She was the first woman hired by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion as a full-time tenure track faculty member for their rabbinical school in 1990, and became the first female tenured full professor in their rabbinical school in 1995.[2]
She was also the chief editor of The Torah: A Women’s Commentary (Andrea Weiss was associate editor), which won the 2008 Jewish Book of the Year Award from the Jewish Book Council.[3][4]
In November of 2022, Eskenazi was elected Vice President[6] of the Society of Biblical Literature; in November 2023, Eskenazi was elevated to President of the Society.
The art exhibit “Holy Sparks”, which opened in February 2022 at the Heller Museum and the Skirball Museum, featured 24 Jewish women artists, who had each created an artwork about a female rabbi who was a first in some way.[9][10][11] Carol Hamoy created the artwork about Eskenazi.[11]
Selected worksedit
In an age of prose : a literary approach to Ezra-Nehemiah, 1986
Second Temple studies. Temple and community in the Persian period , 1991
The Torah : a women's commentary , 2008
Ruth : the traditional Hebrew text with the new JPS translation , 2011
Referencesedit
^"Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Ph.D., Appointed The Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and History - Hebrew Union College | Jewish Institute of Religion". Huc.edu. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
^"Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^"HUC-JIR: Press Room - HUC-JIR Announces 2013 Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York". Huc.edu. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
^"Society of Biblical Literature". www.sbl-site.org. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
^"The Jewish Publication Society: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky Awarded 2011 National Jewish Book Award for JPS Bible Commentary: Ruth". Jewishpub.org. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
^"Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^"2022 Gala, Rabbi Levy's Shabbat Message, Tzedek Council and more... ✨". www.kol-ami.org.
^Gelfand, Janelle (2022-05-13). "Celebrating community: Exhibits hail 200 years of Jewish contributions in Cincinnati". American City Business Journals. from the original on 2023-03-25.
^ ab"VIDEO: HOLY SPARKS – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate". Jewish Art Salon. January 30, 2022.
April 11, 2024
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