Gabrielle Lyle

Gabrielle Lyle

Gabrielle Lyle is a PhD candidate in History at Texas A&M University. Her dissertation, tentatively titled, “B’nai Borderlands: The Development of Jewish Communities in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in the Twentieth Century” examines the connections between Judaism in the borderlands and the wider Jewish world. Gabrielle has received funding for her work from the Southern Jewish Historical Society, the Texas Jewish Historical Society, and the Arizona Historical Society. She is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Portal to Texas History Fellowship from the UNT Libraries and the 2023-2024 Joseph & Eva R. Dave Fellowship at the American Jewish Archives. The Lynna Kay Shuffield Memorial Award in Texas Jewish History recognizes Gabrielle’s 2023 article “Hebrew in Harlingen: An Examination of Jewish Community Development in the Rio Grande Valley” featured in The Journal of South Texas.