Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society

Kenneth A. Bamberger is a Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he teaches U.S. Administrative and Constitutional Law, as well as Jewish Law. He is the faculty director of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society, a cross-campus Initiative to expand Jewish and Israel studies offerings at Berkeley launched in January 2011.

link to Professor Bamberger's website is here: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=5701

Daniella Beinisch is the Gilbert Foundation Lecturer in Israeli Law and Society, and the Executive Director of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society. Dr. Beinisch teaches comparative constitutional law with a focus on Israel in the Legal Studies undergraduate program.

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=15630

Nurit Novis-Deutsch is the 2011-2012 Richard and Rhoda Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor at the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society. Novis-Deutsch, whose research focuses on the study of identity, psychology of religion, and moral development, received her PhD in psychology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her current research focuses on the religious i

dentity of Bay Area Jews, and this year she is teaching a freshman seminar on "Jewish Collective Identity and Memory" (Jewish Studies 39E), as well as two courses, "The Israeli Experience – Explorations in Psychology of Identity," and "Psychology of Religion," in the Department of Psychology.

 2011-2012 Courses:
- History of Israel (History 100.2), Prof. John Efron, Department of History
- The Israeli Experience – Explorations in Psychology of Identity (Psychology 168), Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society 
- Jewish Collective Identity and Memory (Jewish Studies 39E), Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
- Comparative Constitutional Law: The Case of Israel (Legal Studies 190), Dr. Daniella Beinisch, Gilbert Foundation Lecturer in Israeli Law and Society
- The Music of Israel (Music 190), Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
- Psychology of Religion (Psychology 192), Prof. Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor, Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society
- Jewish Law in Comparative Perspective (Law 265.4), Prof. Kenneth A. Bamberger, School of Law