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 Israelโs 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 91ถถา๕, 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 Universityโs 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 91ถถา๕ 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. Agnonโs Hebrew novel Hakhnasat Kallah (Dowering the Bride), the first volume in a series Marโot 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 Agnonโs Hebrew novel Tโmol Shilshom (Only Yesterday), now in preparation, has been awarded the same prize. In 1993, he received the Histadrut Ivritโs Abraham Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America. In 2013, Avraham Holtz was named an Honorary Member of the State of Israelโs Academy for the Hebrew Language.
He has published many studies, scholarly articles, and reviews in Hebrew and in English .
Publications
ืืืจืื ืืืืฅโืคืืจืกืืืื
ืชืืื ืชืฉืข”ื
ืืื ื 2013
ืกืคืจืื
ืืืงื ืืฆืืจืฃ ืืืื ืืืืืืืืืจืคืื, ืืฆืืง ืืจืงืืืืฅ: ืืืืจ ืืืืจืื ืขื ืืฆืืจืชื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืขื ืขืืื, 1967.
ืืขืืื ืืืืฉืื ืฉื ืื”ื: ืืขืงืืืช ืืฉื ืชื ืฉื ื. ืงืืืฉืื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืกืคืจืืช ืคืืขืืื, 1978.
ืืขืฉื ืจ’ ืืืืื ืืกืื: ื-ื ืกืื ืื ืคืืืืช ืขื ืืื ืกืช ืืื, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืจืื ืื ืืืืจืืงื, 1986.
ืืจืืืช ืืืงืืจืืช, ืืจื ื’: ืืืืืจื ืืืขืจืช ืืืืืืืจืช ืฉื ืืื ืกืช ืืื ืืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื, ืืจืืฉืืื ืืชื-ืืืื: ืฉืืงื, 1995.
ืืืจืืฅ ืืื: ืืืงื ืืืคื, ืคืืจืกืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืฉื ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืืืคื, 3, 2003, ืืื ืืืจืคืื ืชืืช-ืืฉืื ืืช (ืขืืจืืช-ืื ืืืืช-ืืจืื ืืช), ืขื ืืืื ืืจืืจ ืืืืฅ.
ืืจืืืช ืืืงืืจืืช, ืืจื ื’: ืืืืืจื ืืืขืจืช ืืืืืืืจืช ืฉื ืชืืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื, ืืจืืฉืืื ืืชื-ืืืื: ืฉืืงื, (ืืืื ื) .
ืืกืืช ืืืืงืจืื
“ืืจืืื ืืืฉืืช ืืืืจืืช ืืกืคืจืืช ืืขืืจืืช”, ื ืื, 23, 2, ืืืจ ื’ ืชืฉื”ื, 8.
“ืืืืงื: ืืื ืืืื”, ื ืื, 23, 2 -3, ืืืืจ ืชืฉื”ื, 10 ื-23.
“ืืจืื ืืฆืจืืื ืืืื ื”, ืืืืืจ, 38, ืื, ื”ื ืกืืื ืชืฉื”ื, 532-531.
“ื. ืคืืื ืงืจ- ืื ืืื, ืืฉืืื”, ื ืื, 24, 1, ืืฉืื, ืชืฉ”ื, 14.
“ืืืืงื: ืืคืจืื ืืืกืืฆืงื”, ื ืื, 24, ืืืื, ืืืืจ ืชืฉ”ื, 7-5.
“ืืงืจืืช ืืจืืื ืืืฉืืช ืืืืจืืช ืืกืคืจืืช ืืขืืจืืช”, ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืื, 21, 3, ืืืื ืชืฉื”ื, 145- 153.
“ืืื ืืืืโืืืื ืืืฆืืจืชื”, ื ืื, 26, 1, ืืกืื ืชืฉื”ื, 17-10.
“ืขื ืืืจืืช ืืกืคืจืืช ืืขืืจืืช ืืืืฉื”, ืืืื ืื ืืชืคืืฆืืช, ืืกืื ืชืฉื”ื, 94-91.
“ืขืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ‘ืืื ืืืฉืจืืโ “, ืืืื ืื, ืื, 3, ืื ืชืฉื”ื, 235-230.
