Jon Levisohn

Jon Levisohn
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Academic

Jon A. Levisohn[1] is an American academic who is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Educational Thought at Brandeis University. Levisohn is also the director of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis and the chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.[2][3] At Brandeis, he also chairs the Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life.[4][5] He is a co-editor of the Mandel-Brandeis Series in Jewish Education.

He is a philosopher of general and religious education. Recent work has focused on how Jews think about the desired outcomes of Jewish education and how they might.[6][7][8][9][10] He serves as the host of the Learning About Learning podcast.[11]

Education

• Maimonides School
• Harvard University, BA
• Stanford University, MA
• Stanford University, PhD

Bibliography

Books

• Jon A. Levisohn and Susan P. Fendrick, eds. Turn it and Turn it Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts. Academic Studies Press, 2013. ISBN 9781936235636.[12]
• Jon A. Levisohn and Jeffrey S. Kress, eds., Advancing the Learning Agenda in Jewish Education. Academic Studies Press, 2018.[13]
• Jon A. Levisohn and Ari Y. Kelman, eds., Beyond Jewish Identity. Academic Studies Press, 2019.[14]

References

1. "Home". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
2. "Jon A. Levisohn". brandeis.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
3. "Brandeis ScholarWorks". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
4. "Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
5. "Home". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
6. ""Jewish Education as Initiation into the Practices of Jewishness",". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
7. ""Mature Love, Nuanced Loyalty, and Redemptive Vision,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
8. ""Producers Not Possessors: A Direction for Jewish Education in Turbulent Times,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
9. ""Subject-Specific Learning Versus Jewish-Developmental Outcomes in Jewish Education: What Should We Aim For?"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
10. ""A New Paradigm of Jewish Literacy,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
11. "Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education". Buzzsprout. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
12. "Turn It and Turn It Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
13. "Advancing the Learning Agenda in Jewish Education". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
14. "Beyond Jewish Identity: Rethinking Concepts and Imagining Alternatives". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 2023-04-25.