Posted on June 3, 2025
Dr. Yitz Landes (Bronfman ‘05; he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His research focuses on the premodern transmission of Jewish knowledge, vis-à-vis the history of rabbinic education and the history of the Jewish book. Additionally, Dr. Landes works on the development of Jewish ritual and liturgy, topics he addressed in his first monograph, Studies in the Development of Birkat ha-Avodah (The Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, 2018). He earned a BA in Talmud and Halakhah and Comparative Religion and an MA in Talmud and Halakhah from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as an AM and PhD in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity from Princeton University. At JTS, Dr. Landes teaches courses on rabbinic texts, on Jewish Liturgy, on ancient Jewish History, and on Hebrew manuscript cultures. In addition, he co-teaches a semester of the Jewish Canon curriculum for freshman students in List College.