“ืืชื ืื ืืืืฉื ืฉื ืืืืื ืืขืืจื ืฆืืืช ืืืืืืชื ืืงืืืืฉืื“, ืชืจืืืฅ ืื, ื, ืืืช ืชืฉื”ื, 204-202.
“ืื ืืืืช ืืกืื ืืืืจืืช ืืืงืจื”, ืืืจืช ื, ื, 13-4.
“ืืจืืืจืื ืขื ืืขืืืช ืืกืื”, ืคืชืืื, ื, ืืืจ ืชืฉื”ื, 26-19.
“ืืืืงืืืจ ืืืื ืืง ืืืืืืจ ืืืืจื ื”, ืืฆืจืื, ื ื, ื, ืืืจ-ื ืืกื ืชืฉื”ื, 226-221.
“ืืื ืฆืืืืืื ืืืืงืจ ืกืคืจืืชื”, ืืจืืืืช ืื-ืื, 1968, 391-378 .
(ื ืืคืก ืืืืฉ: “ืืื ืฆืืืืืื: ืืืฉ ืกืคืจืืช”, ืืืืืจ, ื , ืื, ื’ ืืื ืชืฉื”ื, 602-601; “ืืื ืฆืืืืืื: ืขื ืืฉืืจืจืื ืืฉืืจืชื”, ืืืืืจ, ื , ืื, ื”ื ืืื ืชืฉืื”ื, 617-616).
“ืืืืืืืช-ืืืกืื ืฉืื ืื”ื: ืขืืื ืื ืืืืืชื ืืืืงืจืืช ืฉืื ืงืืืฉืืื”, ืฉืืืืืช ืื, ืงืืฅ ืชืฉื”ื, 73-70.
“ืืจืืื ืืืฉืืืช ืืืงืจ ืืกืคืจืืช”, ืฉืืืืืช ืื, ืกืชื ืชืฉืื”ื, 87-80.
“ืืฉืืืืืืช ืืขืืืื ืืจื: ืขืืื ืื ื’ืคืช ืฉืืืื’ ืืฉื”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืกืคืจืืช ื, 1972, 311-295.
“ืืื ืืช ืืืืื ื ืืืฉืื ืชื ืฉืื ืืฉืื”, ืฉืืืืืช ืื, ืืืื ืชืฉืื”ื, 111-101.
(ื ืืคืก ืืืืฉื: ืืืืืจ, ื ื, ื, ื”ื ืืืฉืืื ืชืฉืื”ื, 719-718; ื ื, ื, ื’ ืืืกืื ืชืฉืื”ื, 5-4; ืคื ืื ืื ืคื ืื, 733 ,ื”ื ืชืืื ืชืฉื”ื, “ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืช”, 14- 16 ; 734, ืโ ืื ืื-ืื ืชืฉื”ื, “ืืืืื ืืืืืกืืงื”, 14 โ 16.)
“ืืืืืื ืืืฉืืืืฉื: ืขืืื ืื ื’ืืืืช ืืืจืช’ ืืฉื”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืกืคืจืืช ื, 1972, 532-518.
(ืืืื ื-ืขืื ืื: ืืืืจ ืืืืจืื ืขื ืืฆืืจืชื, ืืขืจืืืช ืืื ืืจืื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืขื ืขืืื, 1982.)
“ืืืฉืื ืืคืชืื ืืืคืชื ื’ืกืคืจ ืืืขืฉืื’ ืืฉื”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืกืคืจืืช ื, 1973, 333-289.
“ืจ’ ืืืืื ืืกืื ืืืฆื ืืืจื”, ืืืงืจืื ืืืืื ืืืคืืืงืืืจ ืืืืื ื (ืกืคืจ ืืืืื ืืื ื ืื), ืืจืืฉืืืื, ืชืฉืื”ื, ืฉืื-ืฉืืื.
“ืืฉืืืจืื ‘ืฉืืืื ืืงืืืช’ ื-‘ืืขื ืืกืืกืจื’ ืืืืื ืืืกืฃ ืืื ืืื ืขื ืคื ืืชืื ืื”, ืชืจืืืฅ ื ื, ื, ืชืฉืื”ื, 496-469.
“ืงืืืืช ืฉืืืฉืืืื: ืขืืื ืื ื’ืฉืืืื ืืงืืืืช’ ืืืช ืืื”ื”, ืืืงืืจืช ืืคืจืฉืื ืืช 19, ืืฆืืืจ 1983, 82-51.
