Dr. Sim­cha Fish­bane is a Pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish Stud­ies in the Grad­u­ate School of Jew­ish Stud­ies at Touro Col­lege, New York. He has pub­lished exten­sive­ly on Jew­ish sub­jects and texts. Dr. Fishbane’s pub­li­ca­tions include Devian­cy in Ear­ly Rab­binic Lit­er­a­ture (2007), The Bold­ness of an Halakhist (2008), The Shtiebe­liza­tion of Mod­ern Jew­ry (2011), The Impact of Cul­ture and Cul­tures Upon Jew­ish Cus­toms and Rit­u­als (2016), and The Rab­binic Dis­cus­sion about Bat Mitz­vah Cel­e­bra­tions (2017).