Associate Director, Centre for Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto
Rabbi Martin Lockshin is Associate Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
at York University in Toronto, Canada, where he has had
a leading role in the creation of Yorks Jewish Teacher Education Program, one of the largest programs of day
school teacher in the world. His most recent book, Rashbams Commentary on Exodus: An Annotated Translation, won the
1998 Canadian Jewish Congress Award for the best book
in Rabbinics and Bible. He has been active with the Israeli organizations Gesher, Meimad, and Rabbis for Human Rights. Rabbi Lockshin is on Sabbatical in Israel for the
1999-2000 academic year. |