” ‘ืืจืืกืืช ืืจืืื’ ืืืช ืืืื ืืืกืฃ ืืื ืืื ืืืชื ืืื”, ืชืจืืืฅ ื ื, ื ,ืชืฉืื”ื, 464-431.
“ืืขืฉื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืขืฉืืืชืืื ื-ืืื ืกืช ืืื ืืฉื”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืืงืจื ืืจืืฉืืืื ืืกืคืจืืช ืขืืจืืช, ื, ืชืฉืื”ื, 124-103.
“ืืืงื ืืืคื: ืืจ ืืืจืืฅ ืืื”, ืชืจืืืฅ ื ื, ื-ื, ืชืฉืืจื-ืืืจ ืชืฉื”ื, 228-215 (ืขื ืืืื ืืจืืจ ืืืืฅ).
“ืืกืขื ืฉื ืืฆืืง ืงืืืจ ืืืืจืืคื: ืขืืื ืื ื’ืจืืฉืืืช ืืืืจืื’ “, ืืงืจื ืขืื ืื: ืขืืื ืื ืืืืงืจืื ืืืฆืืจืช ืฉื”ื ืขืื ืื ืืืืฉ ืืคืจืืค’ ืืืืื ืคืจืืืื ืืจ, ืจืืช-ืื, 1994, 37-13.
“ืืชืืื ื ืืช ืืคืจืื ืชืืื ืฉืืืฉืืื“, ืงืืืฅ ืขืื ืื, ืืจืืฉืืืื, 1994, 221-178.
“ืขื ืกืคืจืื ืืกืืคืจืื ื’ืกืืคืืจ ืคืฉืื’ ืืืช ืฉืืืื ืืืกืฃ ืขืื ืื”, ืืชืื ืืื ืกืคืจืืช ืืืืกืืืจืื: ืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืฆืืง ืืจืืืื, ืฉืืื ื ืฉ, ืขืืจื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืืงืืืืฅ ืืืืืื, 1997, ืงืื-ืงืื + ืขื.
“ืืืืจืื ืืืจื: ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืฆืืง ืงืืืจ”, ืืื ืกืคืจืืช ืืืืจื: ืขืืื ืื ืืชืจืืืช ืืขืืจืืช ืืืืฉืโืืืืจืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืจืฉืื ืฉืงื,ืืืืืืช ืืจ ืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืจืฅ, ืขืืจืืื, ืืจืืฉืืืโืชื-ืืืื: ืืชืจ ืืืงืืืืฅ ืืืืืื, 2000, 188-181.
“ืขื ืจืื ืื ืืจืื ืืืช ื-ืชืืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืืช ืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืืืืื ื ืืืจืืฉืืื: ืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืจืกืก, ืืื ืืกืฃ ืืขืื, ืขืืจืืื, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืฆืืช ืืืื ืก, ืชืฉืก”ื, 531-548.
“ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจืคืื ืขื ืจโ ืืขืงื ืืืืืื, ืืืฉ ืืจืืฉืืื ืืืคื”, ืืืจืืืื ืืืจืื: ืกืคืจ ื ืืจืืช ืืืืจืื, ืืื ืจ ืืืืฆืื, ืขืืจื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืืืื ืืฅ ืืืงืจ ืืกืคืจืืช ืืขืืจืืช, ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืชื-ืืืื, ืชืฉืก”ื, 190-166.
“ืืืื ืืืง ืืืื ืืช โืกืื ืืฉืืืโ “, ืืขืฉื ืกืืคืืจ: ืืืงืจืื ืืกืืคืจืืช ืืืืืืืช ืืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืืืื, ืืืืื ืืืคืกืงืจ ืืจืื ืงืืฉืืืกืงื, ืขืืจืืื, ืจืืช-ืื: ืืืฆืืช ืืื ืืืจืกืืืช ืืจ-ืืืื, ืชืฉืก”ื, 356-349.
“ืื ืืืื ืืืืชืืช: ืืืืืจืช ืืฉืคื ืืื ืโืืืจืโ ืืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืจืืข ืฉื ืืืืืช: ืืืงืจืื ืืกืคืจืืช ืขืืจืืช ืืืกืคืจืืช ืืืืืฉ ืืืืื ืื ืืืจืื, ืื ื ืืืจ, ืขืืจื, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืกื ืืืืืืง, ืชืฉืก”ื, 281-276.
