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Benji
Davis

Assistant Professor
benjamin.davis@yu.edu
BA, Middle East Studies & History (Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa), George Washington University, 2009
MA, Jewish Education, Hebrew University, 2017
PhD, Education, Haifa University, 2024

Dr. Benji Davis is Assistant Professor of Jewish Education at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. His research focuses on the philosophy, teaching, and learning of Israel in experiential Jewish education, with a focus on Jewish identity development. He has been published in leading academic and Jewish scholarly publications. At Azrieli he teaches graduate courses in research methods, academic writing, teaching Israel, and experiential Jewish education, and advises EdD candidates on their dissertation research.

  1. Israel Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship in Israel Studies, George Mason University (2024-2025)
  2. Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) Harold Wechlser Award for Emerging Scholars (2024), board member, and national conference chair (2026)

Peer Reviewed Research

  1. (2026) . Oxford Review of Education, 1–19. With Hanan Alexander.
  2. (2025) . Journal of Religious Education, 73, 207–230. With Hanan Alexander.
  3. (2025) . In M. Reingold (Ed.), Education after October 7: Essays about Teaching and Learning in the Jewish Diaspora (pp. 112–130). Academic Studies Press.
  4. (2024) . Contemporary Jewry, 44, 369–395. With Hanan Alexander.
  5. (2023) . Journal of Jewish Education, 89(1), 6–33. With Hanan Alexander.

Jewish Scholarly Publications

  1. (2026) . The Peoplehood Papers, special edition on Jewish camping (Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education and Foundation for Jewish Camp).
  2. (2026) . Sources: A Journal of Jewish Ideas, Shalom Hartman Institute. With Hanan Alexander.
  3. (2026) . Jewish Educational Leadership, The Lookstein Center.
  4. (2026) What We Know about Israel in Jewish Education: A Literature Review. Reimagining Israel Education, The Jewish Education Project. With Ezra Kopelowitz.
  5. (2026) . HaYidion, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.
  6. (2026) . Reimagining Israel Education, The Jewish Education Project.
  7. (2025) . HaYidion, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. With Matt Reingold and Ezra Kopelowitz.
  8. (2024) . Jewish Educational Leadership 22(2), The Lookstein Center. With Michael Unterberg and Alan Goldman.
  9. (2023) . The Peoplehood Papers 33, 22–25, Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.

Book Reviews

  1. (2024) , edited by Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold (Brandeis University Press, 2024). Journal of Jewish Education, 90(2), 175–178.
benjamin.davis@yu.edu
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