Prof. Aaron W. Hughes, Author at Jewschool

Jacob Neusner (1932-2016), z”l

Jacob Neusner is credited with creating Jewish Studies -- a real academic field, outside the yeshiva, shaping how you and I think about American Jewry.

Jewish Studies and Local Communities

[pullquote align=right] Jewish studies ought not, as Neusner recognized, be shaped to meet the parochial interests of the Jewish community. [/pullquote]In December of 1984, Jacob Neusner interviewed for the Koshland Chair in Jewish Studies, a newly created position at Stanford.…