Ronnie Perelis

Ronnie Perelis is a professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University where he loves exploring the complexity and dynamism of Sephardic history with his students. His Narratives from the Sephardic Atlantic: Blood and Faith (Indiana University Press) investigates the nature of family and identity in the Sephardic Atlantic world. He is currently working on the re-discovered religious writings of Luis de Carvajal, a sixteenth century Mexican crypto-Jewish thinker. This is his first piece for the Lehrhaus. To learn more about his scholarship and cultural explorations see: https://yeshiva.academia.edu/ronnieperelis http://sephardiphilia.blogspot.com/