Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn

Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi is professor of Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. She is the first woman appointed as professor to the rabbinical faculty in HUC-JIR's long history. Earlier she had been on the faculty of the University of Denver, directed the Institute of Interfaith Studies, and co-founded the Jewish Women Resource Center in Denver.

Dr. Eskenazi is the co-editor of The Torah: A Women's Commentary, the winner of the 2008 Jewish Book of the Year Award presented by the Jewish Book Council.