Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the early modern world.
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Research Associate Professor of American Studies & Director of the S. Daniel Abrham Honors Program, Yeshiva University
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Clinical Research Fellow, University of California, Davis | Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
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Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
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Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University
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Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies, Yeshiva University