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B.A., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, (1982), magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
M.A., Brown University, (1982).
Thesis Title: "Saint Augustine's Suppression of the Donatists: The Struggle for North African Christianity".
Ph. D., The Ohio State University, (1990).
Dissertation Title: "Jewish Reactions to Intermarriage in Nineteenth Century Germany".
Doctoral Examination Fields:
Major: Modern Jewish History, Minors: Medieval and Ancient Jewish History
Additional Training:
Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Israel (1989-1990)
Rabbinical Texts at Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY (1985-1986)
Rabbinic Texts at Academy for Jewish Religion, Riverdale, NY (2006-2007)
Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction (Jason Aronson, 2000; pbk. 2002;
Second Revised Edition, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006)
Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism: Defenses of Jews and Judaism in Modern Germany (University of Nebraska Press, 2004)
The Story of Joseph: A Journey of Jewish Interpretation: (College of William and Mary, Department of Religion, 2004)
The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (Rowman and Littlefield)
The History of Jews and Judaism (Wiley-Blackwell)
“Syncretism and Surrogacy in Modern Times” SHOFAR 30:1 (Fall, 2011)
“From Recognition to Consensus: The Nature of Philosemitism in Germany” in Philosemitism Through the Ages, eds. Adam Sutcliffe and Jonathon Karp
(Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, 2011): 190-208.
“Judaism in America” The Columbia Guide to Religion in American History, eds., Harvey and Blum, (Forthcoming, 2011)
“Modern Jewish Bible Commentary” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin & New York: De Gruyter Verlag, Forthcoming)
“Not Knowing Hebrew” in Jeffrey Schein and Brian Amkraut, eds., Festschrift for Dr. Lifsa Bloch Schachter (Forthcoming, 2012)
“Nehama Leibowitz: Context & Exegesis” JOURNAL OF JEWISH EDUCATION (Forthcoming)
“Agents of Change: Congregation Brith Emeth (Cleveland)” AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY (Submitted: June 2010)
“Responding to Kugel” JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY (Submitted: October 2010)
“Samson Raphael Hirsch: A Liberal Appreciation” JOURNAL OF REFORM JUDAISM (Fall, 2010): 68-83
“Positive Responses to Antisemitism: The Case of Modern Jewish Bible Scholarship” TRANSVERSAL: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR JÜDISCHE STUDIEN (2010): 29-46
“The Mantle of the Matriarchs: Ruth 4:11-15” JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY 38:4(2010): 237-244.
“Will the Real Franz Rosenzweig Please Stand Up?” (With Dr. Jeffrey Schein) JOURNAL OF JEWISH EDUCATION 76:2 (2010): 151-163
“The Mismeasure of the Jew” Review essay solicited by Jewish Quarterly Review (Fall, 2009) 99:4: 594-602.
“From Recognition to Consensus: The Nature of Philosemitism in Germany, 1871-1932,” in Irene Diekemann and Elke-Vera Kotowski, eds., Geliebter Feind/Gehasster Freund (Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, 2009), 295-310.
“Writing the Philosemitic Novel: Daniel Deronda Revisited” PROOFTEXTS 28:2 (2008):129-156.
“New York: The Cosmopolitan Jewish City” THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST 72:1 (Fall, 2008): 47-57.
“The Non Expert as Bible Teacher: Some Reflections” Association of Jewish Studies Perspectives (Fall 2008): 8-10.
“Contemporary Jewish Theology” in Marc Lee Raphael, ed., The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America (NY: Columbia University Press, 2007): 406-432.
“The Rise of Modern Jewish Bible Studies: Preliminary Reflections” in Biblical Interpretation in Judaism and Christianity. Festschrift for Isaac Kalimi, Ed. Peter Haas. (New York & London: T & T Clark, 2006): 163-178.
Guest Editor & “Introduction,” American Jewish History 90:1 (March 2002)
“Jewish and Jewish-Feminist Tendencies in Modern Bible Scholarship,” Gendering the Jewish Past. College of William and Mary, (2002), 79-100
“The Problematics of Philosemitic Fiction”.THE GERMAN QUARTERLY 75:4 (Fall 2002): 379-393.
