The Academic Council of the Center for Jewish Studies is comprised of scholars and researchers throughout the region and New York State who are devoted to Jewish studies. The network of contacts among different college and university campuses provides crucial public support and guidance for the Center. The council is exploring ways for the Center to establish new distance learning projects, coordinate regional and statewide tours of distinguished lecturers, and facilitate regional conferences.

Academic Council
(In Formation)

Mitchell Abolafia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Rockefeller College

Joseph Adler, Ph.D., independent scholar

Allan Arkush, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, Binghamton University

Rachel Anisfeld, Ph.D. Candidate in Rabbinic Literature, University of Pennsylvania

Armand Baker, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus), Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Judith E. Barlow, Ph.D., Professor (Collins Fellow), Department of English, with joint appointment in Women's Studies

Iris Berger, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of History, with joint appointments in Africana Studies and Women's Studies

Ronald M. Berger, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History

Stephen Berk, Ph.D., Professor of History and Culture, Union College

Joel Berkowitz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Judaic Studies

Donald Birn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History

Sarah Blacher Cohen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of English

Ethan D. Bloch, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Bard College

Ray Bromley, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Geography & Planning

Toby W. Clyman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Jerome Eckstein, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus), Department of Judaic Studies

Martin Edelman, Ph.D., Professor (Collins Fellow), Department of Political Science

Morris E. Eson, Ph.D., Professor (Emeritus), Department of Psychology

Sue R. Faerman, Ph.D., Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Seth Forman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science & Deputy Director, Center for Regional Policy Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Lee Franklin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Theodore J. Gilman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, Union College

Robert J. Gluck, M.H.L., M.F.A., M.S.W., Rabbi, Department of Judaic Studies and Department of Music

Seth Greenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Union College

Daniel Grossberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Hebrew Language Program, Department of Judaic Studies, with joint appointment in the Religious Studies Program

Dvorah Heckleman, Ed.M., DOP Honorary degree, Department of Judaic Studies

Hayward D. Horton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Stanley Isser, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Judaic Studies, with joint appointment in the Religious Studies Program

Dorothy Jacobson, Adjunct Professor, Academy for Initial Teacher Preparation, School of Education

Jonathan Karp, Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History, Binghamton University

Efrat Levy, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Empire State College

Mark B. Levy, Dh.L., Visiting Lecturer, Department of Judaic Studies

Timothy Lytton, J.D., Associate Professor of Law, Albany Law School

Samuel Morell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Judaic Studies, Binghamton University

Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Piotr Pienkowski, Ph.D., Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland), Visiting Scholar, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Mark A. Raider, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies

Miriam B. Raider-Roth, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, School of Education

Martha Rozett, Ph.D., Professor, Department of English

Ernest A. Scatton, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor, Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Department of Anthropology

Rona Sheramy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Jewish Studies Program, Bard College

Malcolm Sherman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Gerald Sorin, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Jewish Studies Program, State University of New York at New Paltz

Bonnie Steinbock, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Department of Philosophy, with joint appointments in Public Policy and Public Health

Amy J. Svirsky, Ph.D., independent scholar

Frank Thompson, Ph.D., Dean, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany

Sharona R. Wachs, M.A., M.L.S., Monographic Cataloger and Judaic Studies Bibliographer, University Libraries

Paul W. Wallace, Ph.D., Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Classics

Dan S. White, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History

Aryeh Wineman, Ph.D., Rabbi, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Judaic Studies

Peter Zaas, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Hayyim H. Kieval Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies, Siena College

Julian E. Zelizer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy, Rockefeller College

Walter P. Zenner, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anthropology