My work combines psychology, anthropology, Jewish studies, and feminist studies to explore Sephardi experiences of colonialism, migration, and modernity. My research examines how memory, language, and cultural transmission shape ambivalent forms of belonging among Judeo-Moroccan communities in Israel, Latin America, and beyond.

Through life-story interviews, ethnography, and narrative analysis, I study the memories and identity development of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in Israel and the Diaspora. I have worked on the religious lives, feminist reclaiming and everyday moral worlds of Sephardi and Mizrahi women in Israel. My current work focuses on blessings and practices of care and healing, developing an ethics of care—or “Torah of the Mothers”—as an alternative to modern individualism and to secular/religious binaries.

I lead the SSHRC-funded project The Voice of the Mothers, co-organize the international Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series, and serve as editor of the Jewish Studies Collection at Lived Places Publishing and co-editor of Women, Gender, Judaism (Brill).