Hebrew College Faculty

Howard Tzvi Adelman
Visiting Associate Professor of Jewish History; BA, Cornell University; MA, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; PhD, Brandeis University

Won-Hee An
Adjunct instructor in Jewish Music; BA Manhattan School of Music; MM Julliard School of Music, DMA Boston University

Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Dean, Rabbinical School; BA, Brown University; Rabbinic Ordination, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Tzilla Barone
Instructor in Hebrew Language; BA, State University of New York at Albany

David Bernat
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bible; BA, Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Brandeis University

Harvey Bock
Adjunct Lecturer in Hebrew; BA, Yale University; JD, Yale University

Reuven Cohn
Adjunct Instructor in Rabbinics; BA, MS, Rabbinic Ordination, Yeshiva University; MA, Harvard University; JD, Yale University

Allison Cook
Adjunct instructor of Jewish Education, BA, University of Michigan; EdM, Harvard University Graduate School of Education; MAJS, Hebrew College

Steven Copeland
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Jewish Thought and Education; BA, Brandeis University; EdD, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

Sigalit Davis
Instructor in Hebrew Language; BA, Hebrew University

Karen Gazith
Adjunct instructor of Jewish Education, B.A. Dalhousie University; M.Ed. McGill University; Ph.D. McGill University

Randall Geller
Adjunct instructor of Jewish History; BA, Dickinson College; MA, PhD candidate, Brandeis University

Arthur Green
Rector, Rabbinical School; Professor of Jewish Mysticism; BA, Brandeis University; MHL, Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Brandeis University

Zvi Grumet
Adjunct Instructor in Jewish Education; BA, Brooklyn College CUNY; MA, Rabbinic Ordination, Yeshiva University

Brenda Hefter
Adjunct instructor of Jewish Education; BA, Boston University; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; CAGS Boston University

Shana Hornstein
Adjunct instructor of Jewish Education; BA, University of Arizona; MA, University of Washington

Sara Israeli
Adjunct Lecturer in Jewish Education; BA, Hebrew University; MA, Hebrew University

Joshua Jacobson
Acting Dean of School of Jewish Music and Visiting Professor of Jewish Music; Director, Zamir Chorale (Artists-in-Residence); BA, Harvard University; Master in Choral Conducting, New England Conservatory of Music; DMA, University of Cincinnati

Jane Kanarek
Assistant Professor of Rabbinics; BA, Brown University; MA and Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; PhD, University of Chicago

Judith Kates
Professor of Jewish Women's Studies; BA, Radcliffe College; PhD, Harvard University

Alvan Kaunfer
Adjunct Instructor in Jewish Education; BA, Brandeis University; BJEd, Hebrew College; MA, Columbia University; MHL, DHL, and Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Robert Kegan
Visiting Professor of Developmental Psychology; BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, Harvard University

Jonathan Klawans
Visiting Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature; BA, Columbia University and Jewish Theological Seminary; MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University

Jeff Klepper
Visiting Instructor in Jewish Music; BA and Cantorial Investiture, Hebrew Union College; MA, Northeastern Illinois University

Hila Kobliner
Adjunct Lecturer in Jewish Education; BA, Hebrew University; MA, Harvard School of Education

Lisa Lahey
Visiting Instructor in Developmental Psychology; BS, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Med, EdD, Harvard University

Karen Landy
Visiting Instructor in Pastoral Counseling; BA, Connecticut College; MA, Brandeis University; MA and Rabbinical Ordination, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Ebn Leader
Beit Midrash Director and Instructor in Rabbinics; BA, Hebrew University; MA, Brandeis University; private Rabbinic Ordination

Allan Lehmann
Associate Dean, Rabbinical School; BA, Columbia University; MA, Temple University; Rabbinic Ordination, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Michal Levy
Instructor in Hebrew Language, Ulpan; BA, Tel Aviv University; MEd, Boston University

Natan Margalit
Assistant Professor of Rabbinics; BA, Reed College; PhD, U.C. Berkeley; Rabbinic Ordination, Jerusalem Seminary

