Mosche Lazar

Education

University of Paris; Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Career

Lazar has written more than 40 books over the course of his academic career and has also translated numerous French, Spanish, and Italian plays into Hebrew for performance on the Israeli stage. Lazar received his Master of Arts in 1951 from Hebrew University and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1957.

Achievements

• Prior to his arrival at University of Southern California in 1977, he served as the Dean of the School of Visual and Performing Arts (of which he was also the founder) at the University of Tel Aviv. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University) in 1990 and an Orden del Mérito Civil from the consul general of Spain in 1993, and was awarded the Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award by University of Southern California in 2003.

Works

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  • The Sephardic Tradition (Ladino and Spanish-Jewish Literature)

    (From the Jewish Heritage Classic Series. After expulsion ...)

  • Amour Courtois Et Fin'Amors dans la litterature du XII siecle
  • Le Jugement Dernier. (Lo Jutgamen General). Drame Provençal Du Xve Siècle, (Bibliothèque française et romane. Série B: Éditions critiques de textes)
  • The Sephardic Tradition : Ladino and Spanish-Jewish Literature

Connections

Father:

Herman Lazar

Mother:

Gisele (Goldzeiger) Lazar

Spouse:

Sonia R. Daitz

child:

Ilanit Diane Lazar