“Text Study Vs. (and/or) the Study of Texts: A Pedagogical Reflection” THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST 66:2 (Spring 2002): 29-36.
“Missionary Protestants as Defenders and Detractors of Judaism” JEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW 92 (2002): 383-420.
“The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism, A Reconsideration” JEWISH HISTORY 16 (2002): 187-211.
“Herzl’s Gentile Supporters” Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division E (Jerusalem, 2001): 1-12.
“The German Peace Movement and the Jews: An Unexplored Nexus” LEO BAECK INSTITUTE YEARBOOK 46 (2001): 277-301.
Reader’s Guide to Judaism (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000). Entries: “Martin Buber,” “Franz Rosenzweig”
“The Posen Factor,” SHOFAR 17:1 (Fall 1998): 72-80.
“Thomas Mann as Midrashist: Methods and Sources,” THE GERMAN QUARTERLY 71:2 (Spring 1998): 166-178.
“The Apostate as Philosemite,” Renate Posthafen, ed.,Transforming the Center, Eroding the Margins (Detroit: Wayne State, 1998), 132-145.
“Introduction” and “Radical Assimilation and Radical Assimilationists” What Is Modern About the Modern Jewish Experience? College of William and Mary, 1997.
“Philosemitic Discourse in Imperial Germany,” JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES (Summer 1996): 1-39.
“Teaching the Jewish Classics: A Pedagogical Postmortem,” SHOFAR 13:4 (Summer 1995): 59-68.
"The Conversionary Impulse in fin de siecle Germany," LEO BAECK INSTITUTE YEARBOOK, XL (1995): 107-122.
An Adventure in Otherness: Remy Lazarus (1849-1928), in Rudavsky, ed., Gender and Judaism (New York: NYU Press 1995), 99-111.
"Thomas Mann's Walsüngenblut & The Intermarriage Debate" in Dagmar Lorenz, ed., Insiders and Outsiders (Detroit: Wayne State, 1994).
“Bertha von Suttner & Theodor Herzl: Criticism, Collaboration and Utopianism" THE JOURNAL OF ISRAELI HISTORY 15:2 (Summer 1994): 213-222.
"Jewish Responses to Modern Biblical Criticism: Some Reflections and a Course Proposal" SHOFAR, 12:3 (Spring 1994): 100-114.
"Joseph Soloveitchik's The Halachic Mind: A Liberal Critique" CCAR JOURNAL: A REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY (Winter 1994).
"Reclaiming the Ba'al Teshuva Movement: A Liberal Critique" CCAR JOURNAL: A REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY (Winter 1993).
"German Zionism and Radical Assimilation Before 1914" STUDIES IN ZIONISM, 13:1 (Spring, 1992): 21-41.
"Reform Attitudes to Intermarriage in the Past" JUDAISM: A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, 38:3 (Sum. 1989):310-322.
“Right-Wing Exiles” German Studies Association San Francisco, October 7-9, 2010.
Scholar-Residence Congregation Beth Shalom, Sioux City, Making of the Modern Jewish Bible, Nov. 5-6, 2010
“Nehama Leibowitz: Context & Exegesis” Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, Dec 2010
“The Making of Modern Jewish Bible” Scholar-in-Residence Sessions, Moreh L’Morim, Cleveland, Ohio, August 8th-11th 2010.
“American Jewish Exceptionalism” Biennial Scholars’ Conference on American Jewish History NYC, June 15-17, 2010.
“Samson Raphael Hirsch As Bible Commentator,” Association of Jewish Studies 41, Los Angeles, December 2009.
Panel Commentator, Modern Jewish Thought Association of Jewish Studies 41, Los Angeles, December 2009.
Panel Organizer & Commentator, “Jewish Responses to Modern Biblical Criticism,” Association of Jewish Studies, 21 December 2008.
“Will the Real Franz Rosenzweig Please Stand Up?” Network for Jewish Education. NYC, June, 2009.
