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Jeffrey A. Summit |
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Executive Director, Tufts Hillel. Associate Chaplain. Associate Professor, Department of Music. Lecturer, Judaic Studies
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature Department
Music Department
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Ph.D. Tufts University; M.A. Tufts University; M.A.H.L. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion; B.A. Brandeis University |
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Melody choice and Identity construction, music and religious experience. Research areas: United States, Israel, East Africa
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| E-mail: |
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jeffrey.summit@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://www.jeffreyasummit.com
http://www.tufts.edu/as/music/faculty.htm#JEFFREY
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Rabbi Jeffrey A. Summit is the author of The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship (Oxford University Press, 2000) and together with photojournalist Richard Sobol, is co-author of Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda (Abbeville Press, 2002). Rabbi Summit has also recorded, compiled, and annotated the CD Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. This CD was nominated for a Grammy Award for best album in the category of Traditional World Music. He has conducted research in the United States, Uganda, and Israel on music, identity, and religious experience as well as on technology and oral tradition.
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