Administration
Prof. Jonathan Rynhold
Academic Director
Prof. Rynhold is the Academic Director of the Jonathan Sacks Institute at Bar-Ilan University. Read more here.
Alissa Burstein, PhD
Administrative Director
Researchers
Prof. Hanoch Ben Pazi
Prof. Hanoch Ben Pazi is the head of the Department of Jewish Philosophy. Read more here.
Prof. Joshua Berman
Rabbi Prof. Joshua Berman is a professor of Tanakh at Bar-Ilan University. Read more here.
Dr. Miriam Feldmann Kaye
Dr. Miriam Feldmann-Kaye is Assistant Professor on the Faculty of the Department of Jewish Philosophy. Read more here.
Prof. Adam Ferziger
Rabbi Prof. Adam S. Ferziger holds the Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch Chair for Research of the Torah and Derekh Erez Movement in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry. Read more here.
Dr. Netanel Fisher
Dr. Netanel Fisher serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science. Concurrently, he serves as a Fellow in the Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Fellows Program (2025–2026). Read more here.
Dr. Zehavit Levitas
Dr. Zehavit Levitats is a lecturer (U.S. assistant professor) at the Department of Political Studies. Read more here.
Prof. Nahshon Perez
Prof. Nahshon Perez, is the head of Department of Political Studies. Read more here.
Dr. Benjamin Schvarcz
Dr. Benjamin Schvarcz is a lecturer in the Department of Political Studies. Read more here.
Dr. Alon Shalev
Dr. Shalev is a Research Associate at the Jonathan Sacks Institute at Bar-Ilan University and a Research Fellow and faculty member at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Read more here.
Dr. Tanya White
Dr. Tanya White is a scholar of Jewish philosophy and contemporary Jewish thought at Bar-Ilan University. Read more here.