Avraham Holtz (z”l)
Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature
Avraham Holtz was born in New York City in 1934. He attended New York City public schools, including Stuyvesant High School, and afternoon Hebrew school at the East Side Hebrew Institute and the Herzliah Hebrew High School. In 1952 he was chosen to participate in the State of Israel鈥檚 first Program for Hebrew Teachers from Abroad, which later became the Hayyim Greenberg Institute. The following year he graduated from the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute and received its Hebrew Teachers Diploma.
After receiving his B.A. in Ancient History from Brooklyn College in 1955, he was admitted to the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was the Cyrus Adler Scholar for 1958 1959. He was ordained and awarded the degree of M.H.L. in 1959 and while teaching in the Seminary College and its Prozdor High School program continued his studies for his D.H.L., which he received in 1962. At 91快播, he taught Hebrew Literature and language, liturgy, midrash, and Bible, and attained the rank of full professor as Simon H. Fabian Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Literature. He served as chairman of his department for several terms and as Dean for Academic Development under Chancellor Gerson D. Cohen. He was awarded the Hebrew University鈥檚 Lady Davis Research Fellowship (1969), and was also a Visiting Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Columbia University, Hunter College/CUNY, and at the Seminario Rabinico Latino-Americano in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1988), and was a Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University (1989). He visited the USSR in 1972 as a participant in a special program to visit Soviet Jews. Avraham Holtz retired from 91快播 in 2004, and became Professor Emeritus, after 42 years of teaching.
Professor Holtz was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant for research related to the preparation of an annotated and illustrated edition of S.Y. Agnon鈥檚 Hebrew novel Hakhnasat Kallah (Dowering the Bride), the first volume in a series Mar鈥檕t uMeqorot (Sights and Sources), which appeared in 1995. This work also received the State of Israel Ministry of Education and Culture Prize as a subvention for its publication by Schocken Publishing House. The second volume in the series, a similar edition of Agnon鈥檚 Hebrew novel T鈥檓ol Shilshom (Only Yesterday), now in preparation, has been awarded the same prize. In 1993, he received the Histadrut Ivrit鈥檚 Abraham Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America. In 2013, Avraham Holtz was named an Honorary Member of the State of Israel鈥檚 Academy for the Hebrew Language.
He has published many studies, scholarly articles, and reviews in Hebrew and in English .
Publications
讗讘专讛诐 讛讜诇抓鈥斪ぷ欁住讜诪讬诐
转诪讜讝 转砖注”讙
讬讜谞讬 2013
住驻专讬诐
诇讬拽讟 讜爪讬专祝 诪讘讜讗 讜讘讬讘诇讬讜讙专驻讬讛, 讬爪讞拽 讘专拽讜讘讬抓: 诪讘讞专 诪讗诪专讬诐 注诇 讬爪讬专转讜, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 注诐 注讜讘讚, 1967.
讘注讜诇诐 讛诪讞砖讘讛 砖诇 讞讝”诇: 讘注拽讘讜转 诪砖谞转讜 砖诇 诪. 拽讚讜砖讬谉, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 住驻专讬转 驻讜注诇讬诐, 1978.
诪注砖讛 专’ 讬讜讚讬诇 讞住讬讚: 诪-谞住讬诐 讜谞驻诇讗讜转 注讚 讛讻谞住转 讻诇讛, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 讘讬转 讛诪讚专砖 诇专讘谞讬诐 讘讗诪专讬拽讛, 1986.
诪专讗讜转 讜诪拽讜专讜转, 讻专讱 讗’: 诪讛讚讜专讛 诪讜注专转 讜诪讗讜讬讬专转 砖诇 讛讻谞住转 讻诇讛 诇砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐 讜转诇-讗讘讬讘: 砖讜拽谉, 1995.
