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Faculty Speakers Bureau

Bringing our faculty to your community.

Our faculty have extensive experience speaking to audiences beyond HUC-JIR, especially at synagogues and community centers. They are known not only for their academic expertise but also for their engaging, accessible presentation styles. They can speak in person or online for groups of any size. Presentations can be tailored to your preferences: lecture, discussion, text study, one-time session, scholar-in-residence weekend, etc. Please email the faculty member directly to make arrangements.

Bible and Cognate Studies

Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D.

The Effie Wise Professor of Biblical Literature and History

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: teskenazi@huc.edu

Daniel Fisher-Livne, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Bible

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: dfisher@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3290

Kristine Garroway, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: kgarroway@huc.edu

Jason Kalman, Ph.D.

Gottschalk-Slade Chair in Jewish Intellectual History; Co-Director, HUC Press

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: jkalman@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3248

EXTENSION: 3248

Adriane Leveen, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: Aleveen@huc.edu

PHONE: (650) 248-4887

Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D.

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost; Associate Professor of Bible

CAMPUS: National

EMAIL: aweiss@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2248

AJ Berkovitz, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: aberkovitz@huc.edu

Christine Thomas, Ph.D., M.Div.

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: cthomas@huc.edu

Rabbi David H. Aaron, Ph.D.

Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: daaron@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3265

Rabbi Howard Markose, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: hmarkose@huc.edu

PHONE: 972 (50) 304-4410

Martin Cohen

Adolph S. Ochs Professor of History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: mcohen@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 877-0173

EXTENSION: 2243

Nili Fox, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, and Archaeology

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: nfox@huc.edu

Contemporary Jewish Studies

Sarah Bunin Benor

Vice Provost; Director, Jewish Language Project; Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: sbenor@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2187

EXTENSION: 4287

Daniel May, Ph.D.

Instructor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: dmay@huc.edu

Bruce Phillips, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Communal Service

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: bphillips@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2151

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D.

Interim Director of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: swindmueller@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 487-8143

Ben Ratskoff, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: bratskoff@huc.edu

Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dmarx@huc.edu

PHONE: (972) 2 6203327

Leah Hochman, Ph.D.

Director, Louchheim School for Judaic Studies

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lhochman@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2114

Miriam Heller Stern, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Educational Strategy; Director, School of Education; Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: mstern@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2116

EXTENSION: 4216

Rabbi Naamah Kelman, M.A., M.A.H.L.

Dean, The Taube Family Campus, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: nkelman@huc.edu

PHONE: 972 26203331

Rabbi Richard Address, D.Min.

Instructor/Adjunct in the D.Min. Program

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: raddress@huc.edu

PHONE: (856) 430-0678

Sivan Zakai, Ph.D.

Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: szakai@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 749-3424

Wynd Harris, Ph.D., D.Min.

Director of Research, Interfaith Doctor of Ministry Program

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: wynd.harris@huc.edu

PHONE: (203) 517-9341

Rabbi Yehoyada Amir

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: yamir@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-6203-363

EXTENSION: 363

History

Rabbi Carole Balin, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: cbalin@huc.edu

Martin Cohen

Adolph S. Ochs Professor of History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: mcohen@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 877-0173

EXTENSION: 2243

Jennifer Grayson, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of History

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: jgrayson@huc.edu

Joshua Holo, Ph.D.

President of Academic Resources

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: jholo@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2100

Jean Rosensaft

Senior Advisor to the President; Director, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: jrosensaft@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2209

Rabbi Joseph Skloot, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jskloot@huc.edu

Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D.

Executive Director, American Jewish Archives; Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of The American Jewish Experience & Reform Judaism

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: gzola@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3000

AJ Berkovitz, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: aberkovitz@huc.edu

Ben Ratskoff, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: bratskoff@huc.edu

Rabbi David Levine, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Talmud and Halacha

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dlevine@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-620-3388

David Mendelsson, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Israel Studies and Modern Jewish History

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dmendelsson@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 2 6203365

Rabbi Jonathan Hecht

Dean, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jhecht@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3255

Rabbi Joshua D. Garroway, Ph.D.

Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies; Professor of Early Christianity and Second Commonwealth

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: jgarroway@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2175

Leah Hochman, Ph.D.

Director, Louchheim School for Judaic Studies

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lhochman@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2114

Rabbi Marc Rosenstein, Ph.D., M.H.L, M.A.

Director Emeritus, Israel Rabbinical Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: mrosenstein@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-6203385

Michael Meyer, Ph.D.

Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Jewish History Emeritus

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: mameyer@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

Miriam Heller Stern, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Educational Strategy; Director, School of Education; Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: mstern@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2116

EXTENSION: 4216

Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.

Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: rfirestone@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 909-4420

Sharon Koren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medieval Jewish Culture

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: skoren@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2280

EXTENSION: 2280

Israel Studies

Rabbi Lisa Grant, Ph.D.

Director of the New York Rabbinical Program; Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish Education Coordinator

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: lgrant@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2237

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Director of the Year-In-Israel Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rgreenvald@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 (0)26203365

David Mendelsson, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Israel Studies and Modern Jewish History

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dmendelsson@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 2 6203365

Sivan Zakai, Ph.D.

Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: szakai@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 749-3424

Rabbi Wendy Zierler, Ph.D.

Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: wzierler@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2286

Bruce Phillips, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Communal Service

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: bphillips@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2151

Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: hrechnitzer@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3267

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Education; Director of Service Learning; E.M.A. Senior Educator

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jkatzew@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3250

Jeremy Leigh, M.A.

Coordinator of the Richard J. Scheuer Israel Seminar

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: jleigh@huc.edu

PHONE: 972 2 6203233

Lisa Ansell, M.A.

Hebrew Language Educator

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: lansell@usc.edu

William Cutter, Ph.D.

Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: wcutter@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 448-7012

Yaffa Weisman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: yweisman@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 384-9391

Rabbi Yehoyada Amir

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: yamir@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-6203-363

EXTENSION: 363

Jewish Education

Rabbi Lisa Grant, Ph.D.

Director of the New York Rabbinical Program; Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish Education Coordinator

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: lgrant@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2237

Miriam Heller Stern, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Educational Strategy; Director, School of Education; Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: mstern@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2116

EXTENSION: 4216

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Education; Director of Service Learning; E.M.A. Senior Educator

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jkatzew@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3250

Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D.

Head of Education and Professional Development Department; Associate Professor of Jewish Education Parallel Track

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: mmuszkatbarkan@huc.edu

PHONE: (972) 26203384

Rabbi Laura Novak Winer, Ed.D.

Director, Master of Educational Leadership Program

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lwiner@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2190

Sivan Zakai, Ph.D.

Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: szakai@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 749-3424

Evie Rotstein, Ed.D.

Senior Education Advisor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: erotstein@huc.edu

Isa Aron, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: isa.aron@huc.edu

Lauren Applebaum, Ed.D.

Director of DeLeT Programs

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lapplebaum@huc.edu

Lesley Litman, Ed.D.

Director, Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education; Coordinator, Faculty Instructional Support

CAMPUS: National

EMAIL: llitman@huc.edu

PHONE: (781) 710-7882

Lisa Frankel, M.A.R.E., R.J.E.

Director of Educational Outreach & Administration

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: lfrankel@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3218

EXTENSION: 3218

Michael Zeldin, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Jewish Education

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: mzeldin@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2155

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Director of the Year-In-Israel Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rgreenvald@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 (0)26203365

Sarah Bunin Benor

Vice Provost; Director, Jewish Language Project; Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: sbenor@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2187

EXTENSION: 4287

Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste

Director of the Israel Rabbinical Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: tavnon@huc.edu

Yifat Thareani, Ph.D.

Archaeologist

EMAIL: ythareani@huc.edu

PHONE: 972543352940

Cantor Yvon Shore, M.S.M.

Director of Liturgical Arts and Music

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: yshore@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3313

Language and Literature

Hagit Arieli-Chai

Coordinator of Hebrew Language

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: harielichai@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 749-3424

Sarah Bunin Benor

Vice Provost; Director, Jewish Language Project; Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: sbenor@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2187

EXTENSION: 4287

William Cutter, Ph.D.

Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: wcutter@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 448-7012

Daniel Fisher-Livne, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Bible

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: dfisher@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3290

Rabbi Wendy Zierler, Ph.D.

Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: wzierler@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2286

AJ Berkovitz, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: aberkovitz@huc.edu

Ben Ratskoff, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: bratskoff@huc.edu

Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: hrechnitzer@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3267

Jason Kalman, Ph.D.

Gottschalk-Slade Chair in Jewish Intellectual History; Co-Director, HUC Press

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: jkalman@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3248

EXTENSION: 3248

Leah Hochman, Ph.D.

Director, Louchheim School for Judaic Studies

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lhochman@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2114

Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.

Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: rfirestone@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 909-4420

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Director of the Year-In-Israel Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rgreenvald@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 (0)26203365

Rivki Rosner

Instructor

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rrosner@huc.edu

Tammy Khayat-Shapira

Hebrew Instructor

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: tkhayat-shapira@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-547602204

Yaffa Weisman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: yweisman@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 384-9391

Philosophy/Theology

Rabbi Yehoyada Amir

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: yamir@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-6203-363

EXTENSION: 363

Leah Hochman, Ph.D.

