Five College Jewish Studies Faculty
This list includes both faculty appointed to teach in Jewish studies programs, and others who do not teach in the field but whose research touches on some aspect of Jewish civilization.
Amherst College
Catherine Epstein
German history, Holocaust
Susan Niditch
Hebrew Bible and midrash, women and Judaism
Ilan Stavans
Latin–American Jewish literature
Boris Wolfson
Russian literature
Hampshire College
Polina Barskova
Russian literature, Slavic Studies, poetry
Aaron Berman
History of Zionism, Israeli politics, American Jewish history
Karen Koehle
Art history, memory
Sura Levine
Holocaust and visual culture
Rebecca Miller
Jewish music
Abraham Ravett
Film
Rachel Rubinstein
American Jewish literature and culture
James Wald
European history, German-Jewish studies, Holocaust
Jeffery Wallen
German–Jewish studies, Holocaust
Mt. Holyoke College
Larry Fine
Jewish mysticism, Jewish thought
Karen Remmler
German–Jewish literature and women
Don Weber
American Jewish literature and culture
Smith College
Martha Ackelsburg
Jewish women and political activism
Silvia Berger
Latin–American Jewish literature
Ernest Benz
European intellectual history, fascism
Darcy Buerkle
German–Jewish history and thought, Jewish women's history
Justin Cammy
Yiddish and modern Jewish literature, Eastern European Jewish history
Donna Divine
Israeli politics, Zionism
Lois Dubin
Modern Jewish history and thought, Jewish women's history, Jewish liturgy
Sergey Glebov
Russian history, nationalism
Joel Kaminsky
Hebrew Bible
Jocelyne Kolb
Heine, Jews in German culture
Ellen Kaplan
Jewish theater
Suleiman Mourad
Jews under Islam, Jerusalem
Joel Westerdale
German literature, Weimar and Nazi film
University of Massachusetts
Jay Berkovitz
Modern Jewish intellectual and social history
Aviva Ben Ur
Sephardic studies, American Jewish history
Shmuel Bolozky
Hebrew language, linguistics
Andrew Donson
German history, Holocaust
Harley Erdman
Ethnic theater
Olga Gershenson
Jewish film and theater, contemporary Israeli culture
Susan Jahoda
Studio and video art
David Mednicoff
Arab–Israeli politics
Robert Rothstein
Slavic and Yiddish linguistics
Susan Shapiro
Jewish thought
Jonathan Skolnik
German–Jewish literature and culture
James Young
Holocaust, memory and memorials
National Yiddish Book Center
Josh Lambert
American Jewish Literature
Asya Vaysman
Yiddish language, literature, folklore and music