诪讜专讬抓 讛讗诇: 讛讝拽谉 诪讬驻讜, 驻讬专住讜诪讬 诪讻讜谉 讙讜讟诇讬讘 砖讜诪讻专 砖诇 讗讜谞讬讘专住讬讟转 讞讬驻讛, 3, 2003, 诪讜谞讜讙专驻讬讛 转诇转-诇砖讜谞讬转 (注讘专讬转-讗谞讙诇讬转-讙专诪谞讬转), 注诐 讟讜讘讛 讘专讙专 讛讜诇抓.
诪专讗讜转 讜诪拽讜专讜转, 讻专讱 讘’: 诪讛讚讜专讛 诪讜注专转 讜诪讗讜讬讬专转 砖诇 转诪讜诇 砖诇砖讜诐 诇砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐 讜转诇-讗讘讬讘: 砖讜拽谉, (讘讛讻谞讛) .
诪住讜转 讜诪讞拽专讬诐
“讚专讻讬诐 讞讚砖讜转 诇讛讜专讗转 讛住驻专讜转 讛注讘专讬转”, 谞讬讘, 23, 2, 讗讚专 讗’ 转砖讬”讟, 8.
“讚讬讜拽谉: 讛诇诇 讘讘诇讬”, 谞讬讘, 23, 2 -3, 讗讬讬专 转砖讬”讟, 10 讜-23.
“讘专讻讛 讛爪专讬讻讛 讻讜讜谞讛”, 讛讚讜讗专, 38, 讻讟, 讬”讙 住讬讜谉 转砖讬”讟, 532-531.
“诪. 驻诇讬谞拽专- 讛谞讘讜讱, 讛砖讜讗诇”, 谞讬讘, 24, 1, 讞砖讜谉, 转砖”讱, 14.
“讚讬讜拽谉: 讗驻专讬诐 诇讬住讬爪拽讬”, 谞讬讘, 24, 讗讘讬讘, 讗讬讬专 转砖”讱, 7-5.
“诇拽专讗转 讚专讻讬诐 讞讚砖讜转 诇讛讜专讗转 讛住驻专讜转 讛注讘专讬转”, 砖讘讬诇讬 讛讞讬谞讜讱, 21, 3, 讗讘讬讘 转砖讻”讗, 145- 153.
“讛诇诇 讘讘诇讬鈥斪斪愖撟 讜讬爪讬专转讜”, 谞讬讘, 26, 1, 讻住诇讜 转砖讻”讘, 17-10.
“注诇 讛讜专讗转 讛住驻专讜转 讛注讘专讬转 讛讞讚砖讛”, 讛讞讬谞讜讱 讘转驻讜爪讜转, 讻住诇讜 转砖讻”讜, 94-91.
“注讬讜谞讬诐 讘诇砖讜谉 ‘讗讚诐 诪讬砖专讗诇鈥 “, 诪讗讝谞讬诐, 讻讙, 3, 讗讘 转砖讻”讜, 235-230.
“讻转讘 讬讚 讞诪讬砖讬 砖诇 讛诪讞讝讛 讛注讘专讬 爪讞讜转 讘讚讬讞讜转讗 讚拽讬讚讜砖讬谉“, 转专讘讬抓 诇讜, 讘, 讟讘转 转砖讻”讝, 204-202.
“讛谞讞讬讜转 讬住讜讚 讘讛讜专讗转 讛诪拽专讗”, 讗讙专转 讙, 讗, 13-4.
“讛专讛讜专讬诐 注诇 讘注讬讜转 讬住讜讚”, 驻转讞讬诐, 讙, 讗讚专 转砖讻”讞, 26-19.
“讛讚讜拽讟讜专 讜讜讬谞讬拽 讻讙讬讘讜专 诪讜讚专谞讬”, 讘爪专讜谉, 谞讟, 讚, 讗讚专-谞讬住谉 转砖讻”讞, 226-221.
“讛诇诇 爪讬讬讟诇讬谉 讻诪讘拽专 住驻专讜转讬”, 讻专诪诇讬转 讬讚-讟讜, 1968, 391-378 .
(谞讚驻住 诪讞讚砖: “讛诇诇 爪讬讬讟诇讬谉: 讗讬砖 住驻专讜转”, 讛讚讜讗专, 谞, 诇讚, 讗’ 讘讗讘 转砖诇”讗, 602-601; “讛诇诇 爪讬讬讟诇讬谉: 注诇 诪砖讜专专讬诐 讜砖讬专转诐”, 讛讚讜讗专, 谞, 诇讛, 讟”讜 讘讗讘 转砖讈诇”讗, 617-616).
“讗讬讚讬讗讜转-讛讬住讜讚 砖讈诇 讞讝”诇: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘讛讙讜转讜 讛诪讞拽专讬转 砖讈诇 拽讚讜砖讈讬谉”, 砖讈讚诪讜转 诇讞, 拽讬抓 转砖讈”诇, 73-70.
“讚专讻讬诐 讞讚砖讈讜转 讘讞拽专 讛住驻专讜转”, 砖讈讚诪讜转 诇讟, 住转讜 转砖讈诇”讗, 87-80.
“诪砖讈诇讬诪讜转 诇注讘讜讚讛 讝专讛: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘’驻转 砖讈诇诪讛’ 诇砖讈”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 讛住驻专讜转 讙, 1972, 311-295.
“讗诪谞讜转 讜讗诪讜谞讛 讘诪砖讈谞转讜 砖讈诇 讛砖讈诇”, 砖讈讚诪讜转 诪讜, 讗讘讬讘 转砖讈诇”讘, 111-101.
(谞讚驻住 诪讞讚砖讈: 讛讚讜讗专, 谞讗, 诪, 讬”讟 讘讞砖讈讜谉 转砖讈诇”讙, 719-718; 谞讘, 讗, 讚’ 讘讻住诇讜 转砖讈诇”讙, 5-4; 驻谞讬诐 讗诇 驻谞讬诐, 733 ,讻”讝 转诪讜讝 转砖诇”讙, “讗诪讜谞讛 讜讗诪谞讜转”, 14- 16 ; 734, 讛鈥 诪谞讞诐-讗讘 转砖诇”讙, “讛诪诇讬诐 讜讛诪讜住讬拽讛”, 14 鈥 16.)
“讛讞讬诇讜诇 讛诪砖讈讜诇砖讈: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘’讟诇讬转 讗讞专转’ 诇砖讈”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 讛住驻专讜转 讙, 1972, 532-518.
(诪讜讘讗 讘-注讙谞讜谉: 诪讘讞专 诪讗诪专讬诐 注诇 讬爪讬专转讜, 讘注专讬讻转 讛诇诇 讘专讝诇, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 注诐 注讜讘讚, 1982.)
“讛诪砖讈诇 讛驻转讜讞 讻诪驻转讞 诇’住驻专 讛诪注砖讬诐’ 诇砖讈”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 讛住驻专讜转 讚, 1973, 333-289.
“专’ 讬讜讚讬诇 讞住讬讚 讬讜爪讗 诇讚专讱”, 诪讞拽专讬诐 讘讗讙讚讛 讜讘驻讜诇拽诇讜专 讬讛讜讚讬 讝 (住驻专 讛讬讜讘诇 诇讚讘 谞讜讬), 讬专讜砖讈诇讬诐, 转砖讈诪”讙, 砖讈讗-砖讈讟讝.
“讛砖讈讬专讬诐 ‘砖讈诇诪讛 讜拽讛诇转’ 讜-‘讬注诇 讜住讬住专讗’ 诇诪讬讻讛 讬讜住祝 诇讘谞讝讜谉 注诇 驻讬 讻转讘讬 讬讚”, 转专讘讬抓 谞讘, 讙, 转砖讈诪”讙, 496-469.
“拽讜讛诇转 砖讈讘砖讈诇诪讛: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘’砖讈诇诪讛 讜拽讜讛诇转’ 诪讗转 诪讬讻”诇”, 讘讬拽讜专转 讜驻专砖讈谞讜转 19, 讚爪诪讘专 1983, 82-51.
