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Jewish Studies Directory

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Core Faculty

Bernard Cooperman

Associate Professor, History
Louis L. Kaplan Professor of Jewish History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

2130 Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4271

Maxine Grossman

Director and Associate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Classics

0124C Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4980

Shay Hazkani

Associate Professor, History
Associate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

1118C Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-3693

Avital Karpman

Associate Clinical Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Director, Hebrew Language Program, Hebrew
Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

(301) 405-4975

Hayim Lapin

Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Professor, Classics
Professor, History

2101B Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4734

Marsha Rozenblit

Professor, History
Affiliate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

2115C Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4289

Paul Scham

Associate Research Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Associate Research Professor, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

1118B Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-9412

Rachel Schine

Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Arabic
Assistant Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Assistant Professor, History

3124 H.J. Patterson Hall
College Park MD, 20742

Matthew Suriano

Associate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Classics

1126A Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

Eric Zakim

Associate Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Cinema and Media Studies
Associate Professor, Hebrew

4109 Jiménez Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-4250

Visiting Faculty and Fellows

Lauren Kotkin

Lecturer, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Vardit Lightstone

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Adi Mahalel

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

1108 Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-7640

Librarian

Yelena Luckert

Librarian, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

5101D McKeldin Library
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-9365

Professors Emeriti

Adele Berlin

Emeritus Professor, English
Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies (Emerita), Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Rachel Manekin

Professor Emerita, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Charles Manekin

Professor Emeritus, Philosophy
Professor Emeritus, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Yoram Peri

Professor Emeritus, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Professor Emeritus, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Staff

Avis Koeiman

Coordinator, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies
Coordinator, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

0124D Taliaferro Hall
College Park MD, 20742

(301) 405-9413