Mechal Sobel

University of Haifa

Mechal Sobel taught African American history and culture at the University of Haifa 1969-2006. Her books include Trabelin' On: The Slave Journey to an Afro-Baptist Faith; The World They Made Together: Black and White Values in Eighteenth Century Virginia; "Teach Me Dreams": The Search for Self in the Era of the Revolution; and Painting a Hidden Life: The Art of Bill Traylor, to be published by LSU in the spring of 2009.