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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Name: Adam S. FerzigerBirth Date: (1964-11-10)November 10, 1964Birth Place: Flatbush, BrooklynOccupation: Jewish historianCitizenship: Israel, USAProfessor Adam S. Ferziger (born November 10, 1964, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn) is a faculty member of the Israel and Golda Koschitsky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. From 2005 to 2009 he served as the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Fellow in Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University and as senior research fellow in the Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research. Previously, he was founding director of Bar-Ilan's Mechinah (pre-academic program) for New Immigrants. The author and editor of numerous books and articles, in 2011 he received Bar-Ilan's "Outstanding Lecturer" award, and in 2012 he was awarded the Pogatsch Prize for his research on Jewish law and modernity, and the Shkopf Prize for his work on the history of the modern rabbinate.Ferziger’s scholarship focuses on: Jewish religious denominations and their ideologies, American Judaism, modern Jewish identity, Jewish law and contemporary social realities, the history of the rabbinate, Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, and religion in the State Israel. His work has appeared in leading academic journals including: AJS Review, American Historical Review, Contemporary Jewry, HUCA, Jewish History, Jewish Quarterly Review, Jewish Social Studies, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Journal of Jewish Studies, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Journal of Religion, Journal of Religion and American Culture, Modern Judaism, Studia Rosenthaliana, and Zion, as well as scholarly encyclopedias and collected volumes.In his capacity as a senior research fellow at Bar-Ilan's Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research, Ferziger authored major analyses of religious leadership, and of novel frameworks for promoting Jewish identity. He served for over ten years as a historian for Heritage Seminars to Eastern Europe. In the latter role he taught thousands of American youth about the legacy of Eastern European Jewry and the destruction of the Holocaust. He has presented invited talks and participated in international conferences at institutions of higher learning worldwide including: Central European University – Budapest, Columbia University, The Hebrew University - Jerusalem, New York University, Hebrew Union College - Los Angeles, Monasch University - Melbourne, Northwestern University, Open School – Belgrade; University of Oxford, Princeton University, Rice University, Siegel College – Cleveland, Tel Aviv University, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Frankfurt, University of Hamburg, University of Scranton, University of Sydney, and Yeshiva University. He is also invited regularly to lecture publicly throughout North America, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom.In 2005, Ferziger was a visiting professor at the University of Shandong, Jinan, China; in 2012 he was a Mandelbaum Scholar at the University of Sydney; and in 2013 he was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and co-convener (with Dr Miri Freud-Kandel) of an international research group on Orthodox Judaism and theology at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. In June 2014, he is scheduled to be co-convener (with Dr Miri Freud-Kandel) of the first annual Oxford Summer Institute for Modern and Contemporary Judaism. A native of Riverdale, New York, he received his B.A., M.A.(mentor Professor Jacob Katz), and rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University, and his Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude (mentor Professor Gershon Bacon) from Bar-Ilan University. He and his wife, Dr. Naomi (nee Weiss) Ferziger, moved to Israel in 1989 and live with their six children in the city of Kfar-Sava, where he is active in teaching and facilitating positive connections to Jewish religious life for all sections of the local population.. }

• Adam_Ferziger abstract "Name: Adam S. FerzigerBirth Date: (1964-11-10)November 10, 1964Birth Place: Flatbush, BrooklynOccupation: Jewish historianCitizenship: Israel, USAProfessor Adam S. Ferziger (born November 10, 1964, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn) is a faculty member of the Israel and Golda Koschitsky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. From 2005 to 2009 he served as the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Fellow in Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University and as senior research fellow in the Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research. Previously, he was founding director of Bar-Ilan's Mechinah (pre-academic program) for New Immigrants. The author and editor of numerous books and articles, in 2011 he received Bar-Ilan's "Outstanding Lecturer" award, and in 2012 he was awarded the Pogatsch Prize for his research on Jewish law and modernity, and the Shkopf Prize for his work on the history of the modern rabbinate.Ferziger’s scholarship focuses on: Jewish religious denominations and their ideologies, American Judaism, modern Jewish identity, Jewish law and contemporary social realities, the history of the rabbinate, Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, and religion in the State Israel. His work has appeared in leading academic journals including: AJS Review, American Historical Review, Contemporary Jewry, HUCA, Jewish History, Jewish Quarterly Review, Jewish Social Studies, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Journal of Jewish Studies, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Journal of Religion, Journal of Religion and American Culture, Modern Judaism, Studia Rosenthaliana, and Zion, as well as scholarly encyclopedias and collected volumes.In his capacity as a senior research fellow at Bar-Ilan's Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research, Ferziger authored major analyses of religious leadership, and of novel frameworks for promoting Jewish identity. He served for over ten years as a historian for Heritage Seminars to Eastern Europe. In the latter role he taught thousands of American youth about the legacy of Eastern European Jewry and the destruction of the Holocaust. He has presented invited talks and participated in international conferences at institutions of higher learning worldwide including: Central European University – Budapest, Columbia University, The Hebrew University - Jerusalem, New York University, Hebrew Union College - Los Angeles, Monasch University - Melbourne, Northwestern University, Open School – Belgrade; University of Oxford, Princeton University, Rice University, Siegel College – Cleveland, Tel Aviv University, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Frankfurt, University of Hamburg, University of Scranton, University of Sydney, and Yeshiva University. He is also invited regularly to lecture publicly throughout North America, Continental Europe and the United Kingdom.In 2005, Ferziger was a visiting professor at the University of Shandong, Jinan, China; in 2012 he was a Mandelbaum Scholar at the University of Sydney; and in 2013 he was a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, and co-convener (with Dr Miri Freud-Kandel) of an international research group on Orthodox Judaism and theology at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. In June 2014, he is scheduled to be co-convener (with Dr Miri Freud-Kandel) of the first annual Oxford Summer Institute for Modern and Contemporary Judaism. A native of Riverdale, New York, he received his B.A., M.A.(mentor Professor Jacob Katz), and rabbinical ordination from Yeshiva University, and his Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude (mentor Professor Gershon Bacon) from Bar-Ilan University. He and his wife, Dr. Naomi (nee Weiss) Ferziger, moved to Israel in 1989 and live with their six children in the city of Kfar-Sava, where he is active in teaching and facilitating positive connections to Jewish religious life for all sections of the local population.".