Dr. Ron Lasri
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RON LASRI
CURRICULUM VITAE
12 Karmon St., Jerusalem | Tel: 054-681-9617 | ronlasrine@gmail.com
June 2026
HIGHER EDUCATIONACADEMIC POSITIONS
2010 | B.A., Department of Hebrew Literature & Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University , Magna cum Laude |
2014 | M.A., Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University, Magna cum Laude |
2014–2016 | Advanced Beit Midrash for PhD Candidates, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem |
2014–2021 | Ph.D., Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University Dissertation: Yitzhak Aboab's and Yisrael Al-Nakawa's Menorat Ha-Maor: A Literary Evaluation of Two Anthologies of Rabbinic Aggadah from 14th-Century Castile Supervisors: Dr. Peter Sh. Lehnardt and Dr. Eliezer Papo |
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University |
2022–2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of Haifa |
2023–2026 | Postdoctoral Fellow, ‘Contending with Crises’ Research Project (PI: Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten), Department of Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2025– | Member, Editorial Board, El Prezente: Studies in Sephardic Culture, Ben-Gurion University |
2025– | Member, Inter-University Forum for the Literature and History of Sephardi Jews in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period |
2026– | Member, The General Assembly of the Sephardi Community Council of Jerusalem |
HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTED)
2022 | Yuval Heiman Prize, Zalman Shazar Center: Outstanding Hebrew Dissertation in Jewish History (to be published by Shazar Press) |
2025 | Finalist, Mandel Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2023 | Award for Post-Doctoral Scholars, Sephardi and Mizrahi Communities Committees |
2020 | Research Scholarship, Salonika and Greece Jewry Heritage Center |
2020 | Translation Grant for 'Dealing with Informers', Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University |
2017 | Doctoral Research Scholarship for Jewish Communities, Ben Zvi Institute |
2014–2018 | Doctoral Scholarship, Faculty of Humanities, Ben-Gurion University |
2014–2016 | Doctoral Scholarship, The Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture |
2016 | Doctoral Sephardi Jewry Research Award, The Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture |
2012 | Excellence Scholarship (M.A.), Heksherim Research Institute, Ben-Gurion University |
2010–2011 | Excellence Scholarship (M.A.), The Jewish Agency for Israel, Memizrach Shemesh |
2009 | Excellence Scholarship (B.A.), Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University |
2008 | Excellence Prize (B.A.), Departments of Hebrew Literature & Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University |
2008 | Excellence Award (B.A.), The Israeli National Authority for Ladino |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
Ben-Gurion University
2017 | Dreams in Aspamia: Reading Rabbinical Tales in Sephardic Culture |
2017–2019 | Academic Reading and Writing Skills |
2019–2020 | Burned at the Stake: Rabbinic Tales in Medieval Spain |
Rutgers University
| 2022 | The Saint, the Queen, and the Joker: An Introduction to Sephardic Folklore (in English) |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
| 2025–2026 | Medieval Sephardic Stories as Historical Sources (Seminar) |
Bar-Ilan University
| 2026–2027 | The Sephardic Folk Tale (forthcoming) |
| 2026–2027 | Cultural Heroes in Sephardic Folklore (forthcoming) |
Achva Academic College
2010–2011 | Introduction to Bibliography |
2016 | Rabbinic Tales in the Folk Culture of Medieval Spain |
2017–2019 | Methodology of the Human Sciences |
2019–2020 | Zealousness and Violence in Rabbinic Tales |
2020–2021 | Methodology in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
2020–2022 | Introduction to Sephardic Folktales |
2022–2026 | Literature and History in Jewish Culture |
2023, 2025 | Heroes in Rabbinic Literature |
Hebrew Prose of the Middle Ages (Seminar) | |
The Jewish-Christian Disputation |
LANGUAGES
Hebrew (mother tongue) · English (fluent) · Spanish (intermediate) · Ladino (intermediate) · Aramaic (advanced reading) · Latin (reading knowledge)
Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Doctoral Dissertation
Yitzhak Aboab's and Yisrael Al-Nakawa's Menorat Ha-Maor: A Literary Evaluation of Two Anthologies of Rabbinic Aggadah from 14th-Century Castile (Hebrew). Ben-Gurion University, 2021. Winner of the Zalman Shazar Center's Yuval Heiman Prize for Outstanding Hebrew Dissertation in Jewish History, 2022. Forthcoming, Shazar Press (scheduled for submission June 2026).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Lasri, Ron. "Dealing with Informers: Yitzhak Aboab's Aggadic Anthology, Menorat Ha-Maor." The Jewish Quarterly Review 111.4 (2021): 555–581. [Q1]
———. "'The Sephardic Daughter of R. Akiva': Talmudic Story Adapted for Medieval Judeo-Spanish Aesthetics," El Prezente: Studies in Sephardic Culture (forthcoming). (Hebrew). [A]
———. "A Bulimic Binge: Reading Rabbinic Stories in the Light of the Greco-Roman World," Oqimta: Studies in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature (forthcoming). (Hebrew). [B]
———. "Ephraim Al-Nakawa: The Saint of Tlemcen and Its Foundation Legends," Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore. (forthcoming). (Hebrew). [A+]
Articles Under Review
"Echoes of Survival: An Ego-Document from a Refugee of the 1391 Riots" (English).
