Academic Publications

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Selected Publications:

Hebrew Education and Learning

  • Badder, A. & Avni, S. (2024). The sanctity of decoding: Reframing Hebrew literacy in the United States and Europe. International Journal of Bilingualism https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069241233389

  • Avni, S. (2018). What can the study of Hebrew learning contribute to applied linguistics? Modern Language Journal, 102(2), 446-448.

  • Avni, S. (2016). Hebrew learning ideologies and the reconceptualization of American Judaism: Language debates in American Jewish schooling in the early 20th century.  The International Journal of Sociology of Language 2016, 119-138.

  • Avni, S. (2014). Hebrew education in the United States: Historical perspectives and future directions. Journal of Jewish Education 80(3), 256-286.

  • Avni, S. (2012). Hebrew as heritage: The work of language in religious and communal continuity. Linguistics and Education, 23, 323-333.

  • Avni, S. (2012). Translation as a site of language policy negotiation in Jewish day school education. Current Issues in Language Planning, 13(2), 76-104.

  • Avni, S. (2012). Hebrew-only language policy in religious education. Language Policy, 11, 169-188. 

Jewish Learning and Education

  • Avni, S. & Samuels, N. (November, 2025). Special Issue: Antisemitism on American college campuses. Journal of Jewish Education.

  • Avni, S. & Lynn-Sachs, M. (2021). Special Issue: Change and Challenge: Jewish Education in the Time of COVID-19, Journal of Jewish Education, 87:4, 265-269, DOI: 10.1080/15244113.2021.1995242

  • Yares, L., Avni, S. “Saturday Night Seder” and the Affordances of Cultural Arts during COVID-19. (2021). Contemporary Jewry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12397-021-09378-y

  • Avni, S. 2017. Considering disruptive and transformative Jewish education. Journal of Jewish Education, 83(3), 170-173.

Hebrew-English Dual Language Bilingual Education and Hebrew Charter Schools 

  • Menken, K., Espinet, I., & Avni, S. (2023). “There Was Nothing Here”: School Leaders Using Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs as a Formula to Re-Engineer Student Populations for School Turnaround. Educational Policy, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048231159919

  • Avni, S. & Menken, K. (2021). Hebrew dual language bilingual education: The intersection of race, language, and religion. In N. Flores, A. Tseng & N. Subtirelu (eds), Bilingualism for All? Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States (pp. 156-176). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

  • Menken, K. & Avni, S. (2019). Language policy conflicts: New York City’s efforts to expand bilingual education amidst English-Only pressures. Ricento, T. (ed.) Language Politics and Policies: Perspectives from Canada and the United States (pp 153-172). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Avni, S. & Menken, K. (2019). The expansion of dual language bilingual education into new communities and languages: The case of Hebrew in a New York City public middle school, Theory Into Practice, DOI: 10.1080/00405841.2019.1569378

  • Avni, S. & Karpman, A. (2019). Mapping Hebrew education in public schools: A resource for Jewish educators. Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education. 

  • Menken, K. & Avni, S. (2017). Challenging linguistic purism in dual language bilingual education:  A case study of Hebrew in a New York City public middle school. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 37, 185-202.

  • Avni, S. (2015). Negotiating language ownership: Hebrew charter schools and the American Jewish Press. Language and Communication 45, 83-95.

  • Avni, S. (2015). The meanings of Hebrew: Defining bilingual education in dual language charter school education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 18(2), 188-202.

Higher Education and English Language Learners

  • Avni, S. & Finn, H. (February 2, 2022). Remediation Reforms and English Learners, Teachers College Record, https://www.tcrecord.org 

  • Finn, H. B., & Avni, S. (2021). Linguistically Responsive Instruction in Corequisite Courses at Community Colleges. TESOL Quarterly, 55(4), 1221-1246.

  • Avni, S. & Finn, H. (2021). Combining developmental writing and first-year composition classes: Faculty perspectives on what co-requisite teaching means for curriculum and pedagogy. In M. Siegal & B. Gilliland (eds) First Year Composition at the Community College: Empowering the Teacher (pp. 222-236). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

  • Avni, S. & Finn, H.  (2020) Meeting the needs of English language learners in co-requisite courses at community college, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2020.1727383