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Faculty

Rebecca L. Boehling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History and Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, UMBC
European, German, and Holocaust history

Kathryn (Kate) Brown, Ph,D.
Associate Professor of History, UMBC
European and Russian/Soviet history

Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl, D.Min
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanuel of Baltimore and Assistant Professor, Part-time, UMBC
Biblical and post-Biblical literature

Jere M. Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Anthropology & Sociology, UMBC
Sociology of Religion

Robert O. Freedman, Ph.D.
Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Jay M. Freyman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ancient Studies, UMBC

Susanna Garfein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
Ancient Judaism, literature, and history

Barry M. Gittlen, Ph.D.
Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
Archaeology of Israel

Sonat Hart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
German and Holocaust history

Rabbi Shira Lander, Ph.D.
Chair, Jewish History Department, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community High School and Assistant Professor, Part-time, UMBC
Second Temple-period Jewish history and religion
Origins of Anti-Semitism
The American Jewish Experience in Film

Yehuda Lukacs, Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Global Education and Director of the Center for Global Education, George Mason University
Modern Israel

Susan A. McDonough, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, UMBC
Medieval religious history

Yael M. Moses, M.A., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Part-time, UMBC
Modern Hebrew language and Israeli culture

Michele I. Osherow, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, UMBC
American Jewish literature and drama, The Bible and Literature

Rabbi Avram Reisner, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
Jewish ethics

Judith M. Schneider, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Modern Langauges & Linguistics, UMBC
Jewish Writing in World Literature

Sandra Shimoff, Ph.D.
Instructor, Part-time, UMBC
Modern and contemporary Jewish history

Shimon Shokek, Ph.D.
Professor, Baltimore Hebrew University
Jewish philosophy and mysticism