Members of the Academic Council

The following have served as Chair of the Academic Council

Louis Ruchames*
 (University of Massachusetts at Boston), 1973-1976
Lawrence H. Fuchs
(Brandeis University), 1976 – 1979
Melvin I. Urofsky
(Virginia Commonwealth University), 1979-1983
Henry L. Feingold
(Baruch College of the CUNY), 1983 – 1988
John C. Livingston*
(University of Denver), 1988 – 1992
Jonathan D. Sarna
 (Brandeis University), 1992 – 1995
Jeffrey S.Gurock
(Yeshiva University), 1995 – 2000
Pamela S. Nadell

(American University), 2000-2003
Deborah D. Moore (University of Michigan), 2003-2006
Hasia Diner

(New York University), 2006-2008
Jeffrey S. Gurock (Yeshiva University), interim 2008-

* deceased

Current Members of the Academic Council

Abrams, Dr. Jeanne L
University of Denver,Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, Beck Archives Director

Abush-Magder, Ruth

Alexander, Michael
University of California Riverside

Antler, Joyce
Department of American Studies,Brandeis University

Arad, Gulie Ne'eman
Department of History,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ariel, Yaakov
University of North Carolina At Chapel-Hill

Ashton, Prof. Dianne
Department of Philosophy and Religion,Rowan University

Baskind, Samantha
Cleveland State University

Bauman, Mark
Southern Jewish Historical Society

Bayor, Prof. Ronald H.
Department of History, Technology, and Society,Georgia Institute of Technology

Ben-Ur, Prof. Aviva
Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies,University of Massachusetts

Berger, Prof. Alan L.
Raddock Chair of Holocaust Studies,Florida Atlantic University

Berkowitz, Joel
SUNY Albany

Berman, Lila Corwin
Temple University

Bial, Henry
University of Kansas

Blondheim, Menachem
Hebrew University

Borish, Linda J.
Department of History,Western Michigan University

Brandes, Prof. Joseph
Professor Emeritus, Department of History,William Paterson University

Brinkmann, Tobias
Malvin and Lea Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History,Penn State University

Brook, Vincent Michael
University of California Los Angeles

Brown, Phil
Department of Sociology,Brown University

Bruch, Mia Sara

Brumberg, Prof. Stephan F.
Educational Administration and Supervision Program,Brooklyn College/CUNY School of Education

Caplan, Kimmy
Institute for Contemporary Jewry Hebrew,University of Jerusalem

Chanes, Dr. Jerome A.
National Foundation for Jewish Culture Adjunct Professor Barnard College of Columbia University

Chyet, Stanley F.

Cohen, Beth
Adjunct Professor Jewish Studies Program,California State University Northridge

Cohen, Dr. Jocelyn
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Cohen, Judah
Indiana University

Cohen, Michael R.
Brandeis University

Cohen, Prof. Naomi W.
Professor Emeritus,Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Dalin, Prof. David
Professor of History and Political Science,Ave Maria University

Davidman, Lynn
Program in Judaic Studies,Brown University

Dekel-Chen, Jonathan Levi
Hebrew University

Diner, Prof. Hasia R.
Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies Faculty of Arts and Sciences,New York University

Dinnerstein, Prof. Leonard
Department of History,University of Arizona

Dollinger, Marc
Professor of Jewish Studies,San Francisco State University

Eidelman, Jay M.
Historian,Museum of Jewish Heritage

Eisenberg, Ellen
Willamette University

Endelman, Judith
Director,The Henry Ford Museum

Faber, Prof. Eli
John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the CUNY

Feingold, Prof. Henry L.
Director, Jewish Resource Center,Baruch College of the CUNY

Fermaglich, Kirsten
Asst. Professor of History and Jewish Studies,Michigan State University

Gal, Prof. Allon
Director, Center for North American Jewry Department of History,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Gereboff, Joel
Department of Religious Studies,Arizona State University

Glenn, Susan A.
Department of History,University of Washington

Goldman, Prof. Karla
Jewish Women's Archive

Goldman, Prof. Shalom
Department of Middle Eastern Studies,Emory University

Goldstein, Eric L.
Department of History,Emory University

Goren, Prof. Arthur
History Professor,Columbia University

Green, Prof. Henry A.
Director, Sephardic Studies Program,University of Miami

Greenberg, Prof. Cheryl
Department of History,Trinity College

Gurock, Prof. Jeffrey S.
Yeshiva University

Hast, Dr. Adele
Project Director and Editor, Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary,University of Illinois at Chicago

Heinze, Prof. Andrew
Director, Judaic Studies Program Department of History College of Arts and Sciences,University of San Francisco

Hershkowitz, Leo
Professor, Dept. of History,Queens College

Hyman, Paula E.
Program in Judaic Studies,Yale University

Igra, Anna (Annette) R.
Department of History,Carleton College

Jacobson, Matthew Frye
Department of American Studies,Yale University

Joselit, Prof. Jenna Weissman
Visiting Professor, Dept. of History,Princeton University

Katznelson, Prof. Ira
Department of History and Political Science,Columbia University

Kaufman, David
Professor,Associate Professor, Jewish Studies, Hofstra University

Kelman, Ari Y.
Professor,UC Davis

Kiron, Dr. Arthur
Special Collections Library,University of Pennsylvania

Klapper, Melissa
Professor, History Department,Rowan University

Kliger, Prof. Hannah
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Annenberg School for Communication,University of Pennsylvania

Kobrin, Rebecca
Yale University

Kosak, Prof. Hadassah
Department of History,Stern College of Yeshiva University

Kotzin, Daniel
Kutztown University

Kraut, Prof. Alan M.
Department of History,The American University

Kugelmass, Jack
Interdisciplinary Humanities Program - Jewish Studies Program,Main Campus Arizona State

Lederhendler, Prof. Eli
Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Leff, Laurel
Northeastern University

Leibovitz, Leil

Leiman, Prof Sid Z.
Department of Judaic Studies,Brooklyn College of the CUNY

Levin, Gail
Baruch College/CUNY

Levitt, Laura
Temple University

Lewin, Dr. Rhoda G

Lipstadt, Prof. Deborah E.
Director Institute for Jewish Studies,Emory University

Mandel, Maud
Brown University

Markel, MD, PhD Howard
Professor of the History of Medicine Historical Center for the Health Sciences,University of Michigan

Mart, Michelle
Penn State University

Mayo, Prof. Louise A.
Department of History and Political Science,County College of Morris

McCune, Mary E.
SUNY Oswego

Medoff, Prof. Rafael
Jewish Studies Program,State University of New York at Purchase

Mendelsohn, Adam David
College of Charleston

Merwin, Ted
Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies,Dickinson College

Michels, Anthony E. (Tony)
Department of History,University of Wisconsin - Madison

Moore, Prof. Deborah Dash
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies,University of Michigan

Morawska, Prof. Ewa R
Department of Sociology,University of Pennsylvania

Most, Prof. Andrea
Munk Centre for International Studies,University of Toronto

Nadell, Prof. Pamela S.
Professor and Director, Jewish Studies Program,American University

Penkower, Monty Noam
Department of History,Touro College

Perelman, Joshua
National Museum of American Jewish History

Pianko, Noam
University of Washington

Pollack, Jonathan Z. S.
Instructor, History, and Chair, Humanities,Madison Area Technical College

Polland, Annie
Tenement Museum

Pomrenze, Col. Sholom J.

Portnoy, Eddy
Rutgers

Pratt, Prof. Norma Fain
Quesadilla Press

Prell, Prof. Riv-Ellen
Program in American Studies,University of Minnesota

Raider, Prof. Mark A.
Department of Judaic Studies,State University of New York at Albany

Raphael, Prof. Marc Lee
Department of Religion,The College of William and Mary

Reimer, Gail
Jewish Womens Archive

Rischin, Prof. Moses
Department of History,San Francisco State University

Robinson, Ira
Concordia College

Rockaway, Prof. Robert
Tel Aviv University

Rockoff, Stuart Allen
Institute for Southern Jewish Life

Rogoff, Leonard
Jewish Heritage Foundation of NC

Rosen, Dr. Gladys

Rosenbaum, Prof. Jonathan
Gratz College

Rosengarten, Dale
Curator, Jewish Heritage Collection,College of Charleston

Rubel, Nora L.
University of Rochester

Sanua, Marianne
Department of History/Judaic Studies,Florida Atlantic College

Sarna, Prof Jonathan D.
Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies,Brandeis University

Schloff, Linda
University of Minnesota

Schorsch, Jonathan
Dept. of Religion,Columbia University

Schwartz, Prof Shuly Rubin
Dean,Albert A. List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary

Scult, Prof. Melvin
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

Shandler, Jeffrey
Department of Jewish Studies,Rutgers University

Shapiro, Prof. Edward S.
Department of History,Seton Hall University

Sheramy, Rona
Association for Jewish Studies

Sherman, Mose D.
Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies

Sherman, Moshe
Touro Graduate School of Jewish Studies

Shevitz, Amy Hill
Cal State Northridge

Silver, Matthew
Yesreel Valley College

Snyder, Holly
Brown University

Sochen, Prof. June
Northeastern Illinois University

Sorin, Prof. Gerald
Department of History,SUNY at New Paltz

Soyer, Daniel
Department of History,Fordham University

Staub, Michael
Baruch College/CUNY

Stollman, Jennifer

Strauss, Lauren B.
George Washington University

Sussman, Rabbi Lance
Keneseth Israel Congregation

Tabak, Robert P.
Hospital of the University of PA

Tenenbaum, Prof. Shelly
Department of Sociology,Clark University

Tobin, Dr. Gary A.
Institute for Jewish and Community Research

Toll, Prof. William
Department of History,University of Oregon

Troen, S. Ilan
Kreitman Foundation Fellowships,Ben Gurion University of the Negev Humanities 6662

Umansky, Ellen M.
Department of Religious Studies,Fairfield University

Wechsler, Prof. Harold S.
Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development,New York University

Weissbach, Prof. Lee Shai
Professor of History and Associate Dean College of Arts and Sciences Department of History,University of Louisville

Wenger, Prof. Beth
Department of History,University of Pennsylvania

Wertheimer, Prof. Jack
Provost,Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Whitfield, Prof. Stephen J.
Department of American Studies,Brandeis University

Wiener, Hollace Ava
independent writer

Wilhelm, Cornelia B.
Abteilung fur Judische Geschichte und Kultur,Institut fur Neuere Geschichte

Zeitz, Joshua M.
independent scholar

Zipperstein, Steven
Stanford

Zola, Gary P.
Hebrew Union College/ The American Jewish Archives

Zollman, Joellyn Wallen