Faculty Guide

Title

Associate Professor in the Hornstein Program for Jewish Professional Leadership

Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership

Expertise

Social research; fundraising; ethnic and religious identity; Jewish communal structures; research in Jewish education

Profile

Amy L. Sales is Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and Director of its Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership. She directs a full complement of research projects focused on institutions and their role in building community and supporting individual and family participation in the social and religious life of the community. She is also Associate Professor in the Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership where she teaches courses in fundraising, Jewish identity, and the Jewish community.

Courses Taught

HRNS	229a	Jewish Polity and Organizational Life
HRNS	241a	Skills and Techniques in Jewish Philanthropy and Fundraising
HRNS	260a	Jewish Community and Identity
HRNS	260f	Jewish Identity

Scholarship

Sales, Amy L. "Future of the denominations: Analysis and possibilities." CCAR Journal: A Reform Jewish Quarterly Spring. (2011). (forthcoming)

Sales, Amy L. "What research teaches about the possibility of reinventing Jewish education." Journal of Jewish Education 78. 4 (2012): 316-319.

Sales, Amy L; Samuel, Nicole; and Boxer, Matthew. Limud by the Lake Revisited. NY The AVI CHAI Foundation: 2011.

Sales, Amy L; Samuel, Nicole; and Zablotsky, Alexander. Engaging Jewish Teens: A Study of New York Teens, Parents and Practitioners. Waltham, MA Brandeis University, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies: 2011.

Sales, Amy L. "Make yourself a friend at a Jewish summer camp." CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism 34-35, 61.

Sales, Amy L. "The elusive fundraiser: A complex situation with simple solutions." Contact 9.

Sales, Amy L. "The role of the federation in inspiring research: A case study in New York (1999–2009)." Journal of Jewish Communal Service 84. 4 (2010): 189-194.

Sales, Amy L.; Samuel, Nicole; Koren, Annette; and Shain, Michelle. "Deep change in congregational education." Journal of Jewish Education 76. 4 (2010): 358-378.

Sales, Amy L. "Future of the Synagogue." CCAR Journal (2009): 1-9.

Sales, Amy L and Koren, Annette. Reimaging Congregational Education: Lessons from The Re-Imagine Project. Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2008.

Sales, Amy L. "Following up on Intensive Jewish Experiences." Contact 10. 2 (2008): 10.

Sales, Amy L. "Following up on Intensive Jewish Experiences." Contact 2008: 10.

Sales, Amy L. "Summer camps as Jewish socializing experiences." What we now know about Jewish education: perspectives on research for practice. Ed. R.L. Goodman, P.A. Flexner, and L.D. Bloomberg. LA: Torah Aura Productions, 2008. 407-421.

Sales, Amy L. Mapping Professional Development for Jewish Educators. Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2008.

Sales, Amy L. Developing the Developers. Fisher-Bernstein Institute for Jewish Philanthropy and Leadership, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA: 2007.