Kol Hakavod to Our Faculty !
DR . YAKIR ENGLANDER
• “ The Concept of Body in Judaism : The Shaping of the Halakhic ( Jewish Legal ) Body from a Phenomenological Perspective ” in The Perception of the Body ( De Gruyter , 2024 ) pp . 1-28 • Co-Authored ( in HEB ) Law , Culture and Physicality : Perceptions of Body , Honor and Dignity in the Mishnah ' s Codification of Boshet ( Shame ) ( Hamishpat , 2024 ) • “ American Jews and Israelis Need to Learn How to Speak the Same Love Languages .” Tablet Magazine
RABBI MATTHEW GOLDSTONE , PHD
• Authored a chapter entitled “ Ethics : Debating the Proper Orientation of the Ethical Self in Rabbinic and Monastic Sources from Antiquity ,” in E . Katz , S . Dolgopolski , and E . Ancselovitz eds ., When Jews Argue : Between the University and the Beit Midrash ( London and New York : Routledge , 2023 ): 176-187 • Panelist , “ Thinking Outside of the Box : Science Engagement and Literacy in Faith Communities ,” American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting , Denver • “ False Facts ? How Jews Rewrite the Past to Meet the Needs of the Present ,” NewCAJE , NJ
DR . ORA HORN PROUSER
• “ Academy for Jewish Religion Creates Video Series to Foster Knowledge and Awareness ,” ATS Colloquy Online • Co-edited These Holy Days : A High Holiday Supplement After October 7 ( 2024 ) • Co-edited Seder Interrupted : A Post-October 7 Hagaddah Supplement ( 2024 )
RABBI JILL HAMMER , PHD
• Omer Calendar of Biblical Women ( Ayin Press , 2024 ) • The Moonstone Covenant ( Ayin Press , 2024 )
RABBI JEFF HOFFMAN , DHL
• Weaving Prayer : An Analytical and Spiritual Commentary on the Jewish Prayerbook ( Ben Yehuda Press , 2024 )
DR . JOB Y . JINDO
• Jewish Concepts of Monotheism : A Comparative Introduction . The Cambridge Elements Series in Religion and Monotheism ( New York : Cambridge University Press , 2024 )
CANTOR ROBIN ANNE JOSEPH
• Musical composition of “ Samei-ach T ’ samach ,” in Mikraei Kodesh Volume II ( Transcontinental Music Publications , 2023 )
• Featured presentation entitled “ Racism : What ’ s Judaism Got to Do With It ?” at “ Clergy Talk ” at the Shames JCC in Tarrytown , NY ( November 2024 )
RABBI DAVID SETH KIRSHNER
• Streams of Shattered Consciousness - A Chronicle of the First 50 days of Israel-Hamas War ( Xlibris , 2024 )
CANTOR LISA KLINGER-KANTOR
• Appointed to the position of Director of Student Care at AJR
RABBI BETH KRAMER-MAZER
• Appointed to the position of Dean of Admissions and Director of Placement at AJR
RABBI LEN LEVIN , PHD
• Eliezer Schweid , A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy , vol . 5 , translated by Len Levin ( Brill , 2024 )
RABBI DAVID EVAN MARKUS , JD
• Named to New York ' s " Power 100 " for his dual rabbinic and secular public service • Led a multi-faith Yom HaShoah mission to the Equal Rights Initiative ' s antiracism programs in Alabama • Anchored two public seminars on public ethics , and three on " Equal Rights / Equal Justice " geared to the New York Constitution ' s Equal Rights Amendment • Launched a monthly Ethics Corner column on public and professional ethics • Promoted to Special Counsel for Access to Justice on behalf of the New York State Judiciary to redress economic , geographic and cultural barriers to equal justice • Elected to the Westchester County Bar Association Board of Directors and its Executive Committee , and recently was designated to the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates .
RABBI CANTOR MICHAEL MCCLOSKEY ( AJR 2023 )
• “ Fathers , Mothers , Lovers , and Monsters : The Golem in the Age of AI ,” AJS Perspective Magazine
DR . FRAN MENDELOWITZ
• " Using Applied Theater to Promote Social-Emotional Health in Adolescents ." Group 47.12 ( 2023 ): 53-66 • Author of Chapter " Social Issues Theater : A Platform for Adolescent Social- Emotional Learning and Prosocial Response " in Creative Critical Pedagogies : Using Arts-Based Approaches for Online and In-Person Learning , ( Cognella Academic Publishing , 2024 ), 133-144 • Creator of The Dear Israel Project
RABBI LISA SACKS ( AJR 2020 )
• Admitted to the Rabbinical Assembly
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