Faculty Index & Bios

To read a brief biography on a member of the RRC faculty, select from the following list:

Jennifer Abraham, Vice President, Administration

Rabbi Judith Abrahamson, Educational Resource Specialist

Barbara E. Breitman, D.Min., Assistant Professor of Pastoral
Counseling, Director of Training, Jewish Spiritual Direction Program

Michael Carasik, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Rabbi Fredi Cooper, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Practical Rabbinics

Rabbi Gail Diamond, Adjunct Instructor, Israel

Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz,  President; Aaron and Marjorie Ziegelman Presidential Professor

Reena Sigman Friedman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History

Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D., Director, Religious Studies Program, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Rabbi Jordi Gendra, Adjunct Instructor

Rabbi Deborah Glanzberg-Krainin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature

Rabbi Roni Handler, Director of Community Learning

Carol Hausman, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor

Rabbi Moriah Simon Hazani, Adjunct Instructor

Joel Hecker, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Modern Jewish Civilization, Associate Professor of Jewish Mysticism

Rabbi Melissa Heller, Multifaith Teaching Fellow

Barbara Hirsh, Instructor of Campus Chaplaincy

Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Adjunct Instructor

Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Adjunct Instructor

Ernest Kahn, Ph.D., Director, Community Organization Program,  Associate Professor of Jewish Communal Organization

S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D.,Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean,  Chair, Department of Biblical Civilization, Associate Professor of Bible

Rabbi Sarra Lev, Ph.D., Department of Rabbinic Civilization, Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature

Paul Liptz, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Israeli Studies

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Director, Social Justice Organizing Program

Rabbi Nathan Martin, Instructor

Rabbi Vivie Mayer, Director, Mekhinah Year Program and Bet Midrash

Adina Newberg, Ph.D., Director of Modern Hebrew Language Program, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language

Ilan Peleg, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Israeli Society

Rabbi Julie Pfau, Adjunct Instructor of Modern Hebrew

Rabbi Amber Powers, Instructor of Practical Rabbinics

Ben Richman, Adjunct Instructor of Rabbinics

Tirzah Rom, Instructor of Modern Hebrew Language

Yechiel Schur, Adjunct Instructor of Modern and Contemporary Hebrew Literature

Rabbi Jacob J. Staub, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Medieval Jewish Civilization, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality, Director, Jewish Spiritual Direction Program

Michael C. Steinlauf, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor

Deborah Stern, Director, Mordecai M. Kaplan Library

Elsie Stern, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Bible
 
Rabbi Ira F. Stone, Instructor of Mussar and Modern Jewish Thought

Rev. Hal Taussig, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Early Christianity

Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D., The Louis and Myra Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization,  Chair, Department of Contemporary Jewish Civilization,  Director, Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics

Hazzan Arlyne Terri Unger, Adjunct Instructor

Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Contemporary Jewish Thought

Josh Weinberg, Director of RRC's Israel Program