Hava Lazarus‑Yafeh is an Israeli historian and academic noted for her research on Sephardic Jewry and Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and North Africa. She has held a professorial position in the Department of History at the University of Haifa, where she taught courses on Jewish history, Sephardic studies, and Jewish‑Islamic relations.
Lazarus‑Yafeh’s scholarly work focuses on the cultural, social, and intellectual interactions between Jews and their Muslim neighbors, particularly in the context of the Ottoman Empire, Spain, and the Maghreb. She has contributed articles to peer‑reviewed journals and authored or edited several monographs and edited volumes that examine the development of Jewish communal life, literature, and identity in these regions. Her research is frequently cited in studies of Jewish diaspora history and in comparative analyses of religious minorities within Islamic societies.
In addition to her academic publications, Lazarus‑Yafeh has participated in international conferences on Jewish studies and has served on editorial boards of journals dedicated to Sephardic and Mediterranean history. She is recognized for promoting interdisciplinary approaches that integrate historical, linguistic, and cultural perspectives.
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