"The Moral Dilemma of Executing Informers in Fourteenth-Century Castile and Aragon" (Hebrew).
Articles in Preparation
"Hidden Literary Layer in the Jewish-Christian Paris Disputation of 1240" (English).
"Introductions for a Broad Readership in 13th–14th Century Spain" (English).
Other Publications: Lexical Entries
"Admon, Talma"; "Bensimhon, Gabriel"; "Banai, Yossi"; "Ron-Feder Amit, Galila"; "Shami, Yitzhaq"; "Tumarkin, Igael." In Zissi Stavi and Yigal Schwartz (eds.), The Heksherim Lexicon of Israeli Authors. Or Yehuda: Kineret, Zemorah-Dvir, 2014.
Sourcebook Contributions
"The Immigrant who Sought Comfort"; "Poor and Vulgar Table Manners"; "The Blind Leader"; "A Dream and an Ego-Document from a Refugee of the 1391 Riots"; "A Woman Gaba'it Tzedakah (Alms Collector) in Spain"; "Self-Censorship of Aggadah in Medieval Spain: The Afterword of Menorat HaMaor"; "The Inscription from Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia’s Synagogue in Toledo"; "The Miracle of the Judicial Autonomy of the Jews in Spain"; "Menorat HaMaor: Illuminating the Path for the General Public." In E. Baumgarten, S. Curry and A. Doron (eds.), The Jews of Fourteenth-Century Europe: A Sourcebook. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2027.
CONFERENCE PAPERS (SELECTED)
2026 | "Reading Ashkenazi History in Shevet Yehudah." University of Vienna, November 2026 (forthcoming) |
2026 | "Literature, History, and Folklore in the Life of Ephraim Al-Nakawa," Ben-Gurion University |
2025 | "A Literary Ego-Document of a Refugee from the 1391 Riots." Bar-Ilan University |
2025 | "The Jewish Neighborhood in Toledo: A Literary Perspective." Freie Universität Berlin |
2025 | "Introductions for a Broad Readership in 13th–14th Century Spain." 19th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2024 | "Introductions and their Readerships in 14th Century Spain." Yad Ben Zvi Institute |
2023 | "Talmudic Stories in 14th-Century Castile." Faculty Seminar, Department of Hebrew Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2022 | "Executing Jewish Informers in Medieval Spain." Faculty Seminar, Rutgers University |
2022 | "Ephraim Al-Nakawa and the Foundational Legends of Tlemcen." 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2022 | "The Sephardic Daughter of Rabbi Akiva: Yisrael Al-Nakawa's Art of Translation and Adaptation in Menorat ha-Maor." 54th AJS Annual Conference, Boston |
2021 | "Talmudic Stories in 14th Century Toledo." Faculty Seminar, Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of Haifa |
2021 | "Talmudic Stories and Political Reality in 14th Century Castile." Tel Aviv University |
2021 | "Two Anthologies Named Menorat Ha-Maor: An Introduction." Forum of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Haifa |
2020 | "From Menorat Ha-Maor to E'n Y'aaqov: Two Sephardic Methods of Compiling an Aggadic Anthology." International Workshop, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Bar-Ilan University |
2020 | "The Reception of the Sephardic Anthologies of Rabbinic Aggadah." Ben-Gurion University |
2019 | "Refiguring the Sages: The Reception of Rabbinical Aggadah in Anthologies from 14th-Century Spain." International Workshop, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2018 | "The Rabbinic Stories in the Trial of the Talmud (Paris, 1240)." Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
2017 | "Following the Rules: The Halakhic Compilations on Aggadic Anthologies in Sephardic Culture." International Conference, University of Granada |
2016 | "The Post-1492 Reception of Menorat Ha-Maor." Queen Mary University of London |
2016 | "The Bulmus: Literal and Cultural Reading of a Babylonian Sugiya." University of Haifa |
Last Updated Date : 05/07/2026
