Michael L. Chernick

Dr. Chernick is Deutsch Professor of Jewish Jurisprudence and Social Justice at HUC-JIR/New York. He was educated at Yeshiva College and Bernard Revel Graduate School and was ordained at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He specializes in Talmudic and halachic literature.

Ordained, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University (1968)

Ph.D., Bernard Revel Graduate School

Lecture Titles :

• The Talmud in the Contemporary World
• Talmudic Lore: A Literary Approach to the Talmudic Short Store
• Maimonides's Philosophy of Jewish Law Toward an Authentic Jewish Spirituality

Recent Books

• Essential Papers on the Talmud (ed.) New York University Press, 1995 (order on-line from amazon.com)