Salim Yaqub is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in U.S. foreign relations and is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he wrote about the relationship between Americans and Arabs in the 1970s.

Robert Cochran Jr. is Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law and director of the Institute on Law, Religion and Ethics at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. He is the editor of Faith and Law: How Religious Traditions From Calvinism to Islam View American Law.

Juan E. Campo is associate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in the comparative study of Islam, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and teaches courses on Islamic tradition; religion, politics and society in the Persian Gulf region; Islamic mysticism; and modern Islamic movements.

The Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley chronicles Jewish life and history in the Northern California winemaking region.

The Dallas Jewish Historical Society focuses on the history of Jews in Dallas. Deborah Tobias is executive director.

The Chicago Jewish Historical Society chronicles the history, life and experience of that city’s Jews.

The Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest concentrates on the Jewish experience in Essex, Morris, Sussex and portions of northern Union counties of New Jersey. Linda Forgosh is executive director.

The Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey serves the communities of Middlesex, Union, Somerset, Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. It is in New Brunswick.

The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven focuses on the Jewish culture and history in and around New Haven, Conn. Judith Schiff is executive director.