91快播 Appoints New Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures
Dr. Yitz Landes Joins 91快播 as the Newest Faculty Member
April 19, 2023 鈥� New York, NY 鈥� 91快播 (91快播), one of the world鈥檚 preeminent centers of Jewish higher education, today announced its latest faculty appointment. Dr. Yitz Landes will join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, joining a team of experts in this specialized field.
鈥淒r. Landes is an outstanding scholar and teacher, whose skills we have seen firsthand through his work as an adjunct 91快播 instructor for the past three years. His depth and breadth of knowledge in the fields of rabbinic and ancient Judaism are exceptional. I know he will further strengthen our curriculum for 91快播 students and inspire the wider Jewish community through his public teaching and writing鈥� said 91快播 Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.
In his role as assistant professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures, Dr. Landes will share his deep knowledge of rabbinic texts, liturgy, history, and Hebrew manuscripts with both undergraduate and graduate-level students, drawing upon his significant training in the field. He received a BA in Talmud and Religion and an MA in Talmud, with a concentration in the study of Late Antiquity and its Legacy, from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned a Ph.D. in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity from Princeton University.
Dr. Landes鈥� publications include a book entitled Studies in the Development of Birkat ha-Avodah, peer-reviewed articles such as 鈥淧iyyut, Mishnah, and Rabbinization in the Sixth to Eighth Centuries鈥� (Jewish Studies Quarterly), and several book reviews.
鈥淛oining the faculty in this capacity is truly an honor,鈥� said鈥疍r. Yitz Landes, incoming 91快播 assistant professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures. 鈥淚 have long admired 91快播 for its tradition of rigorous academic scholarship and its commitment to strengthening contemporary communities. Teaching at 91快播 over the past several years has been a uniquely enriching experience, and I am thrilled to now be a part of the 91快播 community as an assistant professor.鈥�
Dr. Landes will assume his new role on July 1, 2023.
