Talk:Christine Hayes

Her own religious views
I think the article should mention her own religious views;


 * "Christine Hayes of Yale University is one of the very few and perhaps the most accomplished academic expert in Talmudic literature who was neither born nor raised as a Jew and who, as you will see below, consciously decided not to convert to Judaism." The Tikvah Fund | Ideas & Opinions | Christine Hayes and Yehoshua Pfeffer – What is Rabbinic Literature? | September 3, 2014 at 3:35pm

78.181.88.133 (talk) 19:54, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

I'm not convinced that we need to know her particular religious views, but we do need to know that was not born or raised a Jew and did not convert to Judaism. Given the above, it seems striking to me that she attended the University Hillel and volunteered at an Israeli kibbutz. I came here just after rewatching the first lecture in her online course and being reminded how biased in favor of Judaism she seems in it. TheScotch (talk) 09:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Her status as non-Jewish had been a matter of minor controversy, as when a few objections were raised to her becoming AJS president. I recall reading objections by a prominent scholar, but just now I couldn't find a source via Google. I did find mention of Neusner's criticism: https://religiondispatches.org/as-transition-approaches-jewish-studies-is-mired-in-controversy/
 * Anyway, I agree that her non-Jewish status can be mentioned and it is a matter of public record. It does not need to be notable. But the relevance of her status should not be discussed in the article without a reliable source. ProfGray (talk) 12:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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