Join us for shabbat services with guest speaker Dr. Scott Abramson.

Scott Abramson is a historian of the modern Middle East and the senior research officer at CIE. He received his master's degree from Brandeis University's Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and his Ph.D. from UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He has held postdoctoral appointments at UCLA’s Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and at Northwestern University's Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. Dr. Abramson has designed and taught many courses on the history and culture of Israel and the Middle East to much acclaim, UCLA, for one, honoring him in 2018 with its highest accolade for instruction, the Distinguished Teaching Award. He has written many articles—their subjects spanning a diverse topical spread, from Iranian Jewry to Lebanese Armenians—for popular publications and in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. At CIE, he creates digital and curricular content for students of all ages and understandings. Scott is an integral teaching participant in CIE's teen, young adult, and adult education programs.