Adam Ferziger
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Adam S. Ferziger is a Jewish historian and author. He is known for his study of Jewish assimilation in the Diaspora
Diaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...

, and for documenting the evolving relationship between Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...

 and non-observant Jews.

He received his early education at the SAR Academy
SAR Academy
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school. The school is located in the Riverdale section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is well known for having no walls dividing the classrooms, which is part of the school's philosophy of...

 in Riverdale, and the Ramaz School in Manhattan before earning his BA and MA at Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...

. He studied at the Beit Midrash
Beth midrash
Beth Midrash refers to a study hall, whether in a synagogue, yeshiva, kollel, or other building. It is distinct from a synagogue, although many synagogues are also used as batei midrash and vice versa....

 L'Torah, popularly known as BMT, in Jerusalem and Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion, ', commonly known as "Gush," is a hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a community in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, Israel. With a student body of 484, it is one of the largest hesder yeshivas in Israel...

 in Alon Shevut.

He earned his doctorate from Israel's Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...

, where he is a lecturer and associate director of the Graduate Program in Contemporary Jewry. He serves as the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Fellow in Jewish Studies
Jewish studies
Jewish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history , religious studies, archeology, sociology, languages , political science, area studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies...

 and is a senior research fellow at Bar Ilan's Rappaport Center for Assimilation Research http://www.rappaportcenter.biu.ac.il/English/aboutE.htm. Previously, he was the founding director of the university's preparatory program for new immigrants to Israel and served as a community rabbi for 10 years at the Beit Binyamin Synagogue in Kfar Sava, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

.

A frequent lecturer in the U.S. and Europe, Ferziger was a visiting professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 at Shandong University
Shandong University
Shandong University is a public comprehensive university in Shandong, China. It is one of the largest universities in China by student population and is supported directly by the national government....

 in Jinan, China in 2005. He and his wife Naomi live with their six children in Kfar Sava.

Works

Ferziger is the author of Exclusion and Hierarchy: Orthodoxy, Nonobservance and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Identity, and co-editor of New Perspectives on the Study of Orthodoxy, with Aviezer Ravitzky and Yosef Salmon.
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