Tamara Mann Tweel

Dr. Tamara Mann Tweel is the Director of Civic Initiatives at the Teagle Foundation, the founder and chief strategist of Civic Spirit, a seminar instructor at the Center for American Studies at Columbia University, and a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Her work has been published in numerous academic and popular journals, magazines, and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Journal of World History and Inside Higher Ed.


Articles by Tamara Mann Tweel

Abraham Joshua Heschel: ‘Every Moment Is an Opportunity for Greatness’

The great rabbi decried the antipathy for old age and the trivialization of retirement. He urged America to do better.

Julius Rosenwald

One man's philanthropic legacy.

Gefilte Fish in America

A history of the Jewish fish product.