Background
Kerem, Yitzchak was born on December 7, 1956 in Cleveland. Arrived in Israel, 1977. Son of Harvey Weingarten and Louise Orkin (Merlin) Spiro.
Kerem, Yitzchak was born on December 7, 1956 in Cleveland. Arrived in Israel, 1977. Son of Harvey Weingarten and Louise Orkin (Merlin) Spiro.
Bachelor, Macalester University, 1977. Master of Arts, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1986.
Lecturer Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 1986, Sephardic Educational Center, Jerusalem, 1987-1988. Junior administrator Gilat Psycho-Ednl. Project, 1987-1989; researcher Hebrew University, since 1991.
Board directors Institute Hellenic-Jewish Studies, University Denver, Casa Shalom Institute Marrano Studies, Gan Yavne, Israel, H-Judaic. Consultant Film Salonika-Auschwitz, Jerusalem, 1986-1987, Hebrew Union College, New York City, 1994. Sergeant Israeli Defense Force, 1979-1981.
West Bank committee member Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Jerusalem, 1982-1984. Committee member Peace Now, Jerusalem, 1982-1984. Treasurer Laor Educational Movement, Jerusalem, 1991-1993.
Activist Student Action Committee for Soviet Jewry, Minneapolis, 1994-1996. Founder International Forum for Tolerance and Peace, Jerusalem, since 1997. Member European Association Jewish Studies, Association Jewish Studies, Committee des Etudes Ottomans et Pre-Ottomanes.
Married Viviane Sabason Kerem, December 1985 (divorced 1991). 1 child, Orit Kerem; married Julie Abby Smerling, May 25, 1997. 1 child, Shmaryahu Yosef Kerem.