Faculty

  • Jacques Berlinerblau

    Director and Professor of Jewish Civilization

    Jacques Berlinerblau holds doctorates in Sociology and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. He teaches courses in literature and secularism.

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    Anna Sommer Schneider

    Associate Director and Professor of Jewish Civilization

    Professor Sommer holds a doctorate from Jagiellonian University. For over 16 years she has served as a guide and educator at the State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau. She teaches courses on the Holocaust.

  • Keren Hammerschlag

    Assistant Director and Professor of Jewish Civilization
    Assistant Teaching Professor and Researcher of Art and Art History

    Keren Rosa Hammerschlag is a Assistant Teaching Professor and Researcher in Art History and Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University. She is the Assistant Director of the Center for Jewish Civilization and a Faculty Affiliate in Residence in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. 

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    Rev. Dennis McManus

    Associate Visiting Professor of Jewish Civilization
    Director of the Jan Karski Institute for Holocaust Education

    Fr. McManus is the director of the Jan Karski Institute for Holocaust Education and an associate visting professor at the CJC. Fr. McManus teaches courses on Jewish-Catholic relations and the Holocaust.

  • Rev. Patrick Desbois

    Braman Endowed Professor of the Practice of the Forensic Study of the Holocaust

    Rev. Patrick Desbois is President of Yahad-In Unum. He teaches courses directly related to the research he has completed in the field in the area of Holocaust and genocide studies.

  • Ambassador Dennis Ross

    Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy

    Ambassador Dennis Ross is Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He teaches courses on diplomacy and international relations. 

  • Ambassador David Saperstein

    Senior Fellow

    Rabbi David Saperstein most recently worked at the State Department as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from his confirmation on December 12th, 2014 until January 2017. He has also served as Director and Counsel at the Religious Action Center.

  • Ira Forman

    Senior Fellow

    Ira Forman is the U.S. State Department’s former Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. He joined the CJC faculty in the fall of 2017 and teaches a course on global anti-Semitism.

  • Ori Z. Soltes

    Professor of Teaching

    Ori Z. Soltes is Professor of Teaching at Georgetown University's Center for Jewish Civilization.

  • Meital Orr

    Assistant Professor of Jewish Civilization

    Meital Orr holds a doctorate in Modern Jewish Literature from Harvard University, as well as an M.A. from Columbia University in Hebrew Literature. Dr. Orr teaches Jewish literature and Hebrew language courses at Georgetown University.

  • Sara Grayson

    Lecturer

    Sara Grayson teaches Hebrew language courses at Georgetown University.

  • Elliott Abrams

    Andrew H. Siegal Professor of American Middle Eastern Foreign Policy

    Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC. 

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    David Ebenbach

    Professor of the Practice

    David Ebenbach is a writer of short fiction and poetry. He teaches courses in the humanities. 

  • Moran Stern

    Adjunct Lecturer

    Moran Stern is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Center for Jewish Civilization in Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service where he teaches courses on Israel and the Middle East.

  • Sarah Workman

    Adjunct Instructor

    Sarah Workman teaches courses on Jewish popular culture.