Elye Kehat is a third-year student majoring in Economics and Data Science. His academic interests include the intersection of religion and economics, along with economic history, monetary theory, and econometrics. He’s developed and taught two undergraduate courses at Berkeley (“DeCals”) on money, debt, and religion. This summer, as a Berkeley SURF Fellow, he will research and author a paper on the religious co-production of ‘usury’ and the role of commercial practices in demarcating Jewish, Christian, and Muslim identity in antiquity and the Middle Ages. Beyond his core studies at Berkeley, Elye is fascinated by intellectual history, including the lasting influence of religion on secular post-emancipation thought and the re-emergence of the ‘Jewish Question’ in contemporary critical theory and the social sciences. In his free time, he enjoys handstanding, reading, lucid dreaming, and exploring Middle Eastern film, literature, and music.
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