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Elisheva Carlebach
Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society
Columbia University
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Biography
Education
Ph.D. – Columbia University, 1986
M.A. – Columbia University 1978
B.A. – Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1976
Current Departmental Service
ON LEAVE
Interests and Research
Elisheva Carlebach, Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society, specializes in the cultural,
intellectual, and religious history of the Jews in Early Modern Europe. Areas
of particular interest include the intersection of Jewish and Christian culture
and its effect on notions of tolerance, religious dissent, conversion, messianism,
and communal governance. Her books include The Pursuit of Heresy (1990),
awarded the National Jewish Book Award, and Divided Souls: Converts from
Judaism in Early Modern Germany (2000). She has twice held fellowships from
the National Endowment for the Humanities and she has served as a fellow at the
New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers. She is (Co)Editor of
the Association for Jewish Studies Review and chairs the Academic Advisory
Council of the Center for Jewish History.
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