” ‘讛专讬住讜转 讟专讗讬讗’ 诪讗转 诪讬讻讛 讬讜住祝 诇讘谞讝讜谉 讘讻转讘 讬讚讜”, 转专讘讬抓 谞讙, 讙 ,转砖讈诪”讚, 464-431.
“诪注砖讬 爪讚讬拽讬诐 讜诪注砖讬讜转讬讛诐 讘-讛讻谞住转 讻诇讛 诇砖讈”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 诪讞拽专讬 讬专讜砖讈诇讬诐 讘住驻专讜转 注讘专讬转, 讟, 转砖讈诪”讜, 124-103.
“讛讝拽谉 诪讬驻讜: 诪专 诪讜专讬抓 讛讗诇”, 转专讘讬抓 谞讟, 讗-讘, 转砖讈专讬-讗讚专 转砖讈”谉, 228-215 (注诐 讟讜讘讛 讘专讙专 讛讜诇抓).
“诪住注讜 砖诇 讬爪讞拽 拽讜诪专 讘讗讬专讜驻讛: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘’专讗砖讈讬转 讛讚讘专讬诐’ “, 讞拽专讬 注讙谞讜谉: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讜诪讞拽专讬诐 讘讬爪讬专转 砖讈”讬 注讙谞讜谉 诪讜讙砖 诇驻专讜驻’ 讬讛讜讚讛 驻专讬讚诇谞讚专, 专诪转-讙谉, 1994, 37-13.
“讛转讘讜谞谞讜转 讘驻专讟讬 转诪讜诇 砖讈诇砖讈讜诐“, 拽讜讘抓 注讙谞讜谉, 讬专讜砖讈诇讬诐, 1994, 221-178.
“注诇 住驻专讬诐 讜住讜驻专讬诐 讘’住讬驻讜专 驻砖讜讟’ 诪讗转 砖诪讜讗诇 讬讜住祝 注讙谞讜谉”, 讘转讜讱 讘讬谉 住驻专讜转 诇讛讬住讟讜专讬讛: 住驻专 讬讜讘诇 诇讻讘讜讚 讬爪讞拽 讘专讝讬诇讬, 砖诇诪讛 谞砖, 注讜专讱, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 讛拽讬讘讜抓 讛诪讗讜讞讚, 1997, 拽讻讛-拽诇讞 + 注讚.
“讛讘讗专讬诐 讘讚专讱: 讞讘专讬讜 砖诇 讬爪讞拽 拽讜诪专”, 讘讬谉 住驻专讜转 诇讞讘专讛: 注讬讜谞讬诐 讘转专讘讜转 讛注讘专讬转 讛讞讚砖讛鈥斪炞愖炞讬诐 诪讜讙砖讬诐 诇讙专砖讜谉 砖拽讚,讬讛讜讚讬转 讘专 讗诇 讜讬讙讗诇 砖讜讜专抓, 注讜专讻讬诐, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐鈥斪-讗讘讬讘: 讻转专 讜讛拽讬讘讜抓 讛诪讗讜讞讚, 2000, 188-181.
“注诇 专讘谞讬诐 讜专讘谞讬讜转 讘-转诪讜诇 砖诇砖讜诐 诪讗转 砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 诪讜讜讬诇谞讛 诇讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 住驻专 讬讜讘诇 诇讻讘讜讚 砖诪讜讗诇 讜专住住, 讚讜讚 讗住祝 讜注讜讚, 注讜专讻讬诐, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 讛讜爪讗转 诪讗讙谞住, 转砖住”讘, 531-548.
“诪讘讜讗 诇诪讜谞讜讙专驻讬讛 注诇 专鈥 讬注拽讘 讙讜诇讚诪谉, 讗讬砖 讬专讜砖诇讬诐 讜讬驻讜”, 诪诪专讻讝讬诐 诇诪专讻讝: 住驻专 谞讜专讬转 讙讜讘专讬谉, 讗讘谞专 讛讜诇爪诪谉, 注讜专讱, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 诪讻讜谉 讻抓 诇讞拽专 讛住驻专讜转 讛注讘专讬转, 讗讜谞讬讘专住讬讟转 转诇-讗讘讬讘, 转砖住”讛, 190-166.
“讛讻诇讘 讘诇拽 诪讙诇讛 讗转 鈥欁∽曌 讛砖讚讬诐鈥 “, 诪注砖讬 住讬驻讜专: 诪讞拽专讬诐 讘住讬驻专讜转 讛讬讛讜讚讬转 诪讜讙砖讬诐 诇讬讜讗讘 讗诇砖讟讬讬谉, 讗讘讬讚讘 诇讬驻住拽专 讜专诇讛 拽讜砖诇讘住拽讬, 注讜专讻讬诐, 专诪转-讙谉: 讛讜爪讗转 讗讜谞讬讘专住讬讟转 讘专-讗讬诇谉, 转砖住”讜, 356-349.
“讞讚 讞讬讚讛 讞讬讚转讬转: 诇讛讘讗专转 诪砖驻讟 讗讞讚 讘鈥欁懽撟讱鈥 诇砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 专讙注 砖诇 讛讜诇讚转: 诪讞拽专讬诐 讘住驻专讜转 注讘专讬转 讜讘住驻专讜转 讬讬讚讬砖 诇讻讘讜讚 讚谉 诪讬专讜谉, 讞谞谉 讞讘专, 注讜专讱, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 诪讜住讚 讘讬讗诇讬拽, 转砖住”讝, 281-276.
“讞诪讚转 砖讘转诪讜诇 砖诇砖讜诐: 诪注讬谉 鈥欁炞┳涀欁 讗诪爪注讬鈥 “, 转驻讗专转 诇讬砖专讗诇: 住驻专 讬讜讘诇 诇讻讘讜讚 讬砖专讗诇 驻专谞爪讜住, 讬注拽讘 专讜讟, 诪谞讞诐 砖诪诇爪专 讜讬注拽讘 驻专谞爪讜住, 注讜专讻讬诐, 谞讬讜 讬讜专拽: 讘讬转 讛诪讚专砖 诇专讘谞讬诐 讘讗诪专讬拽讛, 转砖”注, 273-263.
“讛植诇讜讗 讛住讜驻讬: 住讜讙讬讛 诇砖讜谞讬转 讘’转诪讜诇 砖诇砖讜诐’ 诇砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 讗拽讚诐 52 (讟讘转 转砖注”讛/讬谞讜讗专 2015), 3.
“讘讚专讱 诇讗拽住讟讝讛: 讬专讜砖诇讬诐 诪拽讘诇转 讗转 驻谞讬 讬爪讞拽 拽讜诪专”, 讜砖诪讜讗诇 讘拽讜专讗讬 砖诪讜: 住驻专 讝讻专讜谉 诇砖诪讜讗诇 诇讬讬讟专, 诪谞讞诐 讛讬专砖诪谉 讜注讜讚, 注讜专讻讬诐, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 诪讜住讚 讘讬讗诇讬拽, 转砖注”讜/2016, 250-227.
“讛转讬”讜 讛拽诪讜爪讛 讛诪转注转注转”, 诇砖讜谞谞讜 注”讟, 讞讜讘专转 讗-讘 (转砖注”讝), 183-180.
“拽谞讗讜转, 讗住拽讟讬讜转 讜诪讜讝专讜转: 注讬讜谉 讘讚诪讜转讜 砖诇 专鈥 驻讬讬砖 讘转诪讜诇 砖诇砖讜诐 诇砖”讬 注讙谞讜谉”, 诪讞讜讜讛 诇诪谞讞诐: 讗住讜驻转 诪讞拽专讬诐 诇讻讘讜讚 诪谞讞诐 讞讬讬诐 砖诪诇爪专, 砖诪讜讗诇 讙诇讬拽 讜注讜讚, 注讜专讻讬诐, 讬专讜砖诇讬诐: 诪讻讜谉 砖讜拽谉 诇诇讬诪讜讚讬 讛讬讛讚讜转/91快播, 转砖注”讟/2019, 143-111.
