Mr. Daniel Birnbaum

Daniel Birnbaum
Address 16 HaGdud Ha'Ivri St. Jerusalem
Aliyah 2002 – United States
Phone +972-54-747-6686 // U.S.: 347-728-7257 E-mail birnbaumlevi@yahoo.com

Summary
>>Steeped in the rigorous learning traditions of the liberal arts on the one hand, and traditional Talmudic discourse on the other, I bring, above all, a great love of learning and of people to the task of teaching and scholarship.
>>Trilingual and conversant in six languages (English, Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Arabic, Russian), I have enjoyed bringing human culture and possibilities alive for students across a full range of ages, cultural backgrounds and geographic locations.
>>Openness to people, creative drive and genuine intellectual curiosity have driven the breadth of my professional and personal exploration and development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2007-Current

Lecturer
• Yiddish lecturer at School of Languages for Master’s and Doctoral Students at Tel Aviv University
• Lead instructor at TAU International Yiddish Summer Program, teaching students at collegiate and graduate level from around the globe
• Develop multi-year textbook to accompany coursework
• Develop online curriculum for language acquisition for diverse audiences from around the world
Beth Shalom Aleichem, Jerusalem, Virtual 2015-Current

Teacher
• Teach students from across Israeli society (ages 16-80) in both live and online multi-year courses at leading Tel Aviv Yiddish cultural institution
• Integrate spoken, written and cultural literacy into comprehensive course
YIVO Institute for Jewish Studies Virtual 2021-Current
Teacher
• Lead online courses for students of diverse backgrounds and ages from around the world at the leading world institute for Yiddish scholarship
• Develop and teach seminars on Yiddish literature
Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP, New York City 2000-2002
C.P.A.
• Acted as NY Business Advisory and Assurance Associate
• Advised and performed audit work for a variety of investment management companies across the eastern seaboard.
Oberlin College Hillel, Oberlin, Ohio 1994-1995
Program Director
• Personally recruited by Hillel director as program director
• Designed programming, outreach and engagement of Jewish student body at Oberlin College
• Taught Hebrew
• Led learning circles exploring Jewish texts
• Designed recruitment programs and oversaw speaker engagements
• Facilitated and chaired group meetings
• Developed grant proposals and wrote detailed program implementation reports

EDUCATION
At the intersection of philosophy, literature, history, and languages on the one hand, and Jewish
Talmudic disciplines in the most traditional beit midrash settings on the other, my educational path
reflects the diversity of my background and intellectual interests.
Master of Arts 2009
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Department of Comparative Literature
• Authored “A Conspiracy of Words: Textual Connectivity and Responsibility in Mendele’s
Fishke the Lame,” under the supervision of Professor Avraham Novershtern, which won an
award of distinction for outstanding Yiddish scholarship
The Mir Yeshiva 2002-2004
• Studied Talmud part-time in chavruta-based setting in the rigorous European yeshiva tradition
Master of Business Administration , 1999
Baruch College, New York City
• Awarded M.B.A. with a major in Accounting
• Completed Public Accounting certification (CPA)
Yeshivat HaMivtar, Efrat 1992-1994
• Studied Talmud and Jewish Law full-time at Blechner College of Jewish Studies ahead of rabbinic ordination
Bachelor of Arts, History 1991
Oberlin College
• Broad liberal arts degree from private liberal arts college in the U.S., with a major in history
• Close involvement with Oberlin Hillel and Kosher Coop
Junior Year Abroad 1990-1991
• Studied junior year abroad at Hebrew University
• Took undergraduate coursework in Hebrew in Jewish History, Jewish Philosophy, and Bible Studies, as well as courses at the Rothberg International School
Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies 1990-1991
• Studied in intensive summer program while studying at Hebrew University.
Bronx High School of Science 1987
• Graduated from magnet high school in New York city
• SAT scores in the 1400-1500 range
ACTIVISM and VOLUNTEERING
• Led regular, spontaneous open gatherings on the Upper West Side and in Jerusalem, bringing together people from all walks of life for living conversation on Midrash, Hassidism, readings of Yiddish, Hebrew and English poetry, short stories, Jewish and general philosophy
• Volunteered in ‘Big Brother and Big Sister League of Israel,’ closely mentoring young boy for years
• Volunteered as teacher’s assistant in public elementary school in Oakland California
• Volunteered as an English teacher in public elementary school in Beer Sheva
• Served as Young Judea Regional Programmer and National Programmer, crafting, planning, and leading conventions with high school peers for hundreds of Young Judeans from across North America.

LANGUAGES
• English, Native
• Hebrew, Native Level Proficiency
• Yiddish, Native Level proficiency
• German, Basic, spoken and written
• Russian, Basic, spoken and written
• Arabic, Basic, spoken and written