Academic Background: B.A., Yale University; Ph.D. in Jewish History, Columbia University.
Research Interests: Modern Jewish intellectual history, Zionism, and cultural history.
Appointments: Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA.
Publications: Author of Re-Inventing the Jewish Past (Oxford University Press, 1995).
Additional Contributions: Director, UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy.