Illuminated image from
The Cervera Bible
circa 1299-1300,
Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa.

The faculty of the Program in Jewish Studies is a committed group of scholars whose research and teaching interests range from study of the Hebrew Bible to modern Jewish literatures, from Jewish religious thought and history to the Holocaust, Israel, and varieties of contemporary Jewish experience.

Jewish Studies Program Committee

Ilona Ben-Moshe, Lecturer in Jewish Studies
Pierce Hall 204, (413) 585-3606
Office Hours: tba

Ernest Benz, Associate Professor of History
Pierce Hall 302, (413) 585-3716, ebenz@email.smith.edu
Office Hours: tba

Silvia Berger, Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese
Neilson 4/03, (413) 585-3517, silviab53@aol.com
Office Hours: tba

Justin Cammy, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Program Co-Director, 2007-08
Seelye Hall 203, (413) 585-3639, jcammy@smith.edu
Office Hours: tba

Lois Dubin, Professor of Religion
Pierce Hall 106(413) 585-3676, ldubin@email.smith.edu
Office Hours: tba

Joel Kaminsky, Associate Professor of Religion and Co-Director of Jewish Studies, 2007-08
Wright Hall 126, (413) 585-3608, jkaminsk@email.smith.edu
Office Hours: tba

Ellen Kaplan, Professor of Theatre
Theatre T202, (413) 585-3207, ekaplan@email.smith.edu
On leave 2007-2008

Jocelyne Kolb, Professor of German Studies
Seelye Hall 414, (413) 585-3409, jkolb@email.smith.edu
JYA Hamburg, 2007-2008

Other Faculty offering courses in Jewish Studies or related disciplines

Donna Robinson Divine, Morningstar Professor in Jewish Studies, Dept of Government
Wright Hall 106, (413) 585-3536, drdivine@smith.edu