Jon Levisohn

{{short description|American academic}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jon Levisohn

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = Harvard University

| occupation = Academic

}}

Jon A. Levisohn{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://sites.google.com/view/levisohn/levisohn |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}} is an American academic who is the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Educational Thought at Brandeis University. Levisohn is also the director of the [https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/ Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education] at Brandeis. He was the chair of the [https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/ Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies] until 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/faculty/levisohn.html|title=Jon A. Levisohn|website=brandeis.edu|accessdate=7 August 2018}}{{Cite web |title=Brandeis ScholarWorks |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/profile/jon_levisohn/overview?institution=01BRAND_INST |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}} At Brandeis, he also chairs the [https://www.brandeis.edu/contemporary-jewish-life/index.html Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life.]{{Cite web |title=Seminar on Contemporary Jewish Life {{!}} Brandeis University |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/contemporary-jewish-life/index.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=www.brandeis.edu |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://sites.google.com/view/levisohn/levisohn |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}} He is a co-editor of the [https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/programs/jewish-education-series.html Mandel-Brandeis Series in Jewish Education].

He is a philosopher of general and religious education. Recent work has focused on how Jews think about the goals of Jewish education.{{Cite web |title="Jewish Education as Initiation into the Practices of Jewishness", |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/9924050700801921 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}}{{Cite web |title="Mature Love, Nuanced Loyalty, and Redemptive Vision," |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/9924125425701921 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}}{{Cite web |title="Producers Not Possessors: A Direction for Jewish Education in Turbulent Times," |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/9924125425901921 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}}{{Cite web |title="Subject-Specific Learning Versus Jewish-Developmental Outcomes in Jewish Education: What Should We Aim For?" |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/bookChapter/Subject-Specific-Learning-Versus-Jewish-Developmental-Outcomes-in/9924067725201921?institution=01BRAND_INST |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}}{{Cite web |title="A New Paradigm of Jewish Literacy," |url=https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outputs/report/A-New-Paradigm-of-Jewish-Literacy/9924125425801921?institution=01BRAND_INST |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=scholarworks.brandeis.edu}} He serves as the host of the Learning About Learning podcast.{{Cite web |title=Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education |url=https://learningaboutlearning.buzzsprout.com/2072177 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Buzzsprout |language=en}}