Curriculum Vitae

Academic appointments and fellowships

2026–present. Research Fellow, School of Historical and Regional Studies, University of Haifa.

2021. Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University.

2015–2020. Doctoral Fellow, President’s Scholarship Program, Department of Comparative Literature, Bar-Ilan University.

2020. Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Bar-Ilan University.

2014. M.A. in East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University.

2007. B.A. in Theology, University of Wales, Lampeter.

2009. Traditional Sanskrit Grammar, Śrīmad Bhāgavata Vidyāpīṭham, Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh, India.

2018. Teaching Certificate in English, Oranim College of Education.

Transcendent Personalism in Indian Philosophy: The Essential Bhakti Teachings of Kṛṣṇa Chaitanya. Resling, 2021.
Chaitanya-Centered Vaishnavism in ISKCON: Theology, Authority, and Social Transformation. Forthcoming.
Review of Ithamar Theodor, The ‘Fifth Veda’ of Hinduism: Poetry, Philosophy and Devotion in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Journal of Vaishnava Studies 26, no. 1 (2017).

“An Exploration of Bene Israel Texts and Terminology.” LILA Research Group, University of Haifa, Israel, June 24, 2026.
“Transcendent Personalism in Indian Philosophy.” Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 5, 2021.
“Transcendent Personalism in Indian Philosophy.” Online Postgraduate Conference, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, June 29, 2021.
“Caitanya-caritāmṛta: The Polyphony of an Indian Hagiography.” Interdisciplinary Conference “Polyphony,” University of Haifa, Israel, June 11, 2017.
“Barbara Holdrege’s Contribution to Hindu-Jewish Comparative Studies.” 5th Asian-Jewish Conference, University of Haifa, Israel, April 2, 2017.
“An Introduction to Indian History and Philosophy.” Kivunim Educational Center, Jerusalem, Israel, January 3, 2017.
“The City of Nine Gates: Reality and Realization in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa.” Interdisciplinary Conference “Reality and Realization,” University of Haifa, Israel, April 3, 2016.
“Vaishnavism East and West: A Critical Reading in the Writings of Tamal Krishna Goswami.” 6th Israeli Conference on Religion and Contemporary Spirituality, Tel Aviv University, Israel, April 23, 2014.

2026–present. Pre-DP World Religions, YOUnited Givat Haviva International School.

2025–present. IBDP English A: Literature, YOUnited Givat Haviva International School.

2018–2021. English Teacher, Israeli Ministry of Education.

Spring 2015. Hindu Theories of Knowledge and Learning (TH5448), Bhaktivedanta College.

2012–2014. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Indian History and Culture, Tel Aviv University.

Hebrew and English: Bilingual proficiency. Sanskrit, Middle Bengali, and French: Research-level proficiency.