Nina S. Spiegel is the Rab­bi Joshua Stampfer Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Israel Stud­ies at Port­land State Uni­ver­si­ty. She holds a PhD in his­to­ry from Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, and her arti­cles have appeared in pub­li­ca­tions such as Jew­ish Cul­tur­al Stud­ies, Jew­ish Folk­lore and Eth­nol­o­gy Review, and Rethink­ing His­to­ry: The Jour­nal of The­o­ry and Prac­tice. She has also served on the board of direc­tors of the Con­gress on Research in Dance.