Emma Brodeur
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies
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About Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies explores experiences, expressions, and conceptions of Jewishness past and present in their diversity and complexity. Students of all backgrounds learn how to critically assess competing ideas and how to analyze intersecting identities within their social contexts. They develop leadership and social entrepreneurship skills, along with an appreciation for communal engagement, through hands-on collaboration. Jewish Studies courses foster the values of intellectual rigor, mutual respect, ongoing self-reflection, and concern for marginalized voices. The department’s faculty members devote particular attention to personal mentorship.
Faculty and Staff
Lauren Cohen Fisher
Director of Jewish Student Life and Lecturer in Jewish Studies
David Freidenreich
Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies
Rachel Isaacs
Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Barbara Merson
Visiting Instructor of Jewish Studies
Raffael Scheck
The John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History; Chair of Jewish Studies
Kerry Sonia
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies