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About the Posen Foundation

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The Posen Foundation labors towards one major goal: making Jewish education easily accessible to any eager and curious mind. To that end, the Foundation trains educators for careers in the Israeli school system; supports emerging scholars around the world; promotes informal education in schools and learning communities throughout Israel; and produces books, textbooks, and classroom syllabi which examine Jewish history and thought from a critical, secular point of view.

The Posen Foundation embodies the vision of its founder, Felix Posen, who believes that a Jewish education is the right of every living Jew. Among its signature projects are the Ofakim teacher training program at Tel Aviv University, designed to teach Judaism as a culture and civilization to a pluralist Israeli society; the Posen Society of Fellows, an international group of emerging scholars and writers whose work makes the study of Judaism as Culture accessible to as many groups and communities as possible; and Tarbut, a platform for sharing the work of Israel’s teachers in parallel with the curriculum of Israel’s culture and heritage. The Foundation is also deeply committed to the understanding of historic and modern antisemitism, and has been the primary financial supporter of the Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since its inception in 1982.

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About Yale University Press

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Founded in 1908 and part of one of the world's leading research universities, Yale University Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, with offices in London, England, as well, the Press publishes more than 400 books annually in a wide range of disciplines, including art, history, politics, religion, literature, science, philosophy, and many other fields. Its foreign language program features widely used textbooks on Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, and French.

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Editorial Team

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Deborah Dash Moore
editor-in-chief

Deborah Dash Moore is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. An American Jewish historian, her work focuses on urban Jews. She served as co-editor of Volume 10 of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization.

Joyce Rappaport
executive editor

Joyce Rappaport has devoted her editorial skills to The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization since 2008, beginning as managing editor and now serving as executive editor. After editing several literary anthologies and books about Jewish culture, she worked from 2004 as copy chief of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, also published by Yale University Press. A native of New York City now living in Montreal, Joyce holds a doctorate in English Literature from York University.

Rachel Weinstein
managing editor

Rachel Weinstein began her career in academic publishing in 1998 and has since worked for Harvard University Press, for Columbia University's online academic website, and as the Senior Researcher for Volume 10 of the Posen Library. Rachel brings project management expertise to the Posen Library through her time in the non-profit world as a Senior Program Officer at American Jewish World Service. She holds degrees from Vassar College and CUNY-Graduate Center.

Alison Joseph
assistant managing editor

Alison Joseph brings her academic expertise in Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism to the Posen Library. She earned her Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and her M.A. in Jewish Studies from Emory University. Her first book Portrait of the Kings: The Davidic Prototype in Deuteronomistic Poetics received the 2016 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise. You can find her on Twitter @AlisonJoseph20.

Maud Kozodoy
senior copy editor

Maud Kozodoy comes to the Posen Library with a background in medieval Jewish history and history of science. She was recently Senior Editor at Inference: International Review of Science, and earned her Ph.D. in Medieval Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her book, The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia, was published by UPenn Press in 2015.

Avery Robinson
senior editorial assistant

Avery Robinson came to the Posen Library on the tails of a Dorot Fellowship in Israel where he was building an archive in Yung Yiddish and exploring Jewish cultural foodways. He has worked as an exhibit curator and research assistant on four continents in pursuit of his multiple degrees from the University of Michigan. Avery grew up in Michigan and currently lives in Tel Aviv.

Henry Rosen
editorial assistant

Henry Rosen joined the Posen Library’s Editorial Team after working as an intern for the Jewish Studies program and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at Vassar College. A Jewish Studies and Film major at Vassar, Henry participated in the Posen Library’s summer internship program. Born in Los Angeles, he currently lives in Brooklyn.

Marsha Lustigman
manuscript coordinator

Marsha Lustigman’s many years of experience as a professional librarian informs her work as a researcher and Manuscript Coordinator for the Posen Library. She has served on the executive of the Association of Jewish Libraries, which actively supports and promotes the publication of Jewish literature in all forms. Originally from Toronto, she holds an M.A. (York University) and an M.L.S. (University of Toronto) and lives in Montreal.