“ืืืืช ืฉืืชืืื ืฉืืฉืื: ืืขืื โืืฉืืื ืืืฆืขืโ “, ืชืคืืจืช ืืืฉืจืื: ืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืคืจื ืฆืืก, ืืขืงื ืจืื, ืื ืื ืฉืืืฆืจ ืืืขืงื ืคืจื ืฆืืก, ืขืืจืืื, ื ืื ืืืจืง: ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืจืื ืื ืืืืจืืงื, ืชืฉ”ืข, 273-263.
“ืึฒืืื ืืกืืคื: ืกืืืื ืืฉืื ืืช ื’ืชืืื ืฉืืฉืื’ ืืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืงืื 52 (ืืืช ืชืฉืข”ื/ืื ืืืจ 2015), 3.
“ืืืจื ืืืงืกืืื: ืืจืืฉืืื ืืงืืืช ืืช ืคื ื ืืฆืืง ืงืืืจ”, ืืฉืืืื ืืงืืจืื ืฉืื: ืกืคืจ ืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืืืจ, ืื ืื ืืืจืฉืื ืืขืื, ืขืืจืืื, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืกื ืืืืืืง, ืชืฉืข”ื/2016, 250-227.
“ืืชื”ื ืืงืืืฆื ืืืชืขืชืขืช”, ืืฉืื ื ื ืข”ื, ืืืืจืช ื-ื (ืชืฉืข”ื), 183-180.
“ืงื ืืืช, ืืกืงืืืืช ืืืืืจืืช: ืขืืื ืืืืืชื ืฉื ืจโ ืคืืืฉ ืืชืืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืฉ”ื ืขืื ืื”, ืืืืื ืืื ืื: ืืกืืคืช ืืืงืจืื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉืืืฆืจ, ืฉืืืื ืืืืง ืืขืื, ืขืืจืืื, ืืจืืฉืืื: ืืืื ืฉืืงื ืืืืืืื ืืืืืืช/91ถถา๕, ืชืฉืข”ื/2019, 143-111.
ืืืงืืจืช ืกืคืจืื
ืืจืืข ืคื ืื ืืกืคืจืืช ืืขืืจืืช ืืช ืืืื ื ืืืช ืื ืืืจืื, ืืืจืืช ืื, ืืืืจ ืชืฉื”ื, 55-53.
Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, ืืืช ืฉืืขืื ืืืงืื, ืืืจืืช (ืกืืจื ืืืฉื) ืื, ืืืื 1971, 117-106.
ืชืคืืื
“ืืืืื” Conservative Judaism 15, Summer 1961, pp. 1-2.
ื ืืคึผืก ืืืืฉ ื: ืคึผื ืื ืื ืคึผื ืื,279 -280 , ืขืจื ืจืืฉ ืืฉื ื ืชืฉื”ื, 11; ืฉืืืืช, ืื, ืกืชืื ืชืฉ”ื, 30 -31.
Reprinted in: South Africa Jewish Observer 9, September 1964, p. 12; โConfession: In Memory of the Six Million,โ 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.
ืื ืืืคืืข ื-ืืื ืืืื: ืืืืืจ ืชืคืืื, ืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืืืคืืจืื, ืืื ืื ืงืคืืื, ืขืืจื, ืชื-ืืืื: ืกืคืจืืช ืืืื ืจ, 2004, “ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืื ื”, 99-98.
ืกืคืจ ืืืื
ืืืงืจืื ืืกืคืจืืช ืืฉืจืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืืจืื ืืืืฅ, ืฆืืื ืื-ืืืกืฃ ืืื ืืจ, ืขืืจืืช, ื ืื ืืืจืง: ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืจืื ืื ืืืืจืืงื, ืชืฉืก”ื.
ืกืืคึผืืจืื
“ืืืืืจ”, ื ืื, 23, 4 -5, ืืืืจ ืชืฉื”ื, 5-4 .
“ื ืืข ืืจ”, ื ืื, 25, 1, ืฉืื ืชืฉื”ื, 15-12 .
“ืืืฉืื: ืจืฉืืื”, ื ืื, 25, 2, ืกืืื ืชืฉื”ื, 26-25 .
