Academic Visitors 2024-2025

The Center for Jewish Studies sponsors Visiting Professors and Lecturers in a variety of academic disciplines to supplement our course offerings in Jewish studies.
We also host several research scholars each year:

  • Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica: a group of scholars (from post-doctoral fellows to senior faculty) in a particular field of Jewish studies for a semester or a year to conduct full-time research at Harvard
  • Alan M. Stroock Fellows for Advanced Research in Judaica: for Post-doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars to conduct research at Harvard. Some scholars who apply for the Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica are offered the Stroock Fellowship to join the Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica cohort. This fellowship may also be used to support Scholars at Risk.
  • Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow: for an active congregational rabbi to spend a semester conducting full-time, independent research at Harvard
  • Visiting Scholars, Associates, and Research Associates in many areas of Jewish studies to come to Harvard to conduct independent research at Harvard

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

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Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Gerard Weinstock Visiting Lecturer of Jewish Studies: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Center for Jewish Studies Starr Fellow,
Academic Year 2024-2025,
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Yael Sternhell

Joseph Engel Visiting Associate Professor of Jewish Studies: Department of History
Academic Year 2024-2025

Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica:

2024-2025 Theme: Ancient Jews in and against Empires

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Elyashiv Cherlow

Starr Postdoctoral Fellow
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Simcha Gross

Honorary Starr Visiting Scholar
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Agata Grzybowska-Wiatrak

Starr Postdoctoral Fellow
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Nomi Schneck

Starr Postdoctoral Fellow
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Uzi Leibner

 Starr Visiting Scholar
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Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Starr Visiting Scholar

Silver Fellow

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Rabbi Benjamin Goldenhersh

Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow

Current Visiting Research Scholars

Matan Boord

Bar-Ilan University

MSCA Post-doctoral Fellow,
Academic Year 2053-2025

Anita Christensen

Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Oslo

Fellow

Dotan Greenvald

New York University

Associate,
Academic Year 2024-2025

Oded Haklai

Queen’s University, Canada

Visiting Scholar,
Academic Year 2024-2025

Romy Neumark

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Teaching Assistant, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
Fellow,
Academic Year 2024-2025

Aviram Shahal

University of Michigan

Associate,
Academic Year 2024-2025

Ofra Tirosh-Becker

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Visiting Scholar,
Academic Year 2023-2024