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Benji
Davis

Assistant Professor
benjamin.davis@yu.edu
BA, Middle East Studies & History (Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa), George Washington University, 2009
MA, Jewish Education, Hebrew University, 2017
PhD, Education, Haifa University, 2024
  1. Israel Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship in Israel Studies, George Mason University (2024-2025)
  2. Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) Harold Wechlser Award for Emerging Scholars (2024)
Articles Published in Academic Journals/Books
  1. Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2023). Israel education: A philosophical analysis. Journal of Jewish Education, 89(1), 6–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/15244113.2023.2169213
  2. Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2024). “You never told me”: The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Israel education. Contemporary Jewry, 44, 369–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-024-09562-w
  3. Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2025). Liberal Jewish identity and the pedagogy of Israel education. Journal of Religious Education, 73, 207–230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-025-00261-
  4. Davis, B. (2025). Teaching Palestinian Perspectives and the Pedagogy of “Historical Empathy.” In M. REINGOLD (Ed.), Education after October 7: Essays about Teaching and Learning in the Jewish Diaspora (pp. 112–130). Academic Studies Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.36309222.9
  5. Davis, B., & Alexander, H. A. (in press). The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of ethical identity education. Oxford Review of Education
Essays
  1. Davis, B., Maissel, J., & Alexander, H. (2023). The relations between peoplehood education and Israel education. In S. Ravid, K. E. Fraiman, & B. M. Jacobs (Eds.), Jewish peoplehood, Israel education, and liberal religious Jewish identity (Peoplehood Papers No. 33, pp. 22–33). Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education. https://old.jpeoplehood.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Peoplehood-Papes-33-final.pdf
  2. Unterberg, M., Goldman, A., & Davis, B. (2024, September 19). Israel education in a post October 7th world. Jewish Educational Leadership, 22(2). https://www.lookstein.org/journal-article/f_24/israel-education-in-a-post-october-7th-world/
  3. Reingold, M., Kopelowitz, E., & Davis, B. (2025). Foundational story pedagogy in Israel education. HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal of Jewish Education: Israel Education Now. Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. https://prizmah.org/hayidion/israel-education-now/foundational-story-pedagogy-israel-education
Book Reviews
  1. Davis, B. (2024). Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy From the Field: edited by Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, Waltham, MA, Brandeis University Press, 2024, 384 pp., $40 (paperback), ISBN 9781684581177. Journal of Jewish Education, 90(2), 175–178. https://doi.org/10.1080/15244113.2024.2339783
benjamin.davis@yu.edu
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