Academic Director for the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish life, Professor Stuart Miller, was recently appointed the first Leon Charney Visiting Scholar at Yeshiva University's Center for Israel Studies (CIS). 

Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of CIS noted “Stuart Miller is a leading historian of the Rabbis, world-renowned for his careful and meticulous analysis of both rabbinic literature and archaeology with the goal of really understanding the lives and words of the sages in Talmudic Israel.” 

Professor Miller, visiting scholar for the spring of 2018, will be conducting research for a new book with the working title, From Temple, to Home, To Community: The Survival and Transformation of Jewish Life in Roman Palestine in the Wake of Catastrophe.

Visit Yeshiva University's website to read their posting on the topic.