- Bernard Bachrach
- Andrea M. Berlin
- Bruno Chaouat
- Michael Cherlin
- Gary B. Cohen
- Maria Damon
- Michelle Hamilton
- Benjamin M. Jacobs
- Alex Jassen
- Amy Kaminsky
- Ruth Mazo Karras
- Judith Katz
- Ronald R. Krebs
- Bernard M. Levinson
- Michael Lower
- Alex Lubet
- Leslie Morris
- Rick McCormick
- Karen Painter
- Riv-Ellen Prell
- Calvin Roetzel
- Andrew Scheil
- Renana Schneller
- Philip Sellew
- Eric D. Weitz
An intellectual home for an acclaimed faculty of innovative researchers, academicians, and pre-eminent scholars.
The Center for Jewish Studies boasts a 25-member faculty of distinguished scholars from 12 academic departments. Our renowned faculty represents a variety of disciplines, including History, English, Hebrew, German, French, Archaeology, Classical and Near-Eastern studies, Music, Political Science, Education, American Studies, and Women’s Studies.
We are also a center of study for our faculty—who themselves are both teachers and students—as they explore important questions about Jewish history and culture, from antiquity to the modern age.
To view a faculty member’s Curriculum Vitae and a select list of published articles, choose from the list of our faculty’s names.
Contact us via e-mail at jwst@umn.edu to learn more about the Center for Jewish Studies, our programs, faculty, and staff, or download the Center for Jewish Studies Brochure [PDF] for more information.