Judith Bleich (born 1938) is a professor of Judaic studies at Touro College in Manhattan. She specializes in the nineteenth-century development of Reform and neo-Orthodoxy in the wake of the enlightenment and emancipation, and has written extensively on modern Jewish history. She is also a member of the steering committee for the Orthodox Forum organized by Yeshiva University.

Biography

She was born Judith Ochs. In June 1961 she married Rabbi J. David Bleich. They have three children together.

Academic credentials

Bleich earned her bachelor's degree and Bachelor of Religious Education from Stern College. She earned her master's degree from Yeshiva University. She earned her doctorate from New York University in 1974 with her dissertation Jacob Ettlinger, His Life and Works: The Emergence of Modern Orthodoxy in Germany.

Selected bibliography

A full list of Bleich's articles appears here.

Articles

Book chapters