- Board Member, Yale Hillel Foundation (1980-88).
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, The Judaic Studies Major (1981-83, 1987, 1989-90, 2009).
- Calhoun College Executive Committee (1984-86).
- Acting Chair, Judaic Studies Program (1986, 1990, 1996, 2001, 2007).
- Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies (1991-94, 2004-2005).
- Chair, Department of Religious Studies (1996-99).
- Terry Lecture Committee (1996-99). Chair (1998-99).
- University Budget Committee (1997-99).
- Standing Advisory and Appointments Committee for the Divinity School (1998-2008).
- Language Study Committee (2001-2002, 2003-2011).
- Chair, Judaic Studies Program (2003-2004, 2008-2014, 2015-2019).
- Chair, Charles P. Howland Fellowship Committee (2005).
- Yale College Admissions Committee (2005, 2006, 2008, 2013).
- Kingsley Trust Association Summer Travel Fellowship Committee (2006-2009; Chair, 2009).
- Chair, Language Study Committee (2006-2011).
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies (2007-2008).
- Fox International Fellowship Committee (2009, 2010, 2014).
- Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowship Committee (2010, 2011, 2014).
- Chair, Search Committee for Senior Position in Hebrew Language and Literature (2011-2013).
- Chair, External Review Committee for Arabic Language Program, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University (2012).
- Co-Chair, Search Committee for Senior Position in Modern Jewish History (2013-2014).
- Steering Committee, Archaia: Yale Program for the Study of Ancient and Premodern Cultures and Societies (2013-2021).
- Co-Chair, Search Committee for Hebrew Language Lector position (2016).
- Ganzfried Family Fellowship Committee (2017).
- Libby Rouse Fund for Peace Committee (