Jon Levisohn

Jon Levisohn
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Academic

Jon A. Levisohn ^[1] is an American academic who is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Educational Thought at Brandeis University. Levisohn is also the director of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis. He was the chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies until 2024. ^{[2] [3]} At Brandeis, he also chairs the Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life. ^{[4] [5]} He is a co-editor of the Mandel-Brandeis Series in Jewish Education.

He is a philosopher of general and religious education. Recent work has focused on how Jews think about the goals of Jewish education. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} He serves as the host of the Learning About Learning podcast. ^[11]

Education

• Maimonides School
• Harvard University, BA
• Stanford University, MA
• Stanford University, PhD

Bibliography

Books

• Jon A. Levisohn and Susan P. Fendrick, eds. Turn it and Turn it Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts. Academic Studies Press, 2013. ISBN   9781936235636. ^[12]
• Jon A. Levisohn and Jeffrey S. Kress, eds., Advancing the Learning Agenda in Jewish Education. Academic Studies Press, 2018. ^[13]
• Jon A. Levisohn and Ari Y. Kelman, eds., Beyond Jewish Identity. Academic Studies Press, 2019. ^[14]
• Jon A. Levisohn, Teaching Historical Narratives: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Virtues of Historical Interpretation. Bloomsbury, 2024. ^[15]
• Jonathan B. Krasner, Jon A. Levisohn and Sharon Avni, Teaching and Learning in Jewish Day Schools. Brandeis University Press, 2025.

References

1. "Home". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
2. "Jon A. Levisohn". brandeis.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
3. "Brandeis ScholarWorks". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
4. "Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life | Brandeis University". www.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
5. "Home". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
6. ""Jewish Education as Initiation into the Practices of Jewishness",". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
7. ""Mature Love, Nuanced Loyalty, and Redemptive Vision,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
8. ""Producers Not Possessors: A Direction for Jewish Education in Turbulent Times,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
9. ""Subject-Specific Learning Versus Jewish-Developmental Outcomes in Jewish Education: What Should We Aim For?"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
10. ""A New Paradigm of Jewish Literacy,"". scholarworks.brandeis.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
11. "Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education". Buzzsprout. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
12. "Turn It and Turn It Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
13. "Advancing the Learning Agenda in Jewish Education". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
14. "Beyond Jewish Identity: Rethinking Concepts and Imagining Alternatives". Academic Studies Press. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
15. bloomsbury.com. "Teaching Historical Narratives". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.