Erica Brown

Erica Brown
Erica Brown, September 2022
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stern College, Harvard University, University of London, Baltimore Hebrew College
Occupation(s)	Writer, Educator
Known for	Jewish education, Leadership, Jewish scholarship
Children	4

Erica Brown is an American writer and educator who lectures on subjects of Jewish interest. She is a scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and a consultant to other Jewish organizations. Her "Weekly Jewish Wisdom" column has appeared in The Washington Post . ^[1] She currently serves as the Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and is the founding director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership. ^[2]

Erica previously served as the director of the Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership and an associate professor of curriculum and pedagogy at The George Washington University. Erica is the author of twelve books on leadership, the Hebrew Bible and spirituality. Erica has a daily podcast, “Take Your Soul to Work.” She has written extensively on topics of Jewish spirituality ^[3] and philosophy ^[4] the place of religion in modernity, ^[5] and on topics pertaining to the human condition at large. ^[6]

Biography

Brown attended the Frisch School in New Jersey. She graduated Stern College of Yeshiva University and has master's degrees from Harvard and University of London. She received her doctorate in Jewish history from Baltimore Hebrew College. Brown was a Jerusalem Fellow.

She is an Avi Chai fellow, served as an adjunct professor at American University and George Washington University and is faculty member of the Wexner Foundation. Brown lives in Maryland with her husband and four children.

Books

• Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning, Maggid Books, a Division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2023
• The Book of Esther: Power, Fate and Fragility in Exile, Maggid Books, a Division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2020
• The Book of Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet, Maggid Books, a Division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017
• Take Your Soul to Work: Daily Meditations on Every Day Leadership, Simon and Schuster, 2015,
• Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities, Jewish Light Publishing, trans. by Jang-Heum Ok. Seoul, Korea: Dong Yeon Press, 2016
• Leadership in the Wilderness: Authority & Anarchy in the Book of Numbers, Maggid Books, a Division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2013
• In the Narrow Places: Daily Inspiration for the Three Weeks, Maggid Books, a Division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2011
• Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010
• Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2009
• The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One?, by Erica Brown, Misha Galperin, and Joseph Telushkin, 2009
• Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008
• Seder Talk: The Conversational Haggada, Maggid Books and OU Press, 2015.

References

1. Brown, Erica (April 16, 2013). "Life and death on Heartbreak Hill". Washington Post. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
2. "Yeshiva University Website". Yeshiva University Faculty page. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
3. Brown, Erica (March 21, 2024). "Purim offers 4 ways to heal the wounds of war – when the time is right". Times of Israel. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
4. Brown, Erica (September 29, 2023). "The Book of Kohelet and a cup of joy". Times of Israel. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
5. Brown, Erica (January 3, 2020). "Tweeting the Talmud". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
6. Brown, Erica (November 9, 2012). "Death: A Nice Opportunity for Regret". New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

External links

• David Brooks (December 20, 2010). "The Arduous Community". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2011.