Dr. Raanan Rein is the Sourasky Professor of Latin American and Spanish History and former Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University. He is also the Head of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies.
Rein is the author and editor of more than twenty books and several dozens of articles in academic journals. He is a member of Argentina's National Academy of History, and co-President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA). The Argentine government awarded him the title of Commander in the Order of the Liberator San Martin for his contribution to Argentine culture.
Research interests: Modern Latin America, populist movements, Argentine society and politics, Jews in the Spanish speaking world, ethnic minorities in Latin America, immigration and collective identities, 20th century Spain.
Contact: raanan@post.tau.ac.il"Jewish Gaucho, wearing a Tallit, drinking Mate, the national drink of Argentina".
A staged photo taken in 1984 and suggesting a negotiation between Judaism as a religion, Judaism as a primordial Latin American ethnicity, and Jews as authentic Latin Americans
