Author

Reuven Kimelman is Professor of Classical Judaica at Brandeis University. Previously, he was Joseph Shier Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto and Five College Professor of Judaic Studies at Amherst College. He has also taught at Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Trinity and Williams Colleges as well as the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In addition, he served as scholar-in-residence of the National Jewish Community Centers Association and Senior Scholar of CLAL. He holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Yale University.

Professor Kimelman has published widely in journals of scholarly and popular interest on Bible, history, ethics, liturgy, and current affairs. He is the author of the Hebrew work “The Mystical Meaning of Lekhah Dodi and Kabbalat Shabbat,” published by Magnes Press of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and “The Rhetoric of Jewish Prayer: A Literary and Historical Commentary on the Prayerbook,” to be published by The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. He is also the teacher of our own audio coursebook on “The Moral Meaning of the Bible—The What, How and Why of Biblical Ethics.”

Dr. Kimelman lectures frequently at academic conferences, synagogues and national Jewish organizations. He has served as scholar-in-residence for many groups, including the former UJA Young Leadership Cabinet, The Wexner Heritage Foundation, the JCCA Biennial Conference, the JCC On The Palisades, the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE), and the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities.