Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Jerusalem: The Valero Family 1800-1948
Dr. Joseph B. Glass received his doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has authored five books and numerous articles. Dr. Glass co-authored with Professor Kark the first volume in this series: Sephardic Entrepreneurs in Eretz Israel: The Amzalak Family, 1816-1918. Professor Ruth Kark, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has written and edited twenty books and over 200 articles on the history and historical geography of Palestine and Israel. She is co-editor of the book Jewish Women in the Yishuv and Zionism: A Gender Outlook (2002). In 2009 Ruth Kark and Joseph B. Glass, received and award from Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, the European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) and the History Foundation of Turkey for their research on the development of banking in Palestine.