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Education:

BA - (w/ distinction) in English Literature and Talmud, Bar Ilan University, Israel

MA - (w/ distinction) in English Literature, Bar Ilan University, Israel
including a course in translation studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Semikha – Yoreh Yoreh - Beit Midrash Meretz, Mevasseret Zion, Israel
Hilkhot Niddah, Shabbat and Eruvin - Chief Rabbinate of Israel

PhD – Ongoing Graduate Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew Literature Dept., Midrash and Aggadah Section (temporarily on hold)


Professional Background:

Bar Ilan University:

  • Teacher of English Composition and Literature, English Department (1992-1995)
  • Investigator and supervisor of materials (including skills workbooks) developed for the "Program for the Teaching of Mishnah and Talmud", Department of Talmud (2002-2003)

 

Member of Israel Translators Association

 

Selected Edited and/or Translated Works:

  • S. Albeck, Introduction to Jewish Law in Talmudic Times [Heb] (Bar Ilan UP: Ramat Gan, 1999) [Edit of English version in progress.]
  • H. Perlmutter, Ethics in Gemara [working title] (Targum/Feldheim: Southfield, forthcoming) [Translator & Editor]
  • > S. Hammer, Vayaged Yehonatan: The Eybeshitz Haggadah (Devora Publishing: Israel, 2008) [Editor]
  • A. A. Trugman, The Mystical Nature of Light (Devora Publishing: Israel, forthcoming) devorapublishing.com [Editor]
  • L. Layfer, A Chapter of Talmud  (Devora Publishing: Israel, 2007) devorapublishing.com [Editor]
  • HaMelucha VeHaMemshala: Issues of Authority and Leadership.  Ed. Harav Aryeh Hendler, (Yeshivat Sha'alvim, Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Torah Publications: Shaalvim, 2007) [Chief Translator]
  • Z. H. Lifshitz, Zahalti va-Eira (Jerusalem, 5765).  [Translation of Genesis-Numbers, online at www.RabbiLifshitz.com .]
  • D. Ehrlich, "A Reassesment of Natural Law in R. Joseph Albo's 'Book of Principles' Hebraic Political Studies , 1:4(2006): 413-439. [Translator]
  • P. Meislish, "Introduction" Corals and Almonds   [Heb.]  2005. [Translator]
  • Dissertation abstract. R. Meir Simhah's Halakhic, Jurisprudential Approach in his `Or Sameah. (unpublished) Y. Cohen, Bar Ilan University, 2005. [Translator]
  • H. Perlmutter, Grow with Gemara: A Hands-On Guide to Building Better Gemara Skills , (Targum/Feldheim: Southfield, 2005). [Advanced Substantive Editing, Index, Glossary]
  • H. Fisch, Divine Contradictions: Judaism and the Language of Paradox . [Heb.] (Bar Ilan UP: Ramat Gan, 2001) [Index]
  • Prayer in Judaism: Continuity and Change . Eds. Gabriel H.Cohn and Harold Fisch, (Jason Aronson Inc., 1996) [Proofreader]

Online Samples of My Own Published Writings:

 
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