“ืฉื ืืืคืก ืืจืืืช”, ื ืื, 26, 2, ืืืจ ื’ ืชืฉื”ื, 21-19.
“ืึผืืืจื”, ื ืื, 27, 2 -3, ืกืืื ืชืฉื”ื, 27-18.
“ืืฆื ืืืจ ืืื”, ื ืื, 29, 1 -2, ืชืฉืจื ืชืฉื”ื, 28-25 .
“ืืืืืืช ืืื”, ื ืื, 30, 1- 2, ื ืืกื ืชืฉื”ื, 26-23 .
AVRAHAM HOLTZโPUBLICATIONS
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
โKiddush and Hillul Hashem,โ Judaism 10, 4 (Fall 1961): 360-367 (reprinted in The Judaism Reader, New York: Ktav, 1973).
โThe Concept of Qiddush Hashem in the Jewish Prayer Book,โ Harvard Theological Review 57 (April 1964): 137-140.
โHillel Bavli,โ in Builders of the Conservative Movement, New York: National Womenโs League, 1964, 61-67.
โSevered Branches: Hayyim Lenski and Elisha Rodin,โ Judaism 14 (Fall 1965): 491-497 (reprinted in World Jewry, 9, 1 [January-February 1966], 24).
โHillel Zeitlin: Critic, Mystic, Social Architect,โ Conservative Judaism 20 (Spring 1966): 50-65.
โAngels and Anti-Angelsโ, a review essay of Israeli Tales, Niv Hamidrashiah, (Winter 1967), English section, 37-48.
โJerusalem: City of Splendor,โ Jewish Heritage (Fall 1967): 20-25 (in Spanish, Herencia Judia 1 [Fall 1967]: 5-11).
โProlegomenon to a Literary History of Modern Hebrew Literature,โ Literature East and West 11 (1968): 253-270.
โHillel Zeitlin: Publicist and Martyr,โ Jewish Book Annual 28 (1970-71): 141-146.
โRationale and Purpose of Solomon Schechter Day School Educationโ (mimeo), Solomon Schechter Day School Association Resource Library, no. 107.
โReligion and the Arts in the Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel,โ Conservative Judaism 28 (Fall 1973): 27-39 (translated from the Hebrew by Harlan Wechsler).
โJerusalem: City of Vision and Prayers,โ in The Samuel Friedland Lectures 1967-1974 (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1974), 41-50.
โThe Allusive and Elusive Text of S.Y. Agnon and the English Reader: On โTallit Aheretโ,โ in Texts and Contexts in English Translation, Leon I. Yudkin, ed. (New York: Marcus Wiener, 1988), 267-280.
โS. Y. Agnonโs Tmol Shilshom as a Medical Record,โ Korot: Israel Journal of the History of Medicine and Science, 9 (Fall 1989): 629-649 (with Toby Berger Holtz).
โThe Adventuresome Life of Moritz Hall: A Biographical Study,โ 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).
โReb Nahman Krochmal in Jaffa: A Hallucinatory Vision in S. Y. Agnonโs Tโmol Shilshom,โ 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.
โMy Friend, Aharon Appelfeld,โ 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.
โFrom Avraham to Avraham,โ 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 haโSifrut haโIvrit baโAmerica, in American Jewish Historical Quarterly 56 (June 1967): 466-468.
Simcha Rubinstein, Nerot Doakhim, in The Reconstructionist 33 (3 November 1967): 26-28.
โEncomia and Corrigenda: On Barbara Harshavโs Translation of Temol Shilshom,โ Prooftexts 24,3 (2004): 50-65.
Translations
Yitzhak Shalev, โThe Significance of the Holy Day,โ Judaism 8 (Spring 1956): 160-166.
Adin Steinsaltz, โHasidism and Psychoanalysis,โ Judaism 9 (Summer 1960): 222-228.
Ernst Simon, โFranz Rosenzweig and Jewish Education,โ Conservative Judaism 8 (Winter 1964): 10-24.
Hayyim Nahman Bialik, โThe Explicit and the Allusive in Language,โ Literature East and West 15,3 (1972, published 1973): 498-508.
Edited and Prepared
โStudy Guide to Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, by Simon Halkinโ (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 Teacherโs 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. Agnonโs 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. Agnonโs 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