JTS to Have Large Presence at AJS Annual Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Eve Glasberg
Office: (212) 678-8089
Email: evglasberg@jtsa.edu

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December 2, 2011, New York, NY

Eighteen professors and doctoral students from The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) are on the program of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) Conference, serving as presenters, responders, and moderators. AJS’s annual meeting, taking place this year from December 18 to 20 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington DC, is the largest U.S. gathering of Jewish scholars dedicated to promoting, maintaining, and improving research, teaching, and related endeavors in Jewish studies at institutions of higher learning.

• Beth Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
• Joshua Cahan, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Eitan Fishbane, Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy
• Benjamin Gampel, Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History
• Stephen Garfinkel, Associate Provost and Assistant Professor of Bible
• Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture
• Amy Kalmanofsky, Assistant Professor of Bible
• Shira Kohn, Assistant Dean of The Graduate School
• Marjorie Lehman, Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
• Vivian Mann, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Master’s Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture
• Zach Mann, Doctoral Student
• Jonathan Milgram, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
• Alan Mintz, Chana Kekst Professor of Hebrew Literature
• Edna Nahshon, Professor of Hebrew Language
• Shay Arie Pilnik, Doctoral Student
• Michael Pitkowsky, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Jay Rovner, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics
• Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies

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