Judaic & Near Eastern Studies Faculty

James Young, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1973; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1976; Ph.D., California at Santa Cruz, 1983.

Aviva Ben-Ur, Assistant Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1990; M.A., Columbia, 1992;
M.Phil., 1994; Ph.D., Brandeis, 1998.

Jay Berkovitz, Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 1973; M.A., 1977; Ph.D., 1983.

Shmuel Bolozky, Professor, B.A., Hebrew University, 1965; M.A., London, 1968; Ph.D., Illinois, 1972.

Tayeb El-Hibri, Assistant Professor, B.A., Stanford, 1986; M.A., Columbia, 1988; M.Phil., 1989; Ph.D., 1993.

Mohammed Jiyad, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Baghdad, 1968; M.A., 1973; Ph.D., Texas, 1982.

Julius Lester, Professor, B.A., Fisk, 1960.

Robert A. Rothstein, Professor, S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; A.M., Harvard, 1961; Ph.D., 1967.

Emanuel Rubin, Professor, B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon, 1957; E.Mus.B., 1957; M.F.A., Brandeis, 1960; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1968.

Noemi Schwarz, Lecturer.

Susan Shapiro, Associate Professor, B.A., Washington University, 1973; Ph.D., Chicago, 1983.