Richard S. Lewis (Shmuel Lewis) Education Studies for academic degrees: 2008 The Hebrew University, Ph.D. awarded summa cum laude, May 2008 Dissertation (Hebrew): 'And before Honor – Humility' (Proverbs 15: 33) The Ideal of Humility in the Moral Language of the Sages 1995 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem Rabbinic ordination M.A. in Jewish Studies (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Thesis (Hebrew): 'And all the people saw the sounds' (Exodus 20: 15) The Status of Sign Language in Jewish Law 1977-1979 University of Chicago Doctoral student Special University Humanities Fellow with the Committee on Social Thought 1974 Columbia University, NYC B.A., English Literature, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa

Study in non-degree granting institutions: 1992-1994 Beit of the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem

1978-1989 Study in various yeshivot in Jerusalem 1987-1989 Yeshivat Birkhat Ohel Shimon 1982-1987 Ta'amu uRe'u 1979-1982 Yeshivat Iyyun HaTalmud 1978-1979 Yeshivat HaMivtar

Work Experience 2003-2013 The Conservative , Jerusalem Rosh HaYeshiva (Academic and Spiritual Head of School)

2012 The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Adjunct, invited to teach course to M.A. students on "Education and Study in Rabbinic Literature" for the Melton Centre for Jewish Education

2010-2011 Jewish Theological Seminary of America Lecturer to rabbinical students spending their year in (Course title: "Public Controversies regarding Halakhic Issues that Arise from Jewish Sovereignty in a Democratic State")

1 1994-2003 Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem 1994-2003 Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies 1994-1995 Beit Midrash for Curriculum Development in Religious Israeli High Schools 1994-1996 Lecturer in Jewish Thought and , program for Russian immigrants 1996-2000 Lecturer in Talmud (to Israeli High School Teachers) Center for Judaic Education in the Public High School System 1996-1997 Lecturer in Talmud, Beit Midrash 1998-1999 " " " " " 2000-2002 " " " " " 2000-2002 Director, Beit Midrash

1991-2004 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem 1991-1993 Lecturer in Bible and Talmud, program for Russian immigrants 1993-2001 Lecturer in Talmud, History of , Jewish Thought and Practical Halakha (rabbinical and M.A. students) 1999-2003 Faculty Advisor in Jewish Law Center for Women in Jewish Law 2001-2003 Senior Lecturer (tenured) in Talmud and History of Halakha

1987-1991 Yeshivat Darchei Noam/Shappell's College of Jewish Studies 1987-1990 Supervisor of nighttime studies (night seder rebbe) 1989-1991 Lecturer in Talmud (RaM, Reish Metivta)

Fellowships and Grants 2012-2013 New York University School of Law, Tikvah Fellow at the Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization (http://www.nyutikvah.org/fellows/fellows_12_13/richard_lewis.html)

2001-2003 Doctoral Research Grant from the Melton Centre for Jewish Education, Hebrew University

2001-2002 Doctoral Research Grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

1994-2003 Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Shalom Hartman Institute

1977-1979 University of Chicago Special University Humanities Fellow with the Committee on Social Thought

Refereed Publications: 'And before Honor – Humility': The Ideal of Humility in the Moral Language of the Sages (Hebrew), Magnes Press of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2013

Za'akat Dalot: Halakhic Solutions for the Agunot of Our Time (Hebrew) (ed.), 2006 The Center for Women in Jewish Law of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (I was the chief editor of this book, including supervision and guidance of the research. In addition, I wrote the Afterword [Hebrew] to the book.)

2 "Myth and Midrashic Cognition: Haughtiness of Spirit and Humility" (Hebrew), in I. Rosen-Zvi, G. Bohak and R. Margolin (eds.), Myth, Mysticism and Ritual: Studies in the Relations between Judaic Studies and Religious Studies, A Jubilee Volume in Honor of Professor Itamar Gruenwald (Hebrew), Te'udah: Collected Studies of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University, volume 26, 2013

Internet More than 35 of the weekly sichot given at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem are recorded and posted on the yeshiva's website: http://www.uscj.org.il/media.php. Scroll down to "Reb Shmuel's Thursday Sichot".

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