Judaic and Near Eastern Studies

Jay Berkovitz, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., Brandeis, 1973; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1983.

Aviva Ben-Ur, Associate Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1990; M.A., Columbia, 1992;
M.Phil., 1994; Ph.D., Brandeis, 1998.

David Bernat, Lecturer, B.A., Jewish Theological Seminary, 1995; Ph.D., Brandeis, 2002.

Shmuel Bolozky, Professor, B.A., Hebrew University, 1965; M.A., London, 1968; Ph.D., Illinois, 1972.

Yasmeen Daifallah, Assistant Professor, B.A., Cairo University, 2002; M.A., Royal Roads University, 2004; M.A., California at Berkeley, 2004; Ph.D., 2012.

Tayeb El-Hibri, Professor, B.A., Stanford, 1986; M.A., Columbia, 1988; M.Phil., 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Olga Gershenson, Professor, B.A., Ural State University, 1990; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2003.

Ralph Melnick, Lecturer, B.A., New York, 1968; M.S.L.S., Columbia, 1970; M.A., M.Phil., Columbia/Union Theological Seminary, 1974, 1975; Ph.D., Reconstructionist Rabbinical College/Temple University, 1968-1969; Ph.D., Columbia/Union Theological Seminary, 1977.

Robert A. Rothstein, Professor, S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; A.M., Harvard, 1961; Ph.D., 1967.

Susan Shapiro, Associate Professor, B.A., Washington, 1973; Ph.D., Chicago, 1983.

James Young, Professor, B.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1973; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1976; Ph.D., California at Santa Cruz, 1983.

Ofir Zussman, Lecturer, B.A., Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, 1998; M.A., Cambridge University, 2000; Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, 2014.