Carol Marton
Adjunct instructor in Jewish Music; BA, Connecticut College; MA, Indiana University School of Music

Brian Mayer
Associate Dean, School of Jewish Music; BFA, University of Connecticut; MSM, Cantorial Investiture and DSM, Jewish Theological Seminary

Karen Reiss Medwed
Assistant Professor of Jewish Education; BA, Columbia University and List College, Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, New York University; Rabbinic ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

Barry Mesch
Provost, Stone/Teplow Families' Professor of Jewish Thought; BS, Columbia University; BRE, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; PhD, Brandeis University

Jacob Meskin
Assistant Professor of Jewish Education; BA, Swarthmore College; MA, PhD, Princeton University

Sandra Miller-Jacobs
Director of Jewish Special Education Programs, Professor of Special Education; BA, Queens College, CUNY; MEd, Boston University; EdD, Boston College

Charles D. Osborne
Adjunct instructor in Jewish Music; BMus, Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford; Bachelor of Sacred Music; Diploma of Chazzanut; Jewish Theological Seminary

Roxanne Pappenheimer
Adjunct instructor of Jewish Education; BS, University of Nebraska

Ruti Peled
Adjunct Instructor in Hebrew Language, Ulpan; BA, Gordon Teachers College

Carl Perkins
Adjunct Instructor of Rabbinics; AB, Haverford College; MA and Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary; JD, Harvard Law School

Judith S. Pinnolis
BA, Newcomb College of Tulane University; MM, College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati; MS in Library Science, Simmons College

Nehemia Polen
Professor of Jewish Thought, Director, Hasidic Text Institute; BS, Johns Hopkins University; Rabbinic Ordination, Ner Yisrael Rabbinical College; MEd, Northeastern University; PhD, Boston University

Ina Regosin
Acting Dean, Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, Director of Early Childhood Institute & Early Childhood Directors Institute, Lecturer in Jewish Education; BA, Brooklyn College; MS, Wheelock College

Susie Rodenstein
Adjunct Lecturer in Jewish Education, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education; BA, Queens College; BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA, Harvard University

Peretz Rodman
Visiting Lecturer in Hebrew Language and Literature; BA, MA, Brandeis University; BHL, Hebrew College; Rabbinic Ordination, Schechter Rabbinical Seminary of Jerusalem

Or Rose
Instructor of Rabbinics and Jewish Thought, and Coordinator of Informal Education in the Rabbinical School; BA, Yeshiva University; PhD Candidate, Brandeis University, private Rabbinic Ordination

Rochelle Sorkin Rossman
Adjunct Instructor in Jewish Education; BSEd, University of Michigan; MSEd, Lesley College

Sol Schimmel
Professor of Jewish Education and Psychology; BA, City College of New York; MA, PhD, Wayne State University

Marlene Schultz
Director of Field Experiences, School of Education; BSSW, Ohio State University; MSEd, Lesley University

Neil Schwartz
Adjunct instructor in Jewish Music; BA, Carleton College; Diploma of Hazzan, Jewish Theological Seminary

Susan Shevitz
Adjunct Instructor in Practical Rabbinics; BA, Columbia University; BHL, Jewish Theological Seminary; EdD, Harvard University

Scott Sokol
Bernard J. Korman Professor of Jewish Special Education; BA, Brandeis University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University; MSM, Diploma of Hazzan and Cantorial Investiture, Jewish Theological Seminary

David Starr
Assistant Professor of Jewish History; BA University of Minnesota; MA, Rabbinic Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary; PhD, Columbia University

Jonah Steinberg
Assistant Professor of Rabbinics; BA, Brown University; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Lynn Torgove
Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Music, BA, Tufts University; MUSM, Boston University

Ilene Vogelstein
Adjunct Lecturer, Early Childhood Institute; BS, Notre Dame; MA, Loyola College; MS, Johns Hopkins University

Arnold Wieder
Professor Emeritus of Rabbinic Literature; BRE, Rabbinic Ordination, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Brandeis University

Sara Zacharia
Bet Midrash Instructor; BA, MS, Brooklyn College; MA, University of Judaism; Rabbinic Ordination, Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies
 

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