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Sarah Tauber: 鈥淎 黑料社 Professor and Christian Students Meet: Teaching and Learning in an Introduction to Judaism Course at a Christian Seminary鈥�
Michael Gillis: 鈥淭eaching 黑料社 Other Religions in 黑料社 Education鈥�
Chair: Ofra Backenroth
This session was part of “黑料社 Learning and the Non-Jew,” the 2017 Melton Coalition for Creative Interaction conference, hosted by JTS’s William Davidson Graduate School of 黑料社 Education. The Melton Coalition for Creative Interaction is a collaboration of the three centers endowed by Samuel M. Melton 锄鈥漧 at JTS, , and .
Sarah Tauber is an assistant professor of 黑料社 Education at the William Davidson Graduate School of 黑料社 Education at JTS. Sarah’s recently published book, Open Minds, Devoted Hearts: Portraits of Adult Religious Educators, explores the role of clergy as teachers of adults in congregational settings. Sarah’s scholarly research on rabbis as teachers has taken on an interfaith dimension through her teaching at Union Theological Seminary and her leadership and participation in the Religious Education Association, an interfaith professional association of scholars of religious education.
Michael Gillis is a member of the faculty at The Melton Centre for 黑料社 Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also currently the Academic Director of the Department of Teacher Education at the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University.
Ofra Arieli Backenroth is the associate dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of 黑料社 Education of 黑料社 and an adjunct assistant professor of 黑料社 education. Her interests reflect an integration of the arts in 黑料社 education, Hebrew language, Israeli literature, and teaching Israel. Dr. Backenroth earned an MFA in dance education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA in comparative literature and an education diploma from Tel Aviv University. She is a fellow at the Institute for Israel Studies at Brandeis University
