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Jon A. Levisohn
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(781) 736-2941
levisohn@brandeis.edu
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Jon A. Levisohn
Jon A. Levisohn
Jon A. Levisohn, Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, also serves as Assistant Academic Director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. He studies philosophy of education and philosophy of Jewish education. His particular focus has been on the myriad ways we have of making sense of texts – both religious texts and secular texts – especially in the contexts of teaching and learning.
Recent publications include “From Curricular Integration to the Pedagogy of Integrity,” Journal of Jewish Education 74 (2008); “Community as a Means and an End in Jewish Education,” in Jewish Day Schools, Jewish Communities: A Reconsideration, A. Pomson and H. Dietcher, eds. (London: Littman Library, 2008); “Richard Rorty and the Ethics of Anti-foundationalism,” The Space of Love and Garbage and Other Essays from the Harvard Review of Philosophy, S. Phineas Upham, ed. (Chicago: Open Court, 2008); and "Introducing the Contextual Orientation to Bible: A Comparative Study," Journal of Jewish Education 73 (2008).