Michal Sobel

Michal Sobel (also known as Mechal Sobel) was an Israeli historian and professor emerita of history at the University of Haifa, specializing in early American history and African American history. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she earned her PhD from Boston University in 1968 and taught at the University of Haifa from 1968 to 2006. She received the 2019 A.M.T. Prize and the 2019 EMET Prize in Humanities for her pioneering research on the evolution of American society.