Kol Hakavod to Our Faculty!
RABBI MENACHEM CREDITOR
• Served as a voting delegate at the 39th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem
RABBI IRA J. DOUNN( AJR‘ 17)
• Appointed to the position of AJR’ s Dean of Strategic Initiatives
RABBI MATTHEW GOLDSTONE, PHD
• Promoted to Associate Professor • Authored“ Flat Rabbis: A Narratological Lens for Rabbinic Legal Traditions,” in J. Rubenstein ed.,“ Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 2 "( Providence, RI; Brown Judaic Studies, 2025): 139-138 • Coauthored“ Learning to Read [ Scripture ] Well: Philology’ s Role in Jewish-Christian Dialogue” with S. Wiedemann, P. Kautzmann, E. Brownsmith, and R. Slutsky. • Crosscultural Studies of Religion and Theology 2024:1, 1-35 •“ A Brief History of Studying the Gospels using Jewish Sources,” Young Scholars Jewish- Christian Network •“ Blurring the Lines Between Rewriting and Commentary from Qumran to the Bavli,” Rutgers Rabbinics Conference, New Brunswick, NJ •“ New Insights on the Sermon on the Mount from Recent Midrash Scholarship,” Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego • Panelist,“ Resisting Climate Violence through Science-Engaged Theological Education,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego • Member, " Jewish Thought and Jewish Education for the Digital Future” working group
PELLEG HALFIN
• Authored“ Speaking Hebrew: B1 level” [ Textbook, teachers’ manual, and syllabus ]. Tamir, L., & Halfin, P.( 2024). Lissan. This textbook, commissioned by Lissan— a local NGO promoting linguistic equality— was developed as part of a pedagogical program for Arabic-speaking women in East Jerusalem. It emphasizes practical communication skills for workforce integration and bureaucratic navigation, complemented by systematic grammatical instruction.
RABBI JEFFREY HOFFMAN, DHL
•“ What Might Naheim Mean for Us?” in“ Perhaps There Is Hope: Tisha B’ Av Supplement,” Ora Horn Prouser and Menachem Creditor, eds. 2025, 24-25. ISBN: PP / 9798292146896. •“ Righteous Victims?” in“ An Upside Down World: Esther and Antisemitism,” Ora Horn Prouser and Menachem Creditor, eds., 2025, 58-60. ISBN: PP / 9798309609734
DR. ORA HORN PROUSER
• " The Hillel Sandwich: Processing the Bitter and the Sweet at Our Passover Seders " in " Preparing for Passover: How the Haggadah Can Speak to Us " at the Bucks County Night of Jewish Learning [ March 30, 2025 ] •“ Perhaps There Is Hope: Tisha B’ Av Supplement,” Ora Horn Prouser and Menachem Creditor, eds. 2025, 24-25. ISBN: PP / 9798292146896. •“ An Upside Down World: Esther and Antisemitism,” Ora Horn Prouser and Menachem Creditor, eds., 2025, 58-60. ISBN: PP / 9798309609734 • Participated in the worship service at the ATS Biennial 6 / 24 • Took part in the 2024 ATS / COA Biennial Resource and Innovation Expo
DAVID ZVI KALMAN, PHD
•“ Descent,” Center for the Future of Museums( American Alliance of Museums, November 2024). •“ Artificial Intelligence in Jewish Thought,” Cambridge Companion to Religion and Artificial Intelligence, eds. Beth Singler and Fraser Watts( Cambridge University Press, November 2024). •“ Judaism and Technology” for Jewish Studies in the Oxford Bibliographies Series( Oxford University Press, 2025) •“ AI and the Death of Sacred Form,” Using Artificial Intelligence for Bible Translation and Interpretation( Lexington, 2025).
RABBI CANTOR SAM LEVINE( AJR‘ 19)
• Appointed to the position of AJR Ritual Skills Test Coordinator
DR. JOB Y. JINDO
• Promoted to Full Professor • Appointed to the position of AJR Director of Master’ s Degree Projects
DR. ALAN LEVENSON
• The History of Jews and Judaism: Facts and Fictions, Bloomsbury / ABC-CLIO, 2025 •“ The King James Bible Mystique: On Teaching the Bible in Public Schools”( on-line) in The Bible & Interpretation, n. p.( October 2024). • Regents Professor, University of Oklahoma
RABBI LEN LEVIN, PHD
• Translated A History of Modern Jewish Religious Philosophy: Volume VI: From Exile to Exile, Ultra-Orthodox Responses to the Holocaust and Establishing the New Jewish Center in America( Brill, 2025)
DR. ISAAC ROSZLER
• Earned his PhD in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from NYU
• Conference presentations:“ Saul and the Gibeonites( b. Yev. 78b- 79a): A Stammaitic Attempt to Solve a‘ Plot Hole’ with Halakhic Material,” Nineteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Israel 2025“ The Amazing Adventures of Rabbi Pinhạs ben Yair,” Rutgers Rabbinics Conference, Rutgers University 2025“ Joab’ s Trial”( b. Sanh. 48b-49a),” Ancient Judaism Regional Seminar, Columbia University 2024“ Pseudepigraphic Minhag: The Halakhic Afterlife of‘ Kidor the Bloody Innkeeper’( b. Yoma 83b),” Jewish Law Association International Conference, Harvard Law School
DR. JONATHAN SCHMIDT-SWARTZ
• Earned his PhD in Hebrew and Judaic Studies from NYU
LAYNIE SOLOMAN
•“ Euphoric Halakha: Approaching Jewish Law & Trans Liberation,” UCR Conference on Queer & Trans Studies in Religion( Presentation), February 16, 2025 •“ Trans Identity, Autonomy, and Self-Determination: Locating Halakhic Language & Limits,” Society for Jewish Ethics Conference( Presentation), January 12, 2025 •“ Parshat Vayishlach,” Jewish Currents, Shabbat Reading List: Weekly Parshah Commentary, December 13, 2024“ On Parshat Toldot,” Halachic Left: Torah, November 22, 2024 •“ Our Freedom Is Not At Stake,” SVARA, Hot off the Shtender( Blog), November 15, 2024 •“ Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech,” Jewish Currents, Shabbat Reading List: Weekly Parshah Commentary, September 27, 2024 •“ Parshat Pinchas,” Jewish Currents, Shabbat Reading List: Weekly Parshah Commentary, August 18, 2024
23