“Conversion to Christianity in Berlin and Vienna” German Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN 10 October 2008.
“From Social to Cultural History: The Jews of Posen” Monika Richarz Symposium, Chicago, 25 Sept 2007.
“Philosemitismus und Antisemitismus,” Internationale Konferenz: Philosemitismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Potsdam, Germany, 10-13 June 2007.
“The Jewish School of Modern Bible Scholarship,” CWRU, Cleveland, OH, May 2004.
“The Jewish School of Modern Bible Scholarship,” Oberlin College, OH, 2 March 2004.
“Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism,” Judaic Studies Series, College of William and Mary Colloquium, 28 April 2002.
“Protestant Missionary Defense of Judaism in Imperial Germany,” Faculty Colloquium, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 15 March 1991.
“Gender as a Category in Modern Jewish Bible Study,” Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 15 March 1991.
“Judenbilder in German Popular Fiction,” Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, 18 December 2000.
“Mann as Midrashist: Methods and Sources in Joseph and His Brothers,” College of William and Mary Colloquium, 3 May 1998.
“Christian Author, Jewish Book? Thomas Mann’s Joseph and His Brothers,” Case Western Reserve University, Rosenthal Lectures, Cleveland, 20 January 1998.
“German Liberals and German Jews,” German Studies Association, Washington DC, October 1997.
“Herzl’s Gentile Supporters,” 12th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 1997.
“The Apostate as Philosemite: A Modern Phenomenon,” Midwest Association of Jewish Studies, Chicago, 21 October 1996.
“Intermarriage in the Liberal German-Jewish Press, 1875-1917,” Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, 20 December 1995.
“Teaching Bible Interpretation as Jewish Thought,” Midwest Association of Jewish Studies, St. Paul, October 1995.
"Philosemitic Misreadings of Zionism," Midwest Association of Jewish Studies, Nashville, TN, 17 October 1994.
"Response to David Sorkin’s The Transformation of German Jewry," The Melton Center Midwest Faculty Colloquium, Columbus, OH, 26 April 1994.
"Philosemitism in Imperial and Weimar Germany," Association of Jewish Studies, Boston,13 December 1994.
"An Adventure in Otherness: Nahida Remy Lazarus (1849-1928)" Conference on Gender and Judaism, Columbus, OH, 26 April 1993.
"Defection and Response" American Historical Association (AHA), Washington, DC, 30 December 1992.
"Text & Context: Thomas Mann's Waelsungenblut" Conference on Cultural and Linguistic
Diversity: Views of The Other in German Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 15 March 1991.
"The Posen Factor" Conference on Jewish Geography, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 22 October 1990.
"The Exception Jew: A German Phenomenon" Ohio Academy of History, Dennison University, Granville, OH, 22 April 1989.
"Jewish Reactions to Intermarriage in Nineteenth Century Germany: A Progress Report" Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, 27 December 1989.
"Jewish Responses to German Antisemitism in the 1880s: A Reassessment" Interuniversity
Fellowship Program in Jewish Studies// Seminar in German Historiography, Jerusalem, February - March, 1989.
"It Won't Play in Cincinnati: Isaac Mayer Wise's Response to German Reform Judaism" Ohio Academy of History, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 10 April 1987.
"Images of Jewish Women in the Eleventh Century" delivered at the Ohio Academy of History, Capitol University, Columbus, OH, 19 April 1986.
My academic book reviews have appeared in Interpretation, The German Quarterly, The Association of Jewish Studies Review, Shofar: Journal of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association; Journal of American History; American Jewish History; Jewish Quarterly Review, Journal of Reform Judaism, Journal of the American Oriental Society, German Studies Review, European History The Reconstructionist, and Judaism: A Quarterly Journal.
Arthur Hertzberg, The Jews in America. Jewish Quarterly Review, (Jan-April 1993):433-435.
Allon Gal, The American Alignment Toward A Jewish State. Journal of American History, (June 1993):326-327.
Vassilis Lambropoulos, The Rise of Eurocentrism. Interpretation 49:2 (April 1995): 192-195.