Director, Louchheim School for Judaic Studies

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lhochman@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2114

Rabbi Michael Marmur, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Theology

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: mmarmur@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-6203-305

Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D.

Professor of Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: hrechnitzer@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3267

Rabbi Joseph Skloot, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jskloot@huc.edu

Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.

President; Professor of Political Thought

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: arehfeld@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2201

EXTENSION: 2201

Daniel May, Ph.D.

Instructor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: dmay@huc.edu

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Education; Director of Service Learning; E.M.A. Senior Educator

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jkatzew@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3250

Martin Cohen

Adolph S. Ochs Professor of History

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: mcohen@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 877-0173

EXTENSION: 2243

Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ph.D.

Rabbi David Ellenson Professor Emerita of Jewish Religious Thought, Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish Thought

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: radler@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 749-3424

EXTENSION: 4257

Rabbi Richard Address, D.Min.

Instructor/Adjunct in the D.Min. Program

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: raddress@huc.edu

PHONE: (856) 430-0678

Seth Bernstein

Instructor in Theology

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: seth.bernstein@huc.edu

Sharon Koren, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medieval Jewish Culture

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: skoren@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2280

EXTENSION: 2280

Professional Development

William Cutter, Ph.D.

Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: wcutter@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 448-7012

Rabbi Kim Geringer, M.S.W.

Clinical Instructor in Clergy Professional Development

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: kgeringer@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2269

Jennifer R. Harper, M.Div., D.D., NCPsy.A

Program Director, Interfaith Doctor of Ministry Program for Pastoral Care; Instructor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jharper@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2262

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Education; Director of Service Learning; E.M.A. Senior Educator

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jkatzew@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3250

Sandra Kazan

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: skazan@huc.edu

Rabbi Naamah Kelman, M.A., M.A.H.L.

Dean, The Taube Family Campus, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: nkelman@huc.edu

PHONE: 972 26203331

Joel Kushner, Psy.D.

Director; Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health; Director, Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: jkushner@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2140

Rabbi Nancy Wiener, D.Min.

Fieldwork Coordinator; Founding Director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling; Dr. Paul and Trudy Steinberg Distinguished Professor in Human Relations

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: nwiener@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2238

Rabbi Alan Henkin, Ph.D.

Internship Coordinator

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: ahenkin@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2193

EXTENSION: 4293

Rabbi Alona Lisitsa, Ph.D.

Faculty, Year-In-Israel Program and Israeli Rabbinical Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: alisitsa@huc.edu

PHONE: 972545588542

Cantor Dana Anesi, D. Min.

Director of Fieldwork

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: danesi@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2274

Rabbi Edwin Harris, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: eharris@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 699-2380

Cantor Howard Stahl, M.S.W.

Adjunct Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: hstahl@huc.edu

Rabbi Joel Simonds

Rabbi of the Synagogue; Visiting Instructor in Worship

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: jsimonds@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 663-4252

Rabbi Jonathan Hecht

Dean, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jhecht@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3255

Rabbi Lisa Grant, Ph.D.

Director of the New York Rabbinical Program; Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish Education Coordinator

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: lgrant@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2237

Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D.

Head of Education and Professional Development Department; Associate Professor of Jewish Education Parallel Track

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: mmuszkatbarkan@huc.edu

PHONE: (972) 26203384

Miriam Heller Stern, Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Educational Strategy; Director, School of Education; Associate Professor

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: mstern@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2116

EXTENSION: 4216

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Director of the Year-In-Israel Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rgreenvald@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 (0)26203365

Rabbi Samuel Joseph, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: sjoseph@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 608-9337

Seth Bernstein

Instructor in Theology

CAMPUS: National New York

EMAIL: seth.bernstein@huc.edu

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D.

Interim Director of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: swindmueller@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 487-8143

Wynd Harris, Ph.D., D.Min.

Director of Research, Interfaith Doctor of Ministry Program

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: wynd.harris@huc.edu

PHONE: (203) 517-9341

Cantor Yvon Shore, M.S.M.

Director of Liturgical Arts and Music

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: yshore@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3313

Rabbinics and Liturgy

Rabbi Lewis Barth, Ph.D., M.A.H.L., M.A., Psy.D., D.D.

Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Related Literature

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: lbarth@huc.edu

PHONE: (818) 783-4877

AJ Berkovitz, Ph.D.

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: aberkovitz@huc.edu

Rabbi Norman Cohen

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: ncohen@huc.edu

PHONE: (914) 525-0775

Rabbi Reuven Greenvald

Director of the Year-In-Israel Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: rgreenvald@huc.edu

PHONE: +972 (0)26203365

Jason Kalman, Ph.D.

