Faculty

Meet Hornstein's faculty of leading researchers and consultants in the Jewish community who bring an unparalleled range of experience and knowledge to their classrooms.

Liora Norwich
Liora Norwich
Leon A Jick Chair, The Hornstein Program
781-736-2997 Lown Center for Judaic Studies, 213

Expertise: Nonprofit management, Facilitating challenging conversations

Fern Chertok
Fern Chertok
Director of Advising and Fieldwork
781-736-2079 Lown Center for Judaica Studies, 108

Expertise: Impact of Jewish adult education on emerging leaders in Jewish communal service, the effectiveness of courses on Jewish literacy on parents of preschoolers, and the involvement of interfaith families in synagogues

Lynn Kaye
Lynn Kaye
Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought
Lown Center for Judaica Studies, 205

Expertise: Law, hermeneutics, narrative and thought in rabbinic literature, philosophies of time, legal theory, religions of late antique Mesopotamia and critical and literary theory

Jonathan Krasner
Jonathan Krasner
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Education Research
781-736-2372 Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex, 123

Expertise: American Jewish history, history of American Jewish education, history of American education, contemporary Jewish studies, Jewish cultural studies, history of American youth and childhood, Jewish gender and sexuality studies

Meredith Lewis
Meredith Lewis
Lecturer, Hornstein Program

Expertise: Nonprofit management, transition management, community engagement, product design, and journalism

Daniel Palmer
Daniel Parmer
Lecturer, Hornstein Program

Expertise: Contemporary Jewish life and identity, survey research/design, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis

Edith Pick
Edith Pick
Instructor, Hornstein Master's Certificate Program
781-736-3983 Heller School for Social Policy and Management, 112

Expertise: Organization studies; nonprofit management; diversity, equity and inclusion; contemporary Jewish life; Israeli civil society.

Deryn Pressman-Mashin
Deryn Pressman-Mashin
Instructor, Hornstein Master's Certificate Program

Deryn Pressman-Mashin is the Adjunct Lecturer for OHRNS233, Confronting Contemporary Antisemitism. 

Joseph Reimer
Joseph Reimer
Associate Professor Emeritus of Jewish Education
781-736-2996 Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex, 216

Expertise: Jewish experiential education, professional leadership development and Jewish learning in summer camps

Kait Rogers
Kait Rogers
Instructor, Hornstein Master's Certificate Program

Kait Rogers is the Chief Financial and Operations Officer at JCC Greater Boston, where she oversees risk management, finance, human resources, people and culture, technology and analytics, facilities, and security.

Jonathan D. Sarna
Jonathan D. Sarna
University Professor
Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History; Director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
781-736-2977 Mandel Center for the Humanities, 307

Expertise: American Jewish history and life, Jews in the Americas, American religion, American Jews and Israel

Barry Shrage
Barry Shrage
Professor of the Practice
781-736-2313 Lown 213a

Expertise: Jewish engagement, nonprofit leadership and management, development and fundraising, Jewish identity education

Sami Sinclair
Sami Sinclair
Instructor, Hornstein Master's Certificate Program

Passionate and committed non-profit professional and advocate; Providing strategic guidance to mission-driven organizations, specializing in fundraising and resource development.

Andrea B. Wasserman

Expertise: Strategic planning, organizational development, philanthropy and fundraising in Jewish nonprofits

Affiliated Faculty

Brenda Anderson
Brenda Anderson
Senior Lecturer
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management and the Brandeis International Business School
781-736-8423 Heller-Brown Building, 203
Lawrence Bailis
Lawrence Bailis
Associate Professor
617-868-2468 Heller-Brown Building, 369
Carole Carlson
Carole Carlson
Senior Lecturer and MBA Program Director in the Heller School for Social Policy and Management
781-736-8361 Irving Schneider and Family Building (Heller School), 203
Michael Doonan
Michael Doonan
Associate Professor
MPP Program Director
781-736-4831 Heller-Brown Building, 207
Jon Levisohn
Jon Levisohn
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Jewish Educational Thought
781-736-2941 Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex, 123

Emeriti

Susan Shevitz

Expertise: Jewish education, organizational behavior, planning and leadership

Ellen Smith
Ellen Smith
Professor Emerita

Expertise: Visual and material culture, museum studies, Jewish women's history, American Jewish history, Boston and Boston Jewish history, professional leadership training

In Memoriam

Bernie Reisman
Bernie Reisman z"l
Professor Emeritus
Hornstein Director 1969-1994

Read more about Bernard Reisman on our history page.