Grants, honors and distinctions
| 2011-: | Research Grant from the Argentine Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (as a member of research group led by Julio César Melón Pirro). |
| 2009-: | Awarded the title of Commander in the Order of the Liberator San Martin by the Argentine Government for his contribution to Argentine culture |
| 2009-: | Elected as Co-President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) |
| Distinguished Fellow, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University | |
| 2009: | Awarded the endowed Eliás Sourasky Chair of Iberian and Latin American Studies |
| 2009: | Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 2008-: | Elected as Vice President of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) |
| 2007: | Member of the Executive Committee, Israeli Association of Hispanists |
| 2007: | Research Grant, Diaspora Studies Center, Tel Aviv University |
| 2007: | The Annual Award of the Center of the Iberian and Latin American Communities in Israel (CICLA) for contributing, as Head of the Institute for Latin American History and Culture, to a better understanding of Latin America in Israel |
| 2006: | Honorary Member, The Friends of Jorge Luis Borges Worldwide Society |
| 2004: | Dean's Research Professor, Dept. of History, Emory University, Atlanta |
| 2002: | Elected Member of Argentina’s Academia Nacional de la Historia |
| 2002: | Latin American Jewish Studies Association Award for Outstanding Research. |
| 2000-01: | Grant from the University Research Foundation, Tel Aviv University |
| 1999-2000: | Research Fellowship, Latin American Studies Center and the Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 1997-98: | Grant from the University Research Foundation, Tel Aviv University |
| 1995-96: | Yad Hanadiv Humanities Fellowship, Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem |
| 1994-95: | Yad Hanadiv Humanities Fellowship, Rothschild Foundation, Jerusalem |
| 1994-95: | Grant from the University Research Foundation, Tel Aviv University |
| 1992-94: | The Wolf Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Tel Aviv University |
| 1992: | The Raoul Wallenberg Foundation’s Award |
| 1989-91: | Three years’ research grant from the Higher Education Council, Jerusalem |
| 1989-90: | Spanish Foreign Ministry`s Scholarship for Ph.D. candidates |
| 1988: | The Aranne School of History`s Scholarship for excellent students, Tel Aviv University |
| 1988: | Grant from the Maurice Pulver Foundation |
| 1988: | The Raoul Wallenberg Foundation’s Award |
| 1987: | The Aranne School of History`s Scholarship for excellent students, Tel Aviv University |
Awards