Gottschalk-Slade Chair in Jewish Intellectual History; Co-Director, HUC Press

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: jkalman@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3248

EXTENSION: 3248

Candice Levy, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Rabbinics

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: candice.levy@huc.edu

Rabbi Alona Lisitsa, Ph.D.

Faculty, Year-In-Israel Program and Israeli Rabbinical Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: alisitsa@huc.edu

PHONE: 972545588542

Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dmarx@huc.edu

PHONE: (972) 2 6203327

Rabbi Richard Sarason, Ph.D.

Director, Pines School of Graduate Studies; The Deutsch Family Professor of Rabbinics and Liturgy

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: rsarason@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3245

Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Rabbinics; HUC-JIR Rabbinical School Director

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: deweisberg@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2103

EXTENSION: 4203

Alyssa Gray, J.D., Ph.D.

Emily S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair in Rabbinics; Professor of Codes and Responsa Literature

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: agray@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2284

EXTENSION: 2284

Rabbi David Levine, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Talmud and Halacha

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: dlevine@huc.edu

PHONE: 972-2-620-3388

Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Jewish Thought and Education; Director of Service Learning; E.M.A. Senior Educator

CAMPUS: Cincinnati National

EMAIL: jkatzew@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 487-3250

Rabbi Julie S. Schwartz, M.A.H.L., D.D.

Associate Dean, Certified Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education, Adjunct Associate Professor of Human Relations, Director of the Stein Program

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: jschwartz@huc.edu

Rabbi Margaret Wenig, D.D.

Senior Lecturer in Liturgy and Homiletics

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: mwenig@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2241

Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Jewish Law and Practice

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: mwashofsky@huc.edu

Rabbi Nancy Wiener, D.Min.

Fieldwork Coordinator; Founding Director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling; Dr. Paul and Trudy Steinberg Distinguished Professor in Human Relations

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: nwiener@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2238

Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.

Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: rfirestone@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 909-4420

Rabbi Shlomo Fox

Lecturer

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: shfox@huc.edu

Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste

Director of the Israel Rabbinical Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: tavnon@huc.edu

Cantor Yvon Shore, M.S.M.

Director of Liturgical Arts and Music

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: yshore@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3313

Religions

Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.

Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam

CAMPUS: Los Angeles National

EMAIL: rfirestone@huc.edu

PHONE: (310) 909-4420

Rabbi Joshua D. Garroway, Ph.D.

Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies; Professor of Early Christianity and Second Commonwealth

CAMPUS: Los Angeles

EMAIL: jgarroway@huc.edu

PHONE: (213) 765-2175

Sacred Music

Gordon Dale, Ph.D.

Dr. Jack Gottlieb Scholar in Jewish Music Studies; Assistant Professor of Jewish Musicology

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: gdale@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2231

Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller

Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Ritual; Professor of Cantorial Arts

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: bschiller@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2245

Cantor Yvon Shore, M.S.M.

Director of Liturgical Arts and Music

CAMPUS: Cincinnati

EMAIL: yshore@huc.edu

PHONE: (513) 221-1875

EXTENSION: 3313

Boaz Dorot

Musicianship Instructor in the Cantorial Program

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: boazdorot@gmail.com

PHONE: +972525710877

Cantor Daniel Mutlu

Faculty

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: dmutlu@huc.edu

Evan Kent, D.M.A., M.S.M., M.P.A., B.Mus.

Lecturer in Sacred Music

CAMPUS: Jerusalem

EMAIL: ekent@huc.edu

Cantor Josee Wolff, D.Min.

Adjunct Professor of Professional Development; Cantorial Coach; Supervisor in Rabbinic Fieldwork Program

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jwolff@huc.edu

Cantor Joshua Breitzer, M.M., M.S.M.

Instructor; Cantorial Coach; Advisor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jbreitzer@huc.edu

Joyce Rosenzweig, M.S.

Professor of Practice in Jewish Music and Performance

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: jrosenzweig@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2244

Rabbi Margaret Wenig, D.D.

Senior Lecturer in Liturgy and Homiletics

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: mwenig@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2241

Merri Lovinger Arian

Professor of Practice in Liturgical Arts and Music Education

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: marian@huc.edu

PHONE: (212) 824-2223

EXTENSION: 2223

Pedro d'Aquino

Instructor, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: pdaquino@huc.edu

PHONE: (646) 284-3549

Scott Stein

Adjunct Professor

CAMPUS: New York

EMAIL: sstein@huc.edu


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“The faculty at HUC-JIR are renowned for their academic expertise and engaging teaching.”

“The faculty at HUC-JIR are renowned for their academic expertise and engaging teaching.”

“The faculty at HUC-JIR are renowned for their academic expertise and engaging teaching.”

Sarah Bunin Benor
Vice Provost