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





