Leadership

Director

Dr. Ronnie Perelis | perelis@yu.edu

Dr. Perelis holds the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Chair in Sephardic Studies and is Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies. His research and teaching situate the Sephardim within the context of global trade and the international exchange of ideas. Dr. Perelis is keenly interested in the ways that people, culture and ideas cross borders and transform communities through human encounter and dialogue.

Explorations: Featured Essays :

- Times of Israel
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Board of Directors

• Selma Botman- Provost selma.botman@yu.edu  
• Douglas Burgess- Yeshiva College/Stern College burgess@yu.edu  
• Paul Glassman- Libraries paul.glassman@yu.edu
• Rachel Mesch- Yeshiva College rachel.mesch@gmail.com
• - Cardozo mrosnfld@yu.edu   
• Daniel Rynhold- Bernard Revel Graduate School rynhold@yu.edu
• Cynthia Wachtell- Honors Program, Stern College wachtell@yu.edu
• Danielle F Wozniak- Wurzweiler danielle.wozniak@yu.edu

Advisory Board

• Rabbi Arthur Schneier 
• Dr. Richard Haas
• Honorable Thomas R. Pickering
• Elisabeth Nordmann-Schneier
• Mortimer B. Zuckerman