Jewish Studies Program

Jewish Studies Faculty, 2009-2010

Brian Hesse
Director, Jewish Studies Program; Professor of Jewish Studies and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Study of the cultural use of animals by the societies of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.  Archaeological fieldwork in Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, and Israel. CV

Alan Benjamin
Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Undergraduate Studies Officer. The anthropology of contemporary Jews and Jewish communities. CV

John Betlyon
Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and Religious Studies.  Bible, archaeology, Jewish life in the ancient world. CV

Christian Brady
Dean of the Schreyer Honors College. Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Hebrew Bible and Targum. Web Page

Tobias Brinkmann
Malvin and Lea Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History and Inter-institutional Outreach Officer. CV

Paul Dilley
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, History, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. CV

Ruth Edelstein
Lecturer in Hebrew.  Hebrew language and Jewish culture. Web Page

David C. Flatto
Assistant Professor of Law, History and Jewish Studies. Web Page

Baruch Halpern
Chaiken Family Chair in Jewish Studies. Professor of Ancient History, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and Religious Studies; Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. Hebrew Bible; the history, society, religions, cultures, and languages of ancient Israel and its environment and Graduate Studies Officer. Web Page

Paul Harvey
Head, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies; Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, History, and Religious Studies. Web Page

Ann Killebrew
Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Study Abroad Officer. Biblical archaeology, classical civilization, ancient Mediterranean culture, the city of Jerusalem through the ages. Web Page

Gary Knoppers
Edwin Erle Sparks Prof. of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, & Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies. Web Page

Daniel Mack
Head, Arts and Humanities Library.  Collection development for the Jewish Studies Program, religion in the ancient Mediterranean, Roman civilization.

Michael Paradiso-Michau
Malvin and Lea Bank Post Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Philosophy. CV

Rabbi David Ostrich
Lecturer in Jewish Studies.

Bill Pencak
Professor of American History. Web Page 

Paul Lawrence Rose
Professor of European History; Mitrani Professor of Jewish Studies; Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. History of anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, History of Israel to 1948. Web Page

Aaron Rubin
Mal & Lea Bank Early Career Professor in Jewish Studies, Assistant Professor of Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Linguistics and Associate Director for Hebrew.  All periods of Hebrew, particularly Hebrew historical grammar; Aramaic; Comparative Semitic linguistics. Web Page

Kimberly Rubin
Lecturer in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, and History. Web Page

Ben Schreier
Malvin and Lea Bank Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and English. Web Page

Willa Z. Silverman
Professor of French and Jewish Studies. Cultural and intellectual history of 19th-20th century France, human rights, antisemitism. Web Page CV

Linda Short
Lecturer in Jewish Studies. CV

Daniel Walden
Emeritus Professor of American Studies, English, and Comparative Literature.  American literature, Jewish writers, women writers, literature of the Holocaust.

Paula Wapnish Hesse
Lecturer in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies. Archaeology of Ancient Near East; animal use in Ancient Near Eastern Society; Jewish civilization; Jewish cuisine. CV

Adjunct Faculty, and Faculty in Related Areas, 2008-2009

Caroline D. Eckhardt
Professor of Comparative Literature and English.  Medieval literature, anti-Semitism in medieval chronicles. Web Page  

J. Philip Jenkins
Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and History.  Global Christianity, cults and new religions in American culture, terrorism. Web Page 

Michelle A. Mart (Berks-Lehigh Valley College of Penn State)
Associate Professor of History.  American diplomatic history, especially US-Israeli relations.