Nomi Schneck

Nomi Schneck is completing a PhD in the Department of Art & Archaeology at Princeton University, where she is writing about the significance of ancient artistic interpretations of biblical stories. During her ten years of teaching Tanakh at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and seven years of teaching English literature at Yavneh Academy, Nomi developed a creative arts workshop and journal as well as a summer seminar, Visualizing Jewish Texts, combining museum visits with beit midrash study. Nomi also spent time conducting research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and contributed to the Agents of Faith exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery. Her work has been funded by the Haifa Center for Mediterranean Studies, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies. Nomi holds an M.A. in Jewish Art and Visual Culture (Jewish Theological Seminary) and an M.A. in Bible (Yeshiva University). She lives in Teaneck, New Jersey with her family.