Department of Jewish Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu

Chair: Gary A. Rendsburg, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., New York

Core Faculty:

Jeffrey Shandler, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., Columbia

Nancy Sinkoff, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Columbia

Paola Tartakoff, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Columbia

Azzan Yadin, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Yael Zerubavel, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Associated Faculty:

Maurice Elias, Psychology; Ph.D., Connecticut

Leslie E. Fishbein, American Studies; Ph.D., Harvard

Ziva Galili, History; Ph.D., Columbia

Judith Gerson, Sociology; Ph.D., Cornell

David Greenberg, Journalism; Ph.D., Columbia

Douglas Greenberg, History; Ph.D., Cornell

Paul Hanebrink, History; Ph.D., Chicago

Martha Helfer, German; Ph.D., Cornell

Michael Levine, German; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Phyllis Mack, History; Ph.D., Cornell

Barbara Reed, Journalism; Ph.D., Ohio

Emma Wasserman, Religion; Ph.D., Yale
 
Part-Time Faculty:

Edna Bryn-Norman, M.A., Tel Aviv (Israel) and Johns Hopkins

Lily Levy, M.Sc., Tel Aviv (Israel)

Orly Moshenberg, M.A., Rutgers

The Department of Jewish Studies offers a comprehensive examination of all aspects of Jewish experience from an interdisciplinary perspective. The department addresses the historical, social, cultural, religious, and political life of Jews throughout the ages, from antiquity through the modern period. Jewish studies courses are open to all students.

Jewish studies offers a combination of courses, including those that originate in the department and cross-listed courses that originate in other departments. Courses of both types may be counted toward the Jewish studies major or minor. Credit is not given for both a Jewish studies course (01:563) and its corresponding cross-listed course.

For further information about the Department of Jewish Studies, contact the office housed at the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 12 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1282 (732-932-2033), or send email to jsdept@rci.rutgers.edu. Information also is posted on the department's website.