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David Mendelsson, Ph.D., M.A, B.A.
Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israeli Studies (2010-2011)
Dr. David Mendelsson is head of Israel Studies at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem and lectures at the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University. His doctorate is from the Hebrew University's Department of Contemporary Jewry, the subject of which was the History of Jewish Education in England from 1944-1988. His most recent publication is an article in the History of Education on Embracing Jewish Day School Education England 1965-79. He has been a scholar-in-residence at Brandeis University, the Los Angeles campus of HUC-JIR, and at Michigan State University.
Dr. Mendelsson was born in London, England and made aliyah in 1980. He is married to Dalia, from Uruguay and they have three children.
Areas of Expertise
- Israeli society, politics and culture
Lecture Titles
- Updates on the current situation in Israel and discussions around the Arab-Israel conflict
- From the Voice of Israel to the Contemporary Voices of Israel: Israeli Society through the Lens of its Different Sectors
- Sacred Space and Sacred Time in the Civil Religion of Israel
- The Jewish Return to Power: Taking Stock
- The Holocaust and the Creation of the State of Israel: Reassessing the Connection
- Zionism and the Arabs: Pre-state Perspectives and their Contemporary Significance
Education
- Ph.D. Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, (2003)
- M.A., Dept. of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, (1987)
- B.A., Politics and Modern History, Manchester University, England (1976-79)
Publications
- A History of Jewish Education in England (Peter Lang, Oxford 2010) forthcoming
- "Issues in Anglo-Jewish Education: Day Schools, State Funding, and Religious Education in State Schools," (eds.) Lisa Grant, Helena Miller and Alex Pomson, International Handbook of Jewish Education (Springer, 2011)
- "Embracing Jewish Day School Education in England 1965-79," History of Education (vol. 38, 4 July 2009, 545-563)
- "A History of Habonim, England" (Hebrew), Discussion Forum on Research into Youth Movements 8 (1991) (Tel-Aviv: Yad Tabenkin)
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