Secret Jews of Brazil." Other favorite topics include Miami Beach history, political behavior, and DNA, and recent presentations include "The Secret Society of Moses according to Flavio Barbiero." His academic visits have included Portugal, Spain, and Israel. Organizations Lavender was president of the Miami Beach Historical Association and president of the South Florida Association of Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Temple Beth Tov in West Miami, and was president of the Men's Club. He was a member of Hibiscus Lodge #275 of F. & A. M., and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Freemason. He has been a member of Mensa, and the board of directors of the Miami chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He was a life member of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States. Books Miami Beach in 1920: The Making of a Winter Resort. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. Black Communities in Transition: Voices from South Florida. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1996 (edited, with Adele S. Newson). Jewish Farmers of the Catskills: A Century of Survival. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1995 (with Clarence Steinberg). French Huguenots: From Mediterranean Catholics to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. New York, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1990. Ethnic Women and Feminist Values: Toward a 'New' Value System. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1986. A Coat of Many Colors: Jewish Subcommunities in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1977 (edited). References External links Webpage at FIU Miami Beach social history reveals a homogenous population with little resemblance to today’s diverse city American Sephardic Jews 1940 births 2022 deaths American sociologists Florida International University faculty Jewish American writers People from Miami People from Sumter, South Carolina University of Maryland, College Park alumni University of Miami faculty University of South Carolina alumni Mensans 21st-century American Jews