MA & Senior Projects

Alpert, Bruce

The Printer, The Rabbi, The Priest & the Scribe

Altarescu, Steven

Using the the Story of Kayin to Understand the Roots of Violence and Moral Injury

Axinn, Stephen

Insights Observed from a Comparison of the Jewish Laws of Competition and American Antitrust Law

Bender, Paul

Reverberations of Megillat Esther in the Liturgy: A Search for Spirituality

Blank, Mitchell

The Humash as a Guide to Develop and Maintain the Optimal Relationship Between God and Human Beings: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis Chapters 1-11

Brown, Geoffrey

Israel History (Yishuv to 1948): Through the Lens of Israeli Poetry

Burstein, Asher

The Book of Job: Rabbinic Dilation of Scope and Narrative

Cattan, Luis

South American Conservative Rabbis in the United States of America

Cavill, David

God of Fire: A Study of Theophany and Pentateuch Fire Imagery

Edut, Dorit

The Development of Yom Ha'Atzmaut as a Religious Observance in Israel and in the USA, 1948-2005

Elkodsi, Susan

How the Karaite Community in the United States is Facing the Future

Falk, Eliana

The Recalibration of Jewish Education as a Tool to Create, Support and Sustain

Geigerman, Daniel

New Melodies for an Ancient Tradition: Integrating Contemporary American Jewish Music into Cantorial Studies at AJR

Ginsburg, Gerry

Blood Libel Accusation - A Precursor of Anti-Semitism

Glantz, Howard

An Argument for Proactively Eliminating Metzitzah b'Feh

Goldman, Mark

Hooking up to Holiness: The Potentiality for Holiness During Sex Outside of Normative Jewish Marriage

Goldstein, Lizz

A Stam Story

Goldstein, Steven

The Ethics of Consistency: American Jewish Leadership for Reparations in the 20th Century and Why African Americans Deserve No Less Today

Green, Robert

Synagogues Without Walls

Greenberg, Jason

Rabbi Solomon B Acrish - From Morocco, to the Deep South, to a Fifty Year Pulpit in New York

Greenstein, Terry

Multiple Methodologies of interpretation in the book of Genesis

Grodenchick, Wendy

Psalm Therapy: The Psychotherapeutic Use of Psalms

Grosz, Bonny

Called to Consciousness : Cheshbone nefesh: a resource of information and networks

Heath, Anne

Faith and Commitment: Discovering and Approaching an Integrated and Practical, Personal and Professional Jewish Theology from the Writings of Eugene B. Borowitz

Hersh, Shulie

The Song of Songs—Seeking Wisdom through the Divine Feminine

Hirsch, Niema

The Jews of Tunis During the Holocaust

Huberman, Irwin

Lashon Hara (Gossip and Libel) in Text Messaging and the Internet

Kalver, Brian

Which New Song?: Applying Theories of How Music Carries Meaning to the Selection of New Melodies for Congregational Singing in Modern Congregations

KaneGraber, Bena

Jewish Spiritual Gardening: Gardening as a Jewish Spiritual Practice

Kasper, Michael

Sin, Healing, and Health as the Subject of a Moroccan Piyyut

Kershenbaum, Peg

The Treatment of Anthropomorphisms, Anthropopathisms and Verbs Describing God in the Septuagint Translation of the Book of Judges

Kieval, Rena H.

Labors of Love Suffering, Comforting and Theology in a Sugya of Talmud

Kittner, Lois

B'nai Mitzvah Preparation as a Portal of Jewish Learning and Connection for the Whole Family

Klein, Margaret Frisch

The Thirteen Attributes of the Divine: Toward a Theology of Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Third and Fourth Generations

Kohn, Michael G.

Conservative and Reform Halakhah as Defined Through Responsa : Different Paths to Different Conclusions

Kramer-Mazer, Beth

Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community: An Historical and Contemporary Exploration of the Religious and Cultural Issues Involved

Krieger, Suri

The Elijah Mystique

Lader, Enid

Our Jewish Journeys : Reflections & Projections

Leibovitz, Diane

Jewish Survival: the Study of a Unique Community, Temple B'nai Brit, Somerville, Mass.

Lenowitz, Joan

Building Bridges between Pluralistic Jewish Learning Communities in Israel and the US

Levenson, Hanniel D.

Guardians of the Four Realms: A Kabbalistic Model of Ecological Awarness & Action

Levine, Caren

Kehilot Kedoshot - Sacred Communities: Emerging Models on the North American Jewish Landscape

Levinson, Joel

Bikkur Cholim: A Practical Teaching Guide

Levy, Laurie

Judaism and the Free Market: A Modern Approach to Tzedakah

Levy, Peter

Thy Rod and Thy Staff, They Comfort Me…. An Analysis of rods and staffs in the Bible

Lewis, Justin Jaron

Eating From the Tree of Life : a Couse on Zohar

Lichtenfeld, Ted

"Fitting In": A Study of Four Converts

Liebman, Aaron

The Disappearance of Tekhelet From Jewish Ritual Practice

Lightner, Chuck

Eighteen Faces of Revelation

Lipof, Emily Ann

The Metabolic Process in Judaism : Partiuclarly as it is Illustrated in Israel's Conception of its Ancient, Ongoing Covenant with God