讘讬拽讜专转 住驻专讬诐
讗专讘注 驻谞讬诐 讘住驻专讜转 讛注讘专讬转 讘转 讬诪讬谞讜 诪讗转 讚谉 诪讬专讜谉, 讗讜专讜转 诪讞, 讗讬讬专 转砖讻”讙, 55-53.
Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, 诪讗转 砖诪注讜谉 讛诇拽讬谉, 讗讜专讜转 (住讚专讛 讞讚砖讛) 讬讗, 讬讜诇讬 1971, 117-106.
转驻讬诇讛
“讜讬讚讜讬” Conservative Judaism 15, Summer 1961, pp. 1-2.
谞讚驻旨住 诪讞讚砖 讘: 驻旨谞讬诐 讗诇 驻旨谞讬诐,279 -280 , 注专讘 专讗砖 讛砖谞讛 转砖讻”讛, 11; 砖讚诪讜转, 诇讛, 住转讬讜 转砖”诇, 30 -31.
Reprinted in: South Africa Jewish Observer 9, September 1964, p. 12; 鈥淐onfession: In Memory of the Six Million,鈥 Yearnings:Prayers and Meditations for the Days of Awe, Jules Harlow, ed. New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1968, p.64; Rabbinical Assembly Mahzor, Jules Harlow, ed. New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1972, pp. 580-581.
讙诐 讛讜驻讬注 讘-诪诪讱 讗诇讬讱: 诪讞讝讜专 转驻讬诇讛, 讛讙讜转 讜讞讜讜讬讛 诇讬讜诐 讛讻讬驻讜专讬诐, 讬讜谞讚讘 拽驻诇讜谉, 注讜专讱, 转诇-讗讘讬讘: 住驻专讬转 讗诇讬谞专, 2004, “讜讬讚讜讬 砖诇 讬诪讬谞讜”, 99-98.
住驻专 讬讜讘诇
诪讞拽专讬诐 讘住驻专讜转 讬砖专讗诇 诪讜讙砖讬诐 诇讗讘专讛诐 讛讜诇抓, 爪讘讬讛 讘谉-讬讜住祝 讙讬谞讜专, 注讜专讻转, 谞讬讜 讬讜专拽: 讘讬转 讛诪讚专砖 诇专讘谞讬诐 讘讗诪专讬拽讛, 转砖住”讙.
住讬驻旨讜专讬诐
“讛讻讚讜专”, 谞讬讘, 23, 4 -5, 讗讬讬专 转砖讬”讟, 5-4 .
“谞讟注 讝专”, 谞讬讘, 25, 1, 砖讘讟 转砖讻”讗, 15-12 .
“讛诪砖讬讞: 专砖讬诪讛”, 谞讬讘, 25, 2, 住讬讜谉 转砖讻”讗, 26-25 .
“砖诐 讜讗驻住 讘专讻讘转”, 谞讬讘, 26, 2, 讗讚专 讘’ 转砖讻”讘, 21-19.
“讘旨诪讜专讚”, 谞讬讘, 27, 2 -3, 住讬讜谉 转砖讻”讙, 27-18.
“讘爪诇 讘讗专 诪讬诐”, 谞讬讘, 29, 1 -2, 转砖专讬 转砖讻”讛, 28-25 .
“讚诪讜讬讜转 讘讙谉”, 谞讬讘, 30, 1- 2, 谞讬住谉 转砖讻”讜, 26-23 .
AVRAHAM HOLTZ鈥擯UBLICATIONS
June 2013
Books
Compiled and edited: The Holy City: Jews on Jerusalem, New York: W. W. Norton, 1971.
Isaac Dov Berkowitz: Voice of the Uprooted, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973.
Moritz Hall: The Old Man of Jaffa, Publications of the Gottlieb Schumacher Institute of the University of Haifa, 3, 2003, Trilingual Monograph (Hebrew-English-German) (with Toby Berger Holtz).
Articles
鈥淜iddush and Hillul Hashem,鈥 Judaism 10, 4 (Fall 1961): 360-367 (reprinted in The Judaism Reader, New York: Ktav, 1973).
