Mara Benjamin

Mara Benjamin
Mara Benjamin
Occupation	Jewish studies scholar
Partner	Miryam Kabakov (m. 2004)
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (2024)
Academic background
Alma mater	Hampshire College; Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies; Stanford University; ;
Thesis	Franz Rosenzweig and scripture (2005)
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Eisen
Academic work
Discipline	Jewish studies
Sub-discipline	Modern Jewish studies
Institutions	St. Olaf College; Mount Holyoke College; ;

Mara H. Benjamin is an American scholar of modern Jewish studies. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, she is the author of Rosenzweig's Bible and The Obligated Self and is Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College.^[1]