Jon A. Levisohn

Jon is the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Associate Professor in Jewish Educational Thought at Brandeis University, where he directs the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education and chairs the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. A philoso­pher of educa­tion, he is the editor or author of the books Turn It and Turn It Again: Studies in the Teaching and Learning of Classical Jewish Texts, The Interpretive Virtues: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Teaching and Learning of Historical Narratives, Advancing the Learning Agenda in Jewish Education, and Beyond Jewish Identity.

Jon holds degrees from Harvard College and Stanford University and has also studied at Yeshivat Sha’alvim, the Hebrew University, and the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and has served as co-chair of the Wexner Fellowship Community Coordinating Committee. Jon also served for several years as a trustee of JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School, as well as serving in leadership roles for Gann Academy, OneTable, NRJE and CASJE. He lives with his wife and three teenage chil­dren in Newton, Massachusetts, where they are active members of Congregation Shaarei Tefilah and Minyan Yedid Nefesh.