鈥淭he Concept of Qiddush Hashem in the Jewish Prayer Book,鈥 Harvard Theological Review 57 (April 1964): 137-140.
鈥淗illel Bavli,鈥 in Builders of the Conservative Movement, New York: National Women鈥檚 League, 1964, 61-67.
鈥淪evered Branches: Hayyim Lenski and Elisha Rodin,鈥 Judaism 14 (Fall 1965): 491-497 (reprinted in World Jewry, 9, 1 [January-February 1966], 24).
鈥淗illel Zeitlin: Critic, Mystic, Social Architect,鈥 Conservative Judaism 20 (Spring 1966): 50-65.
鈥淎ngels and Anti-Angels鈥, a review essay of Israeli Tales, Niv Hamidrashiah, (Winter 1967), English section, 37-48.
鈥淛erusalem: City of Splendor,鈥 Jewish Heritage (Fall 1967): 20-25 (in Spanish, Herencia Judia 1 [Fall 1967]: 5-11).
鈥淧rolegomenon to a Literary History of Modern Hebrew Literature,鈥 Literature East and West 11 (1968): 253-270.
鈥淗illel Zeitlin: Publicist and Martyr,鈥 Jewish Book Annual 28 (1970-71): 141-146.
鈥淩ationale and Purpose of Solomon Schechter Day School Education鈥 (mimeo), Solomon Schechter Day School Association Resource Library, no. 107.
鈥淩eligion and the Arts in the Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel,鈥 Conservative Judaism 28 (Fall 1973): 27-39 (translated from the Hebrew by Harlan Wechsler).
鈥淛erusalem: City of Vision and Prayers,鈥 in The Samuel Friedland Lectures 1967-1974 (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1974), 41-50.
鈥淭he Allusive and Elusive Text of S.Y. Agnon and the English Reader: On 鈥楾allit Aheret鈥,鈥 in Texts and Contexts in English Translation, Leon I. Yudkin, ed. (New York: Marcus Wiener, 1988), 267-280.
鈥淪. Y. Agnon鈥檚 Tmol Shilshom as a Medical Record,鈥 Korot: Israel Journal of the History of Medicine and Science, 9 (Fall 1989): 629-649 (with Toby Berger Holtz).
鈥淭he Adventuresome Life of Moritz Hall: A Biographical Study,鈥 in Bibliotheca Nubica 3 Orbis Aethiopicus: Festschrift Professor S. Chojnacki, part 1, Piotr O. Scholz, ed. (Albstadt: Karl Schuler Publishing, 1992), 49-66 (with Toby Berger Holtz).
鈥淩eb Nahman Krochmal in Jaffa: A Hallucinatory Vision in S. Y. Agnon鈥檚 T鈥檓ol Shilshom,鈥 History and Literature: New Readings of Jewish Texts in Honor of Arnold Band, William Cutter and David C. Jacobson, eds. (Providence: Brown Judaic Studies, 2002), 137-145.
鈥淢y Friend, Aharon Appelfeld,鈥 The World of Aharon Appelfeld: A Selection of Essays on His Works, Risa Domb, et al., eds. (Cambridge: Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies, 2005), 101-107 = Mikan: Journal for Hebrew Literary Studies 5 (January 2005), 101-107.
鈥淔rom Avraham to Avraham,鈥 Prooftexts, 37 (2019), 430-423.
Reviews
Menahem Ribalow, Modern Hebrew Literature, in Conservative Judaism 14 (1960): 49-52.
Max Kadushin, Worship and Ethics, in Judaism 12 (Spring 1964): 237-242.
David Patterson, The Hebrew Novel in Czarist Russia, in Midstream 11 (September 1965): 102-104.
Jacob Kabakoff, Haluzei ha鈥橲ifrut ha鈥橧vrit ba鈥橝merica, in American Jewish Historical Quarterly 56 (June 1967): 466-468.
Simcha Rubinstein, Nerot Doakhim, in The Reconstructionist 33 (3 November 1967): 26-28.
鈥淓ncomia and Corrigenda: On Barbara Harshav鈥檚 Translation of Temol Shilshom,鈥 Prooftexts 24,3 (2004): 50-65.
Translations
Yitzhak Shalev, 鈥淭he Significance of the Holy Day,鈥 Judaism 8 (Spring 1956): 160-166.
Adin Steinsaltz, 鈥淗asidism and Psychoanalysis,鈥 Judaism 9 (Summer 1960): 222-228.
Ernst Simon, 鈥淔ranz Rosenzweig and Jewish Education,鈥 Conservative Judaism 8 (Winter 1964): 10-24.
Hayyim Nahman Bialik, 鈥淭he Explicit and the Allusive in Language,鈥 Literature East and West 15,3 (1972, published 1973): 498-508.
Edited and Prepared
鈥漇tudy Guide to Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, by Simon Halkin鈥 (mimeo, 82 pp.), New York: Hadassah, 1973.
Max Kadushin, A Conceptual Commentary on Midrash Leviticus Rabbah: Value Concepts in Jewish Thought, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987.
Festschrift
Essays on Hebrew Literature in Honor of Avraham Holtz, Zvia Ben-Yosef Ginor,ed. , New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2003.
Educational and Professional Background
1953 Teacher鈥檚 Diploma, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, New York
1955 B.A., Brooklyn College, New York
1959 Master of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary
1959 Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary
1962 Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary
Academic Positions
1959-1962 Hunter College, New York, Lecturer, Hebrew Language and Literature
1962-1973 Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor
1966 Columbia University, Visiting Assistant Professor
1973-2004 Simon H. Fabian Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature
1972-1974 Jewish Theological Seminary, Dean of Academic Development
1976-1979} Jewish Theological Seminary,
1986-1988} Chairman of the Department of Jewish Literature
2001-2002}
2004- Professor Emeritus of Jewish Literature
1988, May Seminario Rabinico Latino-Americano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Visiting Professor
1989, Spring and SummerHebrew University, Jerusalem, Scholar in Residence
Other Positions
1969-1970 Associate Editor, Department of Modern Hebrew Literature, Encyclopedia Judaica
1964-1966 Member, Rabbinical Assembly Publication Committee
1984- Member, Educational Board, Melton Research Center
1990-1994 Member, Academic Council, National Foundation for Jewish Culture
1994- Member. Academic Council, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
1992- Member, International Committee for the Publication of a Complete and Critical Edition of S. Y. Agnon鈥檚 Works
Awards
1953 The Herzliah Alumni Association Award in Talmud
1953 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Friedenberg Award for Excellence in Scholarship,Herzliah
1956 Cyrus Adler Scholar, Jewish Theological Seminary
1958 M. Greenberg Prize, Modern Hebrew Literature
1959-1962 Teaching Fellowship, Jewish Theological Seminary
1969 Lady Davis Research Fellowship, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1975 Grant-in-Aid, National Foundation for Jewish Culture
1985 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant
1986 Grants towards the publication of Marot uMeqorot (Sights and Sources),
Vol. 1, an annotated and illustrated edition of S.Y. Agnon鈥檚 Hakhnasat
Kallah (Dowering the Bride)
(1) American Academy for Jewish Research
(2) Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
(3) Nissan Touroff Fund for Faculty Publications, Jewish TheologicalSeminary
1988, 1993 Maxwell Abbell Faculty Summer Research Stipends, Jewish Theological Seminary
1993 Abraham Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America, Awarded bythe Hidtadrut Ivrit of America
1994 State of Israel, Ministry of Education and Culture, Subvention towards Publication of Marot uMeqorot, vol. 1, Hakhnasat Kallah
2001 State of Israel, Ministry of Education and Culture, Subvention towards Publication of Marot uMeqorot, vol. 2, Temol Shilshom
Membership in Progressional Organizations
The Rabbinical Assembly
American Association for Jewish Studies
American Academy for Jewish Research
The World Union of Jewish Studies
