Fall 2009 Faculty

NEJS Faculty 

Note

Phone numbers are (781) 736-(Four-digit extension).
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Name Program Office Extension Email....@ brandeis.edu Office Hours
Abusch, Tzvi The Bible and Ancient Near East (BANE) Lown 313 2969 abusch
Al-Jallad, Ahmad
  Arabic  ASAC 328
  2973 aljallad  
Antebi, Guy Hebrew & Arabic Languages ASAC 312 2952 antebi MWTh 11-12
Azoulay, Bracha
  Hebrew & Arabic Languages
 ASAC 316
  2956  azoulay MW 11-12
Balbale, Abigail
 Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
 Lown 300a
  2981 abalbale T 3-4:30
Brettler, Marc The Bible and Ancient Near East (BANE) Lown 311 2968 brettler ON LEAVE -- FALL
Brooten, Bernadette The Bible and Ancient Near East (BANE) Lown 312 2978 brooten MW 2:15-3
Decter, Jonathan, Undergraduate Advisor Jewish Studies Lown 310 2960 decter  T 1:45-3:45
El-Tobgui, Carl Sharif, Director, Arabic
 Arabic Language & Literature
 ASAC 330
 2071 eltobgui T 10-11:30; Th 12:15-1
Feiman-Nemser, Sharon Jewish Studies ASAC 125 2946 snemser ON LEAVE

Fishman, Sylvia
Chair

 Jewish Studies Lown 210 2065 fishman

T 10:30-12
Freeze, ChaeRan Jewish Studies Lown 303 2987 cfreeze T F 1:30-2:30
Hascal, Sara Hebrew & Arabic Languages ASAC 320 2955 hascal  
Kaplowitz, Elliot
 Jewish Studies
 Usdan 147
 3583 rabbikap
 Th 9-12
Kellman, Ellie Jewish Studies Lown 300b 2129 kellman M 2-3
W 12-1
Kimelman, Reuven Jewish Studies Lown 208 2963 kimelman T 1:40-3
F 1:30-2
Kurtzer, Yehuda
 Diaspora
 Lown 107
 2994
 ykurtzer M 10-12
Levisohn, Jon Jewish Studies ASAC 123 2941 levisohn W 9-11
Levy, Avigdor Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Lown 209 2964 lev

W 2:30-3:30
MW 6:30-7
Lumbard, Joseph, IMES Chair Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Lown 300a 2971 lumbar

ON LEAVE -- FALL
Makiya, Kanan Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Heller 363 2967 kmakiya By appointment
Polonsky, Antony Jewish Studies Lown 308 2980 polonsky MW 1-2
Porath, Bonit Hebrew ASAC 322 2972 porath MW 2:30-3:30
Ravid, Benjamin Jewish Studies Lown 110 2959 ravid MW 3:45-5
Ringvald, Vardit  Hebrew and Arabic
 ASAC 326 2979 ringvald  
Rivo, Sharon Jewish Studies Lown 102 8658 rivo  ----------
Sarna, Jonathan Jewish Studies Lown 213b 2977 sarna

ON LEAVE ALL YEAR
Shabaka, Sharif
 Arabic
 ASAC 328
 2937
 sshabaka
 MWTh 2-3
Sheppard, Eugene Jewish Studies Lown 304 2965 sheppard M 10:30-12:30
Shorr, Esther Hebrew & Arabic Languages ASAC 314 2975 shorr MW 1-2
Smith, Ellen Jewish Studies Lown 307 2998 esmith2 M 10-12
Szobel, Ilana Jewish Studies Lown 111 5230 szobel T 2-3:30
Taylor, Kynthia  Elementary Akkadian
 Lown 115 #1 2970 kmtaylor M 4-5
Troen, Ilan Jewish Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Lown 204 6220  troen Th 11-12
Wright, David, Graduate Program Chair
 The Bible and Ancient Near East (BANE) Lown 309 2957 wright M 3-4
W 2-3:30
Th 1-2