Miriam Levinson

Miriam LevinsonMiriam Levinson's passion for history was sparked by her father's captivating discussions from her earliest memories. Since her teenage years, Miriam has extensively explored Jewish history and culture in various countries. Over the past eighteen years, she has orchestrated and led numerous trips to her native Cuba. Miriam's expertise in Jewish Latin America, particularly Cuba, adds a distinctive dimension to her portrayal of these communities. Her unique personal insights and experiences from life in Cuba contribute to a fresh perspective. Currently, Miriam is actively working on a book recounting her memories of life in Cuba.


Rahel Musleah

Rahel MusleahRahel Musleah was born in Calcutta, India, the seventh generation of a Calcutta Jewish family that traces its roots to 17th-century Baghdad. Through her multi-media song, story and slide programs, she shares her rare and intimate knowledge of this ancient community’s history, customs and melodies with audiences at synagogues, schools, libraries, women’s groups and cultural events. Rahel is a beloved Melton International teacher, an award-winning journalist with hundreds of published articles to her credit as well as the author of several critically acclaimed books. She enriches the vibrant mosaic of Jewish diversity with her distinctive lyrical and literary voice.


Dr. Rachel Seelig

Dr. Rachel Seelig is a scholar of modern Jewish literature and a freelance writer based in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of Strangers in Berlin: Modern Jewish Literature between East and West, 1919–1933 (University of Michigan Press, 2016) and the co-editor of The German-Hebrew Dialogue: Studies of Encounter and Exchange (De Gruyter Press, 2017). Since receiving her PhD from the University of Chicago, Rachel has held teaching and research appointments at Harvard, Columbia, the University of Michigan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of Toronto. Beyond her academic writing, Rachel’s essays regularly appear in a variety of publications, such as Kveller, Today's Parent, Canadian Jewish News, and the Globe and Mail. Together with her partner, Erol Boran, she also writes and publishes children's books under the imprint Lovely Books.


Joellyn Wallen Zollman

Joellyn holds a PhD in Jewish History from Brandeis University. Her areas of specialization include religious material culture and American Jewish History. She has worked with exhibits and collections at the Smithsonian Institution, the Skirball Museum, and the San Diego History Center. Dr. Zollman has been teaching in the Melton Program since 2011. She teaches the Crossroads/History year for the Core Curriculum annually. In addition, she has taught From Sinai to Seinfeld (a student favorite!), Jewish Denominations, Jews in America, and We Are What We Remember.

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