Faculty

Nancy Abramson, Senior Lecturer of Hazzanut. BA, Columbia University; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, Teachers College

Cila Allon, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Hebrew University

Ronald Androphy, Adjunct Instructor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Brandeis University; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Ofra Backenroth, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Tel Aviv University; MFA, Teachers College, Columbia University; EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Samuel Barth, Senior Lecturer of Liturgy and Worship. BA, Open University; Rabbinical Ordination, Leo Baeck College

Steven Bayme, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish History.  BA, Yeshiva University; MA, MPhil, and PhD, Columbia University

Samuel Barth, Senior Lecturer of Liturgy and Worship. BA, Open University; Rabbinical Ordination, Leo Baeck College

Steven Bayme, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish History. BA, Yeshiva University; MA, MPhil, and PhD, Columbia University

Daniel Belasco, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. BA, Amherst College; MA and PhD, New York University

Tamar Ben-Vered, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. Teaching certificate, Lewinsky Teachers Seminary; BA, Hebrew University; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Beth Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, MPhil, and PhD, Columbia University; MA, University of Chicago Divinity School

Noah Bikart, Adjunct Instructor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Chicago; MA, Harvard Divinity School; Rabbinical Ordination and PhD candidate, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor of Archeology and Bible. BA, Columbia University; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA and PhD, University of Chicago

Zachary Braiterman, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Thought

Mollie Cantor, Adjunct Instructor of Pastoral Skills. BA, University of Pittsburgh; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, Hebrew Union College

Joseph A. Brodie, Vice President Emeritus. BS, Columbia University; BRE, MHL, Rabinical Ordination, and DD (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

Joel Caplan, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BS, Upsala College; BSM, Diploma of Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Susan Chevlowe, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Art and Visual Culture. AB, Vassar College; MA and MPhil, City University of New York; PhD, City University of New York

Burton I. Cohen, Associate Professor Emeritus. BA, Roosevelt University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA and PhD, University of Chicago

Gerald Cohen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music. BA, Yale University; MA and DMA, Columbia University

Alan M. Cooper, Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies. BA, Columbia College; PhD, Yale University

Neil Danzig, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics and Geonic Literature. BA, MA, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, Yeshiva University

Aryeh Davidson, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Columbia University; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA and PhD, Columbia University

Ruth Decalo, Adjunct Instructor of List 101; BA, University of Florida; MA, George Washington University

Eliezer B. Diamond, Rabbi Judah Nadich Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, MS, and Rabbinical Ordination, Yeshiva University; PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Paula Mack Drill, Adjunct Instructor of Professional Skills. BA, Swarthmore College; MS, Columbia University; MA and Rabbinic Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Joel Duman, Adjunct Assistant of Bible

Marsha Bryan Edelman, Adjunct Professor of Hazzanut. BA, Barnard College, Columbia University;  BSM, BHL, and MSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MeD and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University

Arnold M. Eisen, Professor of Jewish Thought. BA, University of Pennsylvania; BPhil, Oxford University; PhD, Hebrew University

Shira D. Epstein, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Brown University; MA, New York University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University

Perry Fine, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BS, Towson State University; MA, University of Michigan; MSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought. BA and PhD, Brandeis University

David Fishman, Professor of Jewish History. BA, Yeshiva University; AM and PhD, Harvard University

Israel Francus, Judge Abraham Lieberman Distinguished Service Professor of Talmudic Exegesis. BS, Columbia University; BRE, MHL, and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; PhD, Hebrew University

Rafael Frieder, Coach of Hazzanut. BA, Alyah Music Teachers College; BA, Rubin Academy of Music

Shamma Friedman, Distinguished Service Professor and Benjamin and Minna Reeves Chair of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Pennsylvania; BHL, Gratz College; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Will Friedman, Adjunct Instructor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Benjamin R. Gampel, Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History. BA, Brooklyn College; PhD, Columbia University

Stephen P. Garfinkel, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Rabbinical Ordination, and DHL (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA and PhD, Columbia University

Lisa Gelber, Instructor of Professional Skills.

Stephen A. Geller, Irma Cameron Milstein Chair in Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Cornell University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordinatino, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Harvard University

Edward M. Gershfield, Associate Professor Emeritus of Talmud. BA, University of Manitoba; MA, Columbia University; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; DPhil, Oxford University

Neil Gillman, Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Jewish Philosophy. BA, McGill University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Laura Gold, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Princeton University; PhD, University of Michigan; Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Eric Goldman, Adjunct Associate Professor in Modern Jewish Studies. BHL, Gratz College; BA, Temple University; MA and MFA, Brandeis University; PhD, New York University

Rebecca Grabiner, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Professional Leadership. BA, University of Chicago; MS, Columbia University School of Social Work; MA, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Michael B. Greenbaum, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BS, University of Miami; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and DHL (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary; MEd and EdD, Columbia University

Ray Harrell, Adjunct Senior Lecturer of Music. BA, University of Tulsa; MA, Manhattan School of Music

Robert A. Harris, Associate Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Columbia University; BHL, MA, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Barnard College; BHL, MA, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Walter Herzberg, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, and Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, MA, Yeshiva University; MS, Columbia University; PhD, New York University

Natalia Hirschhorn, Adjunct Lecturer of Music. BA, Gnessin College in Moscow, Russia; MA, Kiev State Conservatory, Ukraine; Hazzan Ordination, the Academy for Jewish Religion

David Hoffman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Talmud. BA, Columbia University; BA, MA, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Avraham Holtz, Simon H. Fabian Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature. BA, Brooklyn College; Diploma, Herzliah Teacher Institute; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and DHL, The Jewish Thelogical Seminary

Barry Holtz, Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Tufts University; MA and PhD, Brandeis University

Carol K. Ingall, Dr. Bernard Heller Professor Emerita of Jewish Education. BA, Barnard College; BHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MAT, University of Chicago; MLS, University of Rhode Island; EdD, Boston University

Amy Kalmanofsky, Assistant Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Wesleyan University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; MPhil and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Cornell University; Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Richard L. Kalmin, Theodore R. Racoosin Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Brown University; MA and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Barry Dov Katz, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Gideon Katz, Ginor Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies. BA and MA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD, University of Haifa

Meredith Katz, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Education. BA, Stanford University; MA, Columbia University; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University

Robert Kieval, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut, Coach of Hazzanut. DMus (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

Shira Kohn, Instructor of Jewish History and Modern Jewish Studies. BA, Ohio State University

David C. Kraemer, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Brandeis University; MA and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jonathan Krasner, Adjunct Assistant of Jewish Education. BA, Brandeis University; MA, Harvard University; PhD, Brandeis University

Jeffrey S. Kress, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS and PhD, Rutgers University

Nitza Krohn, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language. BA and Teacher's Diploma, Tel Aviv University; MA, Queens College; EdD, Columbia University

Marjorie Lehman, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, Wellesley College; MA and PhD, Columbia University

Morton Leifman, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Liturgy. BA, New York University; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and DD (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary

Anne Lapidus Lerner, Assistant Professor Emerita of Jewish Literature. BJEd and MHL, Hebrew College; AB, Radcliffe; AM and PhD, Harvard University

Nachum Lerner, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Literature. BA, University of Pennsylvania

Leonard Levin, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought. BA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Brandeis University; Rabbinical Ordination and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Neil W. Levin, Assistant Professor of Jewish Music. BA and MA, Columbia University; Piano, Juilliard School of Music; DSM, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jonathan Lipnick, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, University of Maryland; Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education

Barbara Mann, Simon H. Fabian Associate Professor of Hebrew Literature. BA, Boston University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Vivian B. Mann, Adjunct Professor of Art History. BA, University of Washington; MA, Wichita State University; PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Zach Mann, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Thought. BA Binghamton University; MA and MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

David Marcus, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Trinity College, Dublin; MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Columbia University

Liati Mayk-Hai, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Literature. BA, Rutgers University; MA and MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Miriam Meir, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, The Hebrew University

Jacob Mendelson, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BA, Hebrew Union College; MusD, Hebrew Union College

David Mendelsson, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Education. BA, Manchester University; MA and PhD Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jonathan Milgram, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; BA, Columbia University; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, Yeshiva University; MA and PhD, Bar-Ilan University

Alan Mintz, Chana Kekst Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, MA, and PhD, Columbia University

Alan Mittleman, Professor of Jewish Thought. BA, Brandeis University; MA and PhD, Temple University

Alberto Mizrahi, Coach of Hazzanut. BA, University of Cincinnati; Certificate of Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Richard Nadel, Coach of Hazzanut. BA, Brooklyn College; Certificate of Hazzan, Cantorial Council of America

Edna Nahshon, Professor of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; PhD, New York University

Nina Nesher, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. BA, Barnard College; MA and MPhil, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Daniel Nevins, Senior Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Harvard University; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Sarah Pelee, Lecturer of Hebrew. BA, Tel Aviv University; MS, Northeastern University

Michael Pitkowsky, Adjunct Instructor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, SUNY Binghamton; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

Mayer E. Rabinowitz, Associate Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, BHL, and MA, Yeshiva University; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Elizabeth Rogers, Musical Accompanist for H. L. Miller Cantorial School. BA and MA, Manhattan School of Music

Michael Rosenberg, Adjunct Assistant of Talmud

Joyce Rosenzweig, Adjunct Instructor of Music

David G. Roskies, Sol and Evelyn Henkind Professor of Yiddish Literature. BA, MA, and PhD, Brandeis University

Francine Roston, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional Skills

Joel Roth, Louis Finkelstein Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law. AB, Wayne State University; MHL, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Zipora (Tsipi) Rubin, Adjunct Lecturer of Hebrew Language. BA, Tel Aviv University; MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Nadav Sabar, Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Language. BA and MA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Craig Scheff, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Harvard University; JD, Boston University; Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor of Jewish Literature. BA, University of Pennsylvania; Teachers Certificate, Gratz College; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Menahem Schmelzer, Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Jewish Literature. University of Budapest; The Jewish Theological Seminary of Hungary; MA, Copenhagen University; Library Diploma, State Library School, Denmark; DHL, The Jewish Theological Seminary; DHL (hon.), Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Ismar Schorsch, Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish History and Chancellor Emeritus. BA, Ursinus College; MA and PhD, Columbia University; MHL and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary; LittD (hon), Wittenberg University; LHD (hon.) Ursinus College; Honorary Doctorate, Russian State University for the Humanities; Honorary Doctorate, Tufts University

David Shuck, Adjunct Professor of Professional Skills

Mordecai Schwartz, Adjunct Instructor of Talmud and Rabbinics. BA, University of Nebraska; MA, Rabbinical Ordination, and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Seth Schwartz, Gerson D. Cohen Professor of Rabbinic Culture. BA, Yeshiva University; MA and PhD, Columbia University

Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Irving Lehrman Research Associate Professor of American Jewish History. BA, Barnard College; MA and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

David Senesh, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care, BA and MA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; PhD, University of Calgary

Sara Shapiro-Plevan, Adjunct Lecturer of Jewish Education. BA, Brandeis University; MA and EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Stefanie Siegmund, Women's League Associate Professor of Jewish Gender and Women's Studies. BA, Amherst College; MA and PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jeffrey Silberman, Adjunct Lecturer of Pastoral Care. BA, University of Dayton; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; PhD, Andover Newton Theological School

Alex Sinclair, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA and MSt, Balliol College, Oxford; PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages. BA, Yale University; MA, Brandeis University; PhD, University of Chicago

Mychal B. Springer, Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein Adjunct Lecturer in Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Yale University; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Faith Steinsnyder, Adjunct Instructor of Hazzanut. BSM, School of Sacred Music, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Gregg Stern, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ancient Jewish History. BA, Brandeis University; PhD, Harvard University

Boaz Tarsi, Associate Professor of Jewish Music and Hazzanut. BM, Rubin Academy of Music; MFA and DMA, Cornell University; BSM and Diploma of Hazzan, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Sara Tauber, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education. BA, Yale University; Teaching Certificate, University of California, Berkeley; EdD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

David F. Tilman, Adjunct Associate Professor of Hazzanut. BA, Columbia University; BA, The Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, The Julliard School; PhD, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Burton Visotzky, Nathan and Janet Appleman Associate Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies. BA, University of Illinois; EdM, Harvard University; MA, Rabbinical Ordination, PhD, and DHL (hon.), The Jewish Theological Seminary; Life Member, Clare Hill, University of Cambridge

Simkha Weintraub, Adjunct Lecturer of Professional and Pastoral Skills. BA, Brandeis University; MS, Columbia University School of Social Work; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, The Jewish Theological Seminary

Jack Wertheimer, Joseph and Martha Mendelson Professor of American Jewish History. BA and MA, Queens College; PhD, Columbia University