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Lisa D. Grant
Dr. Grant is an Associate Professor of Jewish Education on the New York campus. She holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. in public management from the University of Massachusetts. She earned her Ph.D. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary in May, 2000. Her research and teaching interests include adult learning and religious development, teaching Bible to adults, and the place of Israel in American Jewish life.
Education
- Ph.D. in Jewish Education, The Jewish Theological Seminary (2000)
- M.B.A. in Public Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1981)
- B.A. in Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1976)
Lecture Titles
- Why Israel Matters: The Place of Israel in American Jewish Life
- Jewish Learning as an Opportunity for Building Jewish Community in the Former Soviet Union
- Educating for Jewish Citizenship
- The Purposes of Adult Jewish Learning
- The Impact of Adult Jewish Learning in Communities and Congregations
- Jewish Learning as a Change Agent in Early Childhood Education: Limitations and Possibilities
- The Role of Mentoring in Enhancing the Experience of a Congregational Israel Trip
- Adult Bat Mitzvah - An American Rite of Continuity
- Israel Trips for Jewish Educators: Blending the Personal and Professional
- Mother/Daughter Bat Mitzvah Groups - Experiential Family Learning during the Bat Mitzvah Year
Publications
- Grant, Lisa D., "Authenticity, Autonomy, and Authority: Feminist Jewish Learning among Post-Soviet Women." Journal of Jewish
Education (accepted for publication).
- Grant, Lisa D., "Israel Education in Reform Congregational Schools." CCAR Journal (Summer 2007).
- Grant, Lisa D. and Marmur, Michael, "The Place of Israel in the Identity of Reform Jews," in Danny Ben Moshe, editor, Israel,
World Jewry, and Identity. London: Sussex Academic Press (2007).
- Grant, Lisa D., "Finding Her Right Place in the Synagogue: The Rite of Adult Bat Mitzvah," in Riv Ellen Prell, editor, Women
Remaking American Judaism. Detroit: Wayne State University Press (2007).
- Schuster, Diane T. and Grant, Lisa D. "Adult Jewish Learning: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know?" Journal of Jewish
Education, Vol. 71:2 (Fall, 2005)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Educating for Jewish Citizenship." Jewish Education News, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter 2005)
- Grant, Lisa D., Schuster, Diane T., Woocher, Meredith, and Cohen, Steven M. A Journey of Heart and Mind: Transformative Jewish
Learning in Adulthood. New York: JTS Press (2004)
- Pomson, Alex and Grant, Lisa D. "Getting Personal with Professional Development: The Case of Short-term Trips to Israel for
Diaspora Teachers" in Joseph Bashi, Miriam Ben Peretz, and Ami Bouganim, editors, Education and Professional Training.
Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Israel (2004)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Connection and Caring: The Role of Educational Leadership in Adult Jewish Learning." Religious
Education Vol. 99, No. 2 (Spring, 2004)
- Grant, Lisa D. and Schuster, Diane T. The Impact of Adult Jewish Learning in Today's Jewish Community. New York: United Jewish
Communities (2003)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Transitions and Trajectories Post Adult Bat Mitzvah." Journal of Jewish Education.
(Fall, 2003)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Israel Trips for Jewish Educators: Blending the Personal and Professional." Journal of Jewish Communal
Service (publication pending)
- Grant, Lisa D. and Schuster, Diane T. The Impact of Adult Jewish Learning in Today's Jewish Community. New York: United
Jewish Communities (2003)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Transitions and Trajectories Post Adult Bat Mitzvah." Journal of Jewish Education (Fall, 2003)
- Grant, Lisa D. "The Role of Mentoring in Day School Leadership." Jewish Education News (Spring, 2003)
- Schuster, Diane T., and Grant, Lisa D. "Teaching Jewish Adults," in Nachama Moscowitz, editor, The New Jewish Teachers
Handbook, 2nd edition. Denver: A.R.E. Publications (2003)
- Grant, Lisa D. (2001). Eytz Chaim Hi: She is a Tree of Life - An Adult Bat Mitzvah Curriculum Guide, New York: Women's
League for Conservative Judaism
- Grant, Lisa D. and Robins, Frieda D. "Judaic Enrichment as a Change Agent in Early Childhood Education: Limitations and
Possibilities." Conservative Judaism,53:4 (Summer, 2001)
- Grant, Lisa D. "The Role of Mentoring in Enhancing Experience of a Congregational Israel Trip." Journal of Jewish
Education. Vol. 67, No. 1/2 (Spring/Summer, 2001)
- Grant, Lisa D., Kelman, Naamah, and Regev, Hannah. "Traveling Towards the Self While Visiting the Other: Israeli TALI School
Educators on a U.S. Study Tour." Journal of Jewish Communal Service. Vol. 77, No. 3/4 (Spring/Summer, 2001)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Planned and Enacted Curriculum Stories on a Congregational Israel Trip." Conservative Judaism.
53:3 (Spring, 2001)
- Grant, Lisa D. "A Journey of the Mind to Feed the Spirit." Jewish Education News. (Winter, 2001)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Bar and Bat Mitzvah Trips to Israel: Variations on a Theme of Affirmation." Jewish Education News.
(Winter, 2000)
- Grant, Lisa D. "Adult Bat Mitzvah: An American Rite of Continuity," Courtyard. (Fall/Winter, 1999/2000)
- Grant Lisa D. and Robins, Frieda D. "Hebrew Immersion at Camp Ramah in New England," Jewish Education News
(Winter, 1999)
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