Lipton, Jeremy

Pidyon Haben and Adoption: Affirmation of Jewish Identity and Community through Ritual

Marmon, Boaz

Comedic Talmud: Humor in Talmud and Rabbinic Sources

Marsh, Aaron

The Sequential Triennial Cycle: A History and Guide to its Modern Use

May, Molly

Oz v'Tiferet: Studies in Trauma-Informed Congregational Practices

Menaker, Jacqueline

Jewish Community in the Post COVID-19 Era: The Impact of Online Modalities on Creating Community within Non-Orthodox Synagogues 

Mesite, Donna

"End of Life Issues": A Handbook for Rabbis and Cantors

Meyer, Emily

Threads of the Past: Historical, Cultural, and Technical Insights into the Creation of the Mishkan

Modek, Reuben

A Contextual Analysis of Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi's Gate to the Heart: an evolving process

Moldo, Larry

Pastoral Care: Unsuccessful Pregnancies and Neonatal Deaths

Moritt, Leana

An Approach to Teaching and Integrating Judaism to Adults in a Pluralistic Setting Using Derekh Torah as a Practical Model

Moritt, Leana

An Approach to Introducing and Integrating Judaism to Adults in Pluralistic Setting Using Derech Tora as a Practical Tool

Nacht, Howard

Missionaries, Messianics and the Masoretic Text

Newman, Ben

Practical Kabbalah

Novick, Kathleen A.

A Confirmation Curriculum for Students of Inmarried and Intermarried Families Using Photography and Journaling to Explore Student's Jewish Identities

Olshansky, Sanford

Teaching the Meaning of the Haftarot to Bar/Bat Mitzvah Students

Paris, Barbara

Developing Cultural Sensitivity When Working with Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Patients

Paskin, David

The Search for the Sacredness : Holiness a State of State of Space, Time and Mind

Pearlman, Eleanor

Sermons for the Elderly

Posner, Rachel

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) through a Jewish Lens: Synthesizing Jewish Tradition and Behavioral Psychotherapy to Build Psychological and Spiritual Flexibility

Price, Daniel

Reform Judaism - Reforming Tradition

Rabinowitz, Julius

Comparing Jewish and Christian Mystical and Allegorical Commentaries to the Song of Songs during Late Antiquity

Rose, Dawn Robinson

Woman as Moral Agent in Rabbinical Judaism Methods : toward a Genealogy of Consent

Rosen, David

Toward A Vision of Jewish Education Inspired by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Rosenbauch, Simon

Jewish Themes in Longfellow

Rothbaum, Michael A.

The Shofar that Played Marseilles: The Role of Religion in the Jewish Labor Movement

Rubinstein, Halina

Growing Tales: Classical and Modern Midrashim on Vashti

Ruderman, Lois

A Congregational Response to Teen and Young Adult Mental Health Issues

Rudin, Moshe

Lit'vunah Titein Kolecha: Give Your Voice to Understanding Hearing and Sharing the Voices of the Talmud

Sacks, Lisa

Contemplative Practice in Jewish Community

Sandler-Phillips, Regina L.

Keeping the Promise of a "Sacred Society": Hevra Kadisha and Our Lives Today

Sayres, Carl

Nusaḥ as a Spiritual Practice

Scharnberg, Les

The Jewish Courtiers of Aragon and Castille

Schindler, Greg

"The Play's the Thing" : the Use of Creative Plays to Explore Biblical Text

Schotz, Leslie

A Congregational Guide to Jewish Meditation

Schreiber, Paul

Kabbalat Shabbat: A Transformative Experience

Serebro-Litvak, Inna

What lies behind the Bar Mitzvah?: How to change the traditional narrative which has framed our definition of the Bar Mitzvah to influence longevity

Shamash, Brian

Piyyut: Exploring the Rich Tradition, History, Texts and Expressions of Piyyutim

Shemtov, Ellie

A Sacred Space for Healing from the Disease of Addiction

Shriner-Cahn, Linda

The Transmission of the Holocaust: When the Survivors are Gone

Siegel, Hayley

Bereshit Commentary - College Students

Simon, Joshua

To Launch a Kehilla "Opening" the Kabbalat Shabbat "Script"

Slavitt, Deborah

Incident at Endor : a Study in Biblical Interpretation

Stern-Kaufman, Kaya

Between Heaven and Earth: Re-envisioning Synagogue Space

Targan, Lynnda

A guide for clergy to understand recovery of family, friends and co-dependents of people with addictions 

Weber, Lori

Understanding Kol Isha: A Cantor’s Journey Living on the Tightrope Between the Modern and the Traditional World

Weitzman, Ariann

Interpersonal Reconciliation in the Talmud

Weitzman, Ariann

Interpersonal Reconciliation in the Talmud

Wise, Marge

Synagogues in Crisis Mode: Models from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Yolen, Sam

A Jewish Contribution to Rap Music

Zelazo, Ziona

Kissing the Torah Scroll: Idol Worship or Concrete Divine