Ethan_B._Katz
Ethan B. Katz
Judaic scholar and historian
Ethan B. Katz is a scholar of history and Jewish studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
He is the author of The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France, a 2015 winner of the National Jewish Book Award. The book was also awarded the J. Russell Major Prize and the American Library in Paris Book Award. The book traces Jewish-Muslim relations in France and French North Africa using archival research and interviews.[1][2][3][4][5]
Katz was reportedly considered for a position at the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in the Biden administration.[6] He is the co-author of an educational video on antisemitism for an initiative at UC Berkeley, where he has served as Vice Chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Jewish Life and Campus Climate.[7][8]