Past staff and faculty directory




2003 Journal Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Shira Schoenberg

Editorial Board
Adam Kushner, Robyn Schwartz, Doron Kenter, Josh Lovinger, Tamar Abraham, Tamar Kaplan-Marans, Ari Brandes

Copy Editors
Rebecca Feld, Audrey Shore, Rachelle Frankel, Danielle Molofsky

Computers
Scott Arfin



Faculty Advisory Board

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Richard Brilliant, Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politcal Science
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society



2002 Journal Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Efrat Hakak

Editorial Board
Tamar Abraham, Yoni Goldberg, Alison Hirsh
Doron Kenter, Ariel Meyerstein, Shira Schoenberg
Mriam Sheinbein

Copy Editors
Efrat Hakak, Doron Kenter, Elana Roth

Computers
Scott Arfin

Cover Art
April Greenberg



2002 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Richard Brilliant, Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politcal Science
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society


2001 Journal Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Jenny R. Labendz

Editorial Board
Tamar Abraham, Tsvi Aranoff, Efrat Hakak
Alison Hirsh, Elizabeth Cate, Yaacob Dweck
Ariel Meyerstein, Miriam Sheinbein, Ariel Yehuda Simon

Copy Editors
Chava Brandriss, Evelyn Harary, Hila Ratzabi
Elana Roth, David Schnitzer

Layout Editors
Laurie Susser, Managing Editor
Raquel Gardner

Business Manager
Efrat Hakak

Event Coordinator
Danielle Schieber

Publicity
Raquel Gardner, Alieza Salzberg

Computers
Scott Arfin


2001 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Richard Brilliant, Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politcal Science
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society

2000 Journal Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Yael Lerman

Editorial Board
Tamar Abraham, Sander K. Cohan, Rachel Furst,
David Gillers, Efrat Hakak,
Alison Hirsh, Jenny Labendz,
Yael Lerman, Penny Sinanoglou,
Lauren Wolf and Reuven Zakheim

Copy Editors
Rachel Furst, Managing Editor
Penny Sinanoglou and Tamar Simon

Layout Editors
Zev Beckerman and Laurie Susser

Business Manager
Jenny Labendz

Event Coordinators
Justin Rubin

Webmasters
Matt Jacobs, Bram Raphael,
Matt Selsky and Micah Lemonik


2000 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Richard Brilliant, Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Irene Klepfisz, Visting Professor of Women's Studies
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Politcal Science
Elliot Wolfson, Visiting Professor of Jewish History
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society


1999 Journal Staff

Editor-in-Chief
Chelsea T. Wald

Editorial Board
Yael Lerman and
Co-Chairs
Chelsea T. Wald, Miriam Benor, Shira Brafman,
David Gillers, Andrew Jakabovics,
Jenny Labendz, Jonathan Lechter,
Roya Rahmanian and Stacy M. Rotner

Copy Editors
Andrew Jakabovics, Managing Editor
Lili Bernstein, Rachel Furst,
Yael Lerman, Brian Pence,
Penny Sinanoglou and Simon Abraham Steiner

Layout Editors
David Hensel, Managing Editor
Zev Beckerman and Talia Werber

Business Manager
Anat Shenker

Event Coordinators
Rachel Furst and Stacy M. Rotner

Webmaster
Matt Jacobs


1999 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Richard Brilliant, Anna S. Garbedian Professor in the Humanities
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies
Irene Klepfisz, Adjunct Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Jonathan A. Levin, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Rakhmiel Peltz, Associate Professor of Yiddish
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Middle East Institute
Elliot Wolfson, Adjunct Professor of History
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society


1998 Journal Staff

Editors-in-Chief
Talia Rosenblatt and Andrea Siegel

Editors
Rachel Schulder Abrams, David Gillers
Andrew Jakabovics, Jonathan Lechter
Yael Lerman, Mark Popovsky and Karen Septimus

Copy Editors
Lili Bernstein, Andrew Jakabovics and Shira Schnitzer

Computer/Layout Editors
Meira Josephy and Chelsea Wald

Business Manager
Rebecca Bodek Rosenbaum

Webmaster
Matt Jacobs

1998 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Nili Gold, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Irene Klepfisz, Visiting Professor of Women's Studies
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Rakhmiel Peltz, Assistant Professor of Yiddish
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
Elliot Wolfson, Visiting Professor of Jewish History
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society


1997 Journal Staff

Editors-in-Chief
Sarah Benor and Aryeh Bernstein

Editors
Mark Bunin, Ilana Friedman
Yonit Himmelfarb, Naom Milgrom-Elcott
Avi Katz Orlow, Talia Rosenblatt, and Andrea Siegel

Copy Editors
Lili Bernstein and Andrew Jakabovics

Computer/Layout Editors
Michal Eisenberg and David Hensel

Business Manager
Jeremy Kamras

Advertising Manager
Ariel Gordon


1997 Journal Faculty

Mark M. Anderson, Associate Professor of German
Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion
Celia Deutsch, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion
Ari L. Goldman, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
Annette Insdorf, Professor of Film Studies, English and Comparative Literature
Jonathan A. Levin, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Joseph Malone, Professor of Linguistics
Dan Miron, Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures
Rakhmiel Peltz, Assistant Professor of Yiddish
Robert Elliot Pollack, Professor of Biological Sciences
David Schatz, Adjunct Professor of Religion
Alan F. Segal, Assistant Professor of Religion
James Shapiro, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Susan Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Religion
Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History
David Weiss Halivni, Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization
Naomi Weinberger, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
Elliot Wolfson, Visiting Professor of Jewish History
Yosef H. Yerushalmi, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society
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