial park comprising the basin of that river **Stein Mountain, a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges named for the river **Stein Lake, a lake in the upper reaches of the Stein River basin In Germany * Stein, Bavaria, a town in the district of Fürth, Bavaria * Stein, Schleswig-Holst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
