Candice Levy, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Rabbinics
Contact Information
school/program: Louchheim School for Judaic Studies, Rabbinical School (US)
academic field: Rabbinics and Liturgy
campus: Los Angeles
email: candice.levy@huc.edu
Dr. Candice Levy is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Rabbinics at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA. Before coming to HUC-JIR, Dr. Levy was a lecturer at UCLA. She is also a lecturer at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University.
Dr. Levy’s dissertation, “Arbiters of the Afterlife: Olam Haba, Torah and Rabbinic Authority,” examined rabbinic discourses of the afterlife as well as the complex interplay between rabbinic authority, Torah study and theodicy, and the ancillary function of the afterlife for each of these.
Dr. Levy also teaches in informal settings and adult education programs in congregations.
The Afterlife as a Response to Unjust Suffering: Theodicy and the Development of the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition
A World that is Wholly Shabbat: The Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition
What happens when we die? Understanding the Jewish belief in the Afterlife
Why do Good People Suffer? Jewish Responses to Suffering and Evil
Reward and Punishment in the Bible and Rabbinic Tradition
Irony and Protest in the Book of Job
(Re)Turning in Ninveh: Transformation and Redemption in an Upturned City
The Book of Jonah as a story of Restorative Justice
The Development of Halakhah and its place in the Contemporary Jewish World
Diversity in the Jewish Tradition:The values of Makhloket and Derekh Eretz
(Re)Telling Tales: Creation and Interpretation in the Jewish Tradition
Classical and Modern Midrash: On adding voices to the Jewish tradition
Repentance as a Return to Oneself and God
RAB 600: Mishnah and Tosefta
RAB 607: Introduction to Halakha and Codes of Jewish Law
RAB 626: The Making of a Sage: Avot & Commentaries
RAB 519: (Re)Telling Stories: Creation and Interpretation in Midrash & Aggadah
JS 100: Jewish History (GE Course for Louchheim School for Judaic Studies at USC)
B.A., Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women
M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA