She was the author of several books on this subject, an Associate Professor and the founder and chairperson of the Museum of Tolerance at the University of São Paulo.
Her specialization was the study of New Christians, those Portuguese and Spanish Jews also known as conversos or marranos who converted or were forced to convert to Christianity during the Middle Ages, but continued to practice Judaism in secret and pretended to be fervently Catholic in public.
[3][4][5] Novinsky founded and served as chairperson of the Museum of Tolerance at the University of Sao Paulo.
[3] Novinsky obtained a degree in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo in 1956, pursuing a specialization in Psychology two years later.
[10] In 2013, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development honored her with the distinction of Pioneer of Science in Brazil as a recognition of her research.