CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT: Professor Schiffman

DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Professor Rubenstein

DIRECTOR, HEBREW LANGUAGE PROGRAM: Senior Language Lecturer Kamelhar

The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies presents an integrated program in Hebrew language and literature together with a full range of offerings in Jewish history, literature, thought, and culture. Students may major or minor in Hebrew language and literature or in Jewish history and civilization. An honors program offers advanced seminars and graduate courses on special topics. Courses are taught by a diverse faculty whose areas of expertise include biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies; postbiblical and Talmudic literature; medieval and modern Hebrew literature; medieval and modern Jewish philosophy and religious thought; Jewish mysticism; history of the Jews in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods; the Holocaust; and the State of Israel. Courses given by Dorot Teaching Fellows enrich the offerings of the permanent faculty.

The Skirball Department sponsors a wide range of conferences, lectures, and colloquia that expose students to current research and thought in the various areas of Jewish studies. Many special programs are conducted by the Taub Center for Israel Studies and the Goldstein-Goren Center for the Study of American Jewry, which are headed by members of the department. The department also collaborates closely with the Departments of History, English, Classics, Comparative Literature, Social and Cultural Analysis, and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, as well as with the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Programs in Religion and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.

The Bobst Library at New York University contains extensive holdings of Judaica and Hebraica. The nearby Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion opens its library to NYU students by special arrangement. In general, New York City offers students interested in Hebrew and Judaic studies a wide range of resources, both academic and cultural.

Faculty

Professors Emeriti:
Ivry, Levine

Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies:
Schiffman

Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies:
Engel

Abraham I. Katsh Professor of Hebrew Culture and Education:
Feldman

Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies:
Wolfson

S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies:
Chazan

Skirball Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Studies:
Smith

Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History:
Kaplan

Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish Studies:
Diner

Marilyn and Henry Taub Professor of Israel Studies:
Zweig

Professors:
Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, Peters, Rubenstein

Associate Professor:
Fleming

Clinical Associate Professor:
Roth

Assistant Professor:
Gottlieb

Faculty Fellows:
Rapport, Zalashik

Senior Language Lecturer:
Kamelhar

Language Lecturer:
Marom

Clinical Associate Professor:
Estraikh

Global Distinguished Professor:
Rabinovich