MA 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

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

Grodenchick, Wendy

Psalm Therapy: The Psychotherapeutic Use of Psalms

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

Kalver, Brian

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

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

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

Kramer-Mazer, Beth

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

Lenowitz, Joan

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

Levine, Caren

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

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

Liebman, Aaron

The Disappearance of Tekhelet From Jewish Ritual Practice

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

Moritt, Leana

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

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

Pearlman, Eleanor

Sermons for the Elderly

Price, Daniel

Reform Judaism - Reforming Tradition

Rosen, David

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

Rosenbauch, Simon

Jewish Themes in Longfellow

Ruderman, Lois

A Congregational Response to Teen and Young Adult Mental Health Issues

Sacks, Lisa

Contemplative Practice in Jewish Community

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

Shemtov, Ellie

A Sacred Space for Healing from the Disease of Addiction

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 

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

Zimet, Jonathan

Zemirot are for Everyone