Moshe Y. Miller, PhD
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Dr. Moshe Miller is assistant professor of Judaic studies at Lander College for Women and assistant professor of Jewish history at Lander College for Men and the Graduate School of Jewish Studies. He specializes in Jewish intellectual history, Jewish law and the Bible. He is an expert on the life and teachings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. He has also done extensive research on Orthodox Jewish Anti-Zionism. Dr. Moshe Miller received his B.A. in political science and M.A. in Jewish studies from Touro College, and his Ph.D. in modern Jewish history from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Moshe Miller received rabbinic ordination from the late Rabbi Mordechai Krauss, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim, as well as from Rabbi Moshe Fogiel, dayan of Chasidei Gur.
Areas of Expertise
Jewish History, Jewish Thought and Law, Universalism and Particularism in Judaism as reflected in classical Jewish texts
Education
- B.A. in Political Science, Touro College, Summa Cum Laude
- M.A. in Jewish Studies, Touro College
- Ph.D. in Modern Jewish History, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies
- Rabbinic Ordination, Rav Moshe Fogiel, Dayan of Chasidei Gur (Brooklyn) and Rav Mordechai Krauss, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim
Recent Publications
"Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's Nineteen Letters on Judaism: Orthodoxy Confronts the Modern World" in S. W. Halpern (ed.), Books of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought (New Milford, CT, 2017).
Teaching Responsibilities
- Survey of Medieval Jewish History
- Survey of Modern Jewish History
- Topics in Jewish History
