Nathan Katz is the Bhagwan Mahavir Professor of Jain Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University. A specialist in both South Asian and Jewish Studies, his fifteen books include: Studies of Indian-Jewish Identity (1995) and Kashrut, Caste and Kabbalah: The Religious Life of the Jews of Cochin (25), both published by Manohar, as well as Buddhist Images of Human Perfection (1982), Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies (1988), The Last Jews of Cochin: Jewish Identity in Hindu India (1993), Who Are the Jews of India? (2), Indo-Judaic Studies for the 21st Century (27), and a book of memoirs, Spiritual Journey Home: From Eastern Mysticism to the Western Wall (29). He is co-editor of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies.