Fellows in Advanced Jewish Studies,
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Cheryl Asarkof: Midrash; BA, William Smith College; MA, Yale University

Carol Bakhos: Midrash; AB, Boston College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School

Debra Reed Blank: Liturgy; BA, Indiana University; MLS Columbia; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Rachel Brodie: Midrash; BA, Brown University, MA; Jewish Theological Seminary

Jonathan Dar: Jewish History; BA, MA, UCLA

Laurie Davis: Talmud and Rabbinics; BA, New College of California

Jonathan Decter: Medieval Jewish Studies, BA, Oberlin

Sarah Diamant: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages; BA, University of Capetown; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary, MS Syracuse University

Nehama Edinger: Jewish Literature; BA, Sarah Lawrence College

Elan Ezrachi: Jewish Education; BA, MA, Hebrew University

Edna Friedberg: Modern Jewish Studies, BA, University of Illinois, Urbana

Carrie Friedman: Jewish Literature; BA, McGill University; MA, Hebrew University

Leah Garrett: Jewish Literature; BA, Marylhurst College; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Amy Goldstein: Medieval Jewish History; BA, University of Michigan

Pamela Gottfried: Talmud and Rabbinics; BA, Haverford College; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Andrew Hahn: Jewish Philosophy; BA & MA, Hampshire College

Robert Harris: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages; BA, Columbia University; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Amy Kalmanosfsky: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages; BA, Wesleyan University, MHL and Rabbinic Ordination, Reconstruction Rabbinical College

Joshua Karlip: Jewish History; BA Johns Hopkins University

Chanan Kessler: Jewish History; BA, Sonoma State; JD, Golden Gate

Suzanne Kling: Jewish Literature; BA, Barnard College & List College, Jewish Theological Seminary

Lisa Kogen: Jewish History; BA, Wayne State University; BHL, University of Judaism

Michael Krutikov: Jewish Literature, BA, Moscow State University, BA, Gorky Institute

Gail Labovitz: Talmud and Rabbinics; BA, New York University

Nina Brennan Nesher: Jewish Literature; BA Barnard College; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Linda Paulding: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages; BA, Brown University, MA, Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary

Dawn Rose: Jewish Philosophy; AB, UC Berkeley; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Joshua Saltzman: Jewish Philosophy; BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA, Baltimore Hebrew University; Rabbinic Ordination, Hebrew Union College

Judith Shapero: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages; BA, BEd, York University

Diane Sharon: Bible and Ancient Semitic Studies; BA, SUNY Stony Brook; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Moshe Shner: Jewish Philosophy; BA, MA, University of Haifa

Stefanie Siegmund: Jewish History; BA, Amherst; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

David Small: Jewish History; BA Yale University; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary; Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Mel Solman: Jewish Literature; BA, McGill University; MA, University of Toronto

Lori Sonenblick: Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, BA, List College, Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University School of General Studies; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Gabriela Sparargen: Jewish Literature; BA, University of Buenos Aires

Regina Stein: Jewish History; BA, CUNY Brooklyn College; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Lauren Strauss: Modern Jewish Studies; BA, Brandeis University; MA, Yale University

Tamás Turán: Talmud and Rabbinics; BA, University of Budapest; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein: Midrash; BA, University of Toronto; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary

Kelly Washburn: Jewish Women’s Studies; BA, Wesleyan University