Department of Jewish Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Website:
http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu
Chair: Jeffrey Shandler, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., Columbia
Undergraduate Director: Azzan Yadin-Israel, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Core Faculty:
Gary A. Rendsburg, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., New York
Nancy Sinkoff, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Columbia
Paola Tartakoff, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Columbia
Azzan Yadin-Israel, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Yael Zerubavel, Jewish Studies and History; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Affiliated Faculty:
Debra Ballentine, Religion, Ph.D., Brown
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 State
Emma Wasserman, Religion; Ph.D., Yale
Part-Time Faculty:
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 courses that originate in the department and cross-listed courses that originate in other departments, both of which 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, which is 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 (telephone: 848-932-2033), or send email to jsdept@rci.rutgers.edu. Information is also posted on the department's website.
