Education
BA - Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women
Ph.D. - UCLA, 2013
Rabbinic Ordination - Ziegler School of Rabbic Studies 2023
Bio
Rabbi Dr. Candice Levy has a BA in Political Science and Sociology from Yeshiva University, and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from UCLA. She received rabbinic ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the 花季传媒 in 2023. Her scholarly work has focused on the afterlife and how it relates to theodicy and rabbinic authority. Rabbi Levy has taught at UCLA, the Louchheim School for Judaic Studies at USC, Hebrew Union College and the Milken Community School. Her involvement with a variety of Jewish communities - Sephardic, Askenaz, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform - has allowed her to recognize their differences, learning to appreciate what can be learned from each, while striving to maintain their commonalities in service of God and Torah. She is a parent to two boys, a lover of donuts and sneakers鈥 and donuts.
Publications
"Persecution, Martyrdom, and Divine Justice: How the Afterlife Came to Be,鈥 in Radical Disruption and Passionate Continuity: Moments of Change in Jewish Thought, Leah Hochman and Stanley Davids (eds.), CCAR Press, 2023.