Benji
Davis
Assistant Professor
benjamin.davis@yu.edu
BA, Middle East Studies & History (Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa), George Washington University, 2009
MA, Jewish Education, Hebrew University, 2017
PhD, Education, Haifa University, 2024
- Israel Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship in Israel Studies, George Mason University (2024-2025)
- Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE) Harold Wechlser Award for Emerging Scholars (2024)
Articles Published in Academic Journals/Books
- Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2023). Israel education: A philosophical analysis. Journal of Jewish Education, 89(1), 6鈥33.
- Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2024). 鈥淵ou never told me鈥: The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Israel education. Contemporary Jewry, 44, 369鈥395.
- Davis, B., & Alexander, H. (2025). Liberal Jewish identity and the pedagogy of Israel education. Journal of Religious Education, 73, 207鈥230.
- Davis, B. (2025). Teaching Palestinian Perspectives and the Pedagogy of 鈥淗istorical Empathy.鈥 In M. REINGOLD (Ed.), Education after October 7: Essays about Teaching and Learning in the Jewish Diaspora (pp. 112鈥130). Academic Studies Press.
- Davis, B., & Alexander, H. A. (in press). The pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of ethical identity education. Oxford Review of Education
Essays
- Davis, B., Maissel, J., & Alexander, H. (2023). The relations between peoplehood education and Israel education. In S. Ravid, K. E. Fraiman, & B. M. Jacobs (Eds.), Jewish peoplehood, Israel education, and liberal religious Jewish identity (Peoplehood Papers No. 33, pp. 22鈥33). Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.
- Unterberg, M., Goldman, A., & Davis, B. (2024, September 19). Israel education in a post October 7th world. Jewish Educational Leadership, 22(2).
- Reingold, M., Kopelowitz, E., & Davis, B. (2025). Foundational story pedagogy in Israel education. HaYidion: The Prizmah Journal of Jewish Education: Israel Education Now. Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools.
Book Reviews
- Davis, B. (2024). Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy From the Field: edited by Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, Waltham, MA, Brandeis University Press, 2024, 384 pp., $40 (paperback), ISBN 9781684581177. Journal of Jewish Education, 90(2), 175鈥178.
benjamin.davis@yu.edu