Sandra Cumings Malamed is the author of The Jews in Early America: A Chronicle of Good Taste and Good Deeds. She has lectured throughout the United States and abroad at various historical societies and museums and has been a scholar in residence for many private organizations. She has served as visiting curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
