Jeffrey L. Rubenstein

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein is a Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies of New York University. He received his B.A. in Religion from Oberlin College, his M.A. in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also received rabbinic ordination, and his Ph. D. from the Department of Religion of Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Jewish Theological Seminary in addition to New York University. His books include, "The History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods," published in the Brown Judaica Series (1995); "Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition and Culture," published by Johns Hopkins University Press (1999); "Rabbinic Stories," published in the Classics of Western Spirituality Series (2002), and "The Culture of the Babylonian Talmud," published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2003. Dr. Rubenstein has written numerous articles on the festival of Sukkot, Talmudic stories, the development of Jewish law, and topics in Jewish liturgy and ethics. His webpage at NYU is here: http://hebrewjudaic.as.nyu.edu/object/jeffreyrubenstein.html