Sarah Stroumsa

Sarah Stroumsa, born in 1950, is the Alice and Jack Ormut Professor of Arabic Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known for her contributions to Jewish and Arabic scholastic philosophy. She joined the university's faculty in 1977 after earning her B.A., becoming a full professor by 1999 and Vice-Rector from 2003 to 2006. In 2003, she was named Professor Emerita and later became the first woman Rector of Hebrew University. During her tenure as Rector (2006–2009), the university's ranking improved from 72nd to 57th globally, and she established its first Muslim prayer room. She received a Humboldt Research Grant in 2018 for work at Freie Universität Berlin and shared the 2018 Leopold Lucas Prize with her husband.

In personal life, Stroumsa is married to Guy Stroumsa and has two daughters. Her academic contributions include challenging Leo Strauss's views on Maimonides' writing style and exploring interactions among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. She has authored numerous works, including "Maimonides in his World" (2009) and collaborative projects with scholars like Daniel J. Lasker and H. Ben-Shammai, focusing on medieval Islamic Spain and Jewish-Arabic philosophy. Her research spans topics such as the Maimonidean controversy and the philosophical interactions among Abrahamic traditions during the Middle Ages.