[2]Her 2008 book Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
historian, has ferocious research talents....and a writing voice that is admirably light and human.
"[4]' Stein’s books, articles, and pedagogy have won two National Jewish Book Awards, the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award.
[citation needed] She is co-editor, with David Biale of Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture.
Stein has served as consultant, advisor, and board member for institutions as varied as The Walt Disney Company, Pixar, The World’s Jewish Museum of Tel Aviv, the Skirball Cultural Center, Jewish Story Partners, Facing History & Ourselves, the television series I Love Dick, and universities around the world.