ד"ר רון לסרי
קורות חיים
RON LASRI
CURRICULUM VITAE
12 Karmon St., Jerusalem | Tel: 054-681-9617 | ronlasrine@gmail.com
June 2026
HIGHER EDUCATIONACADEMIC POSITIONS
B.A., Department of Hebrew Literature & Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University , Magna cum Laude | 2010 |
M.A., Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University, Magna cum Laude | 2014 |
Advanced Beit Midrash for PhD Candidates, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem | 2014–2016 |
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 | 2014–2021 |
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University | 2022 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of Haifa | 2022–2023 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, ‘Contending with Crises’ Research Project (PI: Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten), Department of Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2023–2026 |
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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 | 2025– |
Member, The General Assembly of the Sephardi Community Council of Jerusalem | 2026– |
HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTED)
Yuval Heiman Prize, Zalman Shazar Center: Outstanding Hebrew Dissertation in Jewish History (to be published by Shazar Press) | 2022 |
Finalist, Mandel Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2025 |
Award for Post-Doctoral Scholars, Sephardi and Mizrahi Communities Committees | 2023 |
Research Scholarship, Salonika and Greece Jewry Heritage Center | 2020 |
Translation Grant for 'Dealing with Informers', Department of Hebrew Literature, Ben-Gurion University | 2020 |
Doctoral Research Scholarship for Jewish Communities, Ben Zvi Institute | 2017 |
Doctoral Scholarship, Faculty of Humanities, Ben-Gurion University | 2014–2018 |
Doctoral Scholarship, The Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture | 2014–2016 |
Doctoral Sephardi Jewry Research Award, The Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture | 2016 |
Excellence Scholarship (M.A.), Heksherim Research Institute, Ben-Gurion University | 2012 |
Excellence Scholarship (M.A.), The Jewish Agency for Israel, Memizrach Shemesh | 2010–2011 |
Excellence Scholarship (B.A.), Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University | 2009 |
Excellence Prize (B.A.), Departments of Hebrew Literature & Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University | 2008 |
Excellence Award (B.A.), The Israeli National Authority for Ladino | 2008 |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
Ben-Gurion University
Dreams in Aspamia: Reading Rabbinical Tales in Sephardic Culture | 2017 |
Academic Reading and Writing Skills | 2017–2019 |
Burned at the Stake: Rabbinic Tales in Medieval Spain | 2019–2020 |
Rutgers University
The Saint, the Queen, and the Joker: An Introduction to Sephardic Folklore (in English) | 2022 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
| Medieval Sephardic Stories as Historical Sources (Seminar) | 2025–2026 |
Bar-Ilan University
| The Sephardic Folk Tale (forthcoming) | 2026–2027 |
| Cultural Heroes in Sephardic Folklore (forthcoming) | 2026–2027 |
Achva Academic College
Introduction to Bibliography | 2010–2011 |
Rabbinic Tales in the Folk Culture of Medieval Spain | 2016 |
Methodology of the Human Sciences | 2017–2019 |
Zealousness and Violence in Rabbinic Tales | 2019–2020 |
Methodology in the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2020–2021 |
Introduction to Sephardic Folktales | 2020–2022 |
Literature and History in Jewish Culture | 2022–2026 |
Heroes in Rabbinic Literature | 2023, 2025 |
Hebrew Prose of the Middle Ages (Seminar) | 2024–2026 |
The Jewish-Christian Disputation | 2025 |
LANGUAGES
Hebrew (mother tongue) · English (fluent) · Spanish (intermediate) · Ladino (intermediate) · Aramaic (advanced reading) · Latin (reading knowledge)
פירסומים
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)
"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 | 2026 |
"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 | 2025 |
"Introductions and their Readerships in 14th Century Spain." Yad Ben Zvi Institute | 2024 |
"Talmudic Stories in 14th-Century Castile." Faculty Seminar, Department of Hebrew Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2023 |
"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 | 2022 |
"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 | 2021 |
"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 | 2020 |
"Refiguring the Sages: The Reception of Rabbinical Aggadah in Anthologies from 14th-Century Spain." International Workshop, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2019 |
"The Rabbinic Stories in the Trial of the Talmud (Paris, 1240)." Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 2018 |
"Following the Rules: The Halakhic Compilations on Aggadic Anthologies in Sephardic Culture." International Conference, University of Granada | 2017 |
"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 | 2016 |
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 05/07/2026
