Ezra Cappell

Ezra Cappell holds a joint appointment at the College of Charleston as Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of English. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Cappell was Professor of English and Director of the Inter-American Jewish Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Cappell holds degrees from NYU (M.Phil and Ph.D.) as well as City College (M.A.) and Queens College (B.A.). His publications include American Talmud: The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction (SUNY Press, 2007) and a co-edited volume (with Jessica Lang): Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism in the Modern World (SUNY Press, 2020).