Alan Silverstein, Alternatives to Assimilation. AJS Review 21:2 (1996): 413-416.
Michael Brenner, The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany. Judaism 46:1 (Winter 1997): 119-122.
Hugo Munsterberg, Unspoken Bequest, Judaism 46:1 (Winter 1997): 119-122.
Erika Hirsch, Jüdisches Vereinsleben in Hamburg bis zum ersten Weltkrieg. Jewish Quarterly Review, (July-Oct. 2000):220-222.
Michael Meyer, ed. German-Jewish History in Modern Times, 4 vols. Shofar 19:3 (2001)137-142.
Wolfgang Heinrichs, Das Judenbild im Protestantismus des Deutschen Kaiserreichs Jewish Quarterly Review (Jan-April 2003):306-312.
Christian Wiese, Wissenschaft des Judentums und Protestantische Theologie. Jewish Quarterly Review, (Jan-April 2003):306-312.
Norman Lamm, Faith and Doubt Jewish Quarterly Review (July 2004)
Matthias Morgenstern, From Frankfurt to Jerusalem. Isaac Breuer and the History of the Secession Dispute Jewish Quarterly Review (Sum. 2004):552-555
Michael Mack, German Idealism and the Jew Shofar 23:3 (2005):169-171.
Michael Stanislawski, Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning, Association of Jewish Studies Review (April 2006): 193-195.
Rut Fielder, Dreams Speak Falsely. Dream Theophanies in the Bible [Hebrew], Association of Jewish Studies Review (Nov. 2007):372-374.
Wolfgang Heinrichs, Das Judenbild im Protestantismus des Deutschen Kaiserreichs Jewish Quarterly Review.
Michael Stanislawski, Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning, Association of Jewish Studies Review (April 2006): 193-195.
Hans-Joachim Bechtoldt, Jüdische deutsche Bibelübersetzungen, Journal of the American Oriental Society 127:4 (2007): 546-548.
Marion Kaplan, ed., Jewish Daily Life in Germany, 1618-1945, Association of Jewish Studies Review (Forthcoming)
Sample of Course Offerings:
- The History of the Jewish People
- Introduction to Judaism
- The Modern Jewish Experience
- Judaism in America
- American Jew/Jewish American: An Ethnic Case Study
- Triumph & Tragedy: The Saga of German Jewry
- Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
- Genesis in Jewish Eyes
- Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
- The Bible: Use and Abuse (Graduate and History Capstone Seminar)
Complete List of Courses Taught, 1985-Present:
Instructorships
The Ohio State University, 1985-1990:
Autumn 1985 - Summer 1986. Lecturer, "The Culture of Contemporary Israel," Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Literature and Languages.
Spring 1987 - Spring 1988. Lecturer, "Western Civilization to 1600,"
Department of History.
Autumn, 1988. Lecturer, "Western Civilization from the Reformation to the Present,” Department of History.
Winter, 1989, Lecturer, "Introduction to Jewish History,"
Department of History.
Visiting Instructor, Department of Religion, Wittenberg University,
(Spring, 1987) "The Creation and Loss of Normative Judaism"
Visiting Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, Department of Religion,
The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 1990-91:
Rel.301 "History and Religion of Ancient Israel" (Aut-Spr)
Rel.303 "Introduction to the History of Jewish Thought"
Rel.339 "Midrash: A World of Jewish Biblical Interpretation"
Rel.332 "Encounters Between Judaism and Modernity"
Rel.352 "The Holocaust"
Visiting Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, Department of Religion,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Spring 1996:
Rel. 201 “Introduction to Judaism” (CWRU)
Rel. 203 “Modern Jewish Thought” (CWRU)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Religion,
John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH:
Rel. 252 “Introduction to Judaism” (Autumn, 2006)
Rel. 200 “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible” (Autumn, 2007)
Professor of Jewish History,
Siegal College of Jewish Studies,
Beachwood, OH, 1991- 2008:
1991-1992
His. 212 "Jewry in the Modern World: A Biographical Approach"
Tho. 361 "Confronting Change: Authority in Early Modern Jewish Thought" (Aut-Spr)
Bib. 327 "Midrash: Jewish Biblical Interpretation"
His. 353 "Zionist Theory Before 1948"
1992-1993
Bib. 327 "The Jewish Response to Modern Biblical Criticism"
His. 340 "Jewish History and Jewish Historians"
Tho. 567 "Buber-Rosenzweig-Scholem"
His. 277 "A Survey of Jewish History" (Aut-Spr)
His. 354 "Development of the American Jewish Community"
1993-1994
Bib. 397 "Jeremiah: His Life, His Times, His Book"
His. 287 "The Foundations of Modern Israel" (Aut-Spr)
His. 387 "Diverging Roads: The Encounter Between Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity" (Aut-Spr), with Reverend Richard Thewlis
Bib. 327 "Midrash: Jewish Biblical Interpretation" (Aut-Spr)
1994-1995
His. 377 “Modern Jewish History: A Biographical Approach”
Tho. 551 “The Challenge of the Holocaust to Jewish Thought”
His. 340 “The Saga of German Jewry”
His. 341 “Eastern European Jewry from the Rise of Hasidism to the Holocaust”
1996-1997
Bib. 333 “The Desert Narratives of Numbers/Bamidbar”
His. 382 “Modern Jewish Thinkers, Modern Jewish Thought”
His. 340 “The Saga of German Jewry”
His. 342 “Under the Crescent, Under the Cross: Jewish Life and Letters in Medieval Times”
1997-1998
Bib. 352 “Deuteronomy/Devarim”
His. 204 “Jewish Historiography”
His. 325 “A Tale of Three Cities: Berlin, Paris and London”
Tho.351 “Jewish and Christian Readings of the Bible”
1998-1999
Bib. 315 “Exodus/Shmot”
His. 350 “Eastern European Jewry from the Rise of Hasidism to the Holocaust”
His. 376 “Connecting With A Changing Israel”
His. 502 “Foundations of Jewish History I, II
(Mandatory Year-Long Survey of Jewish History for MJS candidates)
1999-2000
Sabbatical: Tel Aviv University
Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies
Fellow, Sassoon Center for the Study of Antisemitism
2000-2001
“Jacob and His Wives” Genesis 24-35
“Friends and Foes: Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger”
2001-2002
His. 326 “Jews, Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire” (Aut-Spr)
His./Tho. 344 “Alive and Well: Contemporary Jewish Thinkers” (Aut-Spr)
Bib. 330 “The Kingdom of David: An Examination of Samuel” (Aut-Spr)
Meah, Biblical-Rabbinic (Taught at The Temple-Tiferet Israel)
2002-2003
Bib./Rab. 311 “Women in the Midrash” (Aut-Spr)
His. 352 “The German-Jewish Experience”
His./Tho. 342 “Modern Jewish Thinkers”
Meah, Medieval-Modern (Taught at The Temple-Tiferet Israel)
2003-2004
Bib. 375 “The Prophets” (Aut-Spr)
Tho. 567 "Buber-Rosenzweig-Scholem"
His. 321 “The World of Hellenistic Jewry” (Aut)
His. 382 “Between Cross and Crescent” (Spr)
His 357 “The Wonders of America” (Spr)
Meah, Biblical-Rabbinic (at The Temple-Tiferet Israel)
2005-2006
Sabbatical at Academy of Jewish Religion, Riverdale, NY
& Center for Jewish History, New York, NY
Fellow, Memorial Foundation of Jewish Culture
2006-2007
Bib 303. “In the Beginning: Genesis 1-11”
Rel. 484 “From Cradle to Grave: The Jewish Lifecycle”
His. 502 “Foundations of Jewish History” I, II
2007-2008
His./Tho. 342 “Modern Jewish Thinkers”
His. 350 “Eastern European Jewry from the Rise of Hasidism
to the Holocaust”
Bib. 303 “Jacob and His Wives: Genesis 24-35”
His 357 “The Wonders of America” (Spr)
Schusterman Professor of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History,
University of Oklahoma,
Norman OK, 2008- Present:
Hist. 3950 “Jewish Views of Genesis” (Autumn 2009/Spring 2010)
Hist. 3973 “Judaism: A Religious History” (Spring 2009/Autumn 2010.)
Hist. 3430 “American Jews/Jewish Americans” (Spring, 2010)
Hist. 4950 “The Use and Abuse of the Bible” (History Capstone, Autumn, 2010)
Wexner Fellows Faculty, Los Angeles, Spring, 2010.
Bronfman Distinguished Visiting Professor, College of William & Mary, Autumn, 2009.
Named in “Ohio’s 100 Top College and University Teachers,” Ohio Magazine (2006)
Award Winner, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship, 2005-2006
Nominee, National Jewish Book Award for Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism (2004)
Senior Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 1999-2000.
Fellow, Vidal Sassoon Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999-2000.
Award Winner, Lucius Littauer Foundation Publication Award, 1997,
Awartd Winner, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant, Cologne, Germany, 1994. Pilot Project Book Grant, “German Philosemitism before Hitler”
Fellow, NEH Summer Seminar, "The History of Zionism," Columbia University, New York, June - July, 1993.
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, 1992.
Fellow, Institute for German History, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, 1991.
Fellow, Interuniversity Program in Jewish Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1988-1989.
Researcher, The Ohio Council on Holocaust Education, 1986 - 1988.
Graduate Representative, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Ohio State University, 1985-1988.
First Prize, Ohio State University Graduate Research Forum, Humanities Division, April 1987.
First Prizes, Roth Memorial Essay Contests, Ohio State University, 1985-1987.
Hayon Award for Excellence in the Humanities, Ohio State University, 1986.
Ruth Higgins Award, Ohio State University, History Department, Summer, 1988.
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa Society, Brown University, 1982.
Brown University Travel Grant for Hebrew Study, Summer 1982.
2010 Interim Director, Program in Jewish and Israel Studies, University of Oklahoma. Organized film series, Judaic Studies lunches, collaborated with grant giving agencies, provided oversight for grants to students travelling to Israel summer programs.
2010 Member, History Department Task Force on increasing majors. Researched prior offerings, enrollments, course titles; recommended improved use of 2000-level courses.
2007- 2008
Faculty Representative/ Executive Committee Member, Presidential Search
Evaluated candidates for President’s position, coordinated board/faculty/Jewish community activity and information-flow.
2001-2003
Academic Advisor, Cleveland Meah, a national adult education initiativeof Boston Hebrew University. Guided faculty discussions, curricular review, advised junior faculty, collaborated with area rabbis and promoted Meah in Cleveland area congregations.
1990-2008
Organized many Siegal College speakers and conferences, including raising funds, organizing, and chairing a sponsored lecture series on contemporary antisemitism, 2005-2008.
1993-1995
Program Director, Combined Master’s Program in Social Work and Jewish Studies, with Case Western Reserve University, School of Social Work. Directed class programming, advised students, coordinated with CWRU’s social work school and taught in the program.
World Union of Jewish Studies, Association of Jewish Studies, Leo Baeck Institute, (formerly) American Historical Association.
NE Ohio Hillel Board of Governors, 1995-1998.
Advisor, Cleveland Jewish Community Federation, History and Archives Committee, 1995-2000.
Academic Advisory Board, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 2002-2004.
Agnon School Board of Governors, 2002-2005.
Advisory Board, Rosenthal Center for Jewish Studies (CWRU) 2005- 2008.
Blackwell-Compass Editorial Board, 2004- Present. Blackwell-Compass is a leading on-line academic journal.
* It would require too much space to list the individual lectures and informal talks to colleges, synagogues, churches, library associations, public schools, Jewish federation groups and agencies, etc., that I have regularly addressed in my seventeen years in Cleveland. My position at Siegal College was a community service position as well as a standard academic one. A description of my service to the regional Jewish communities and to the University of Oklahoma since 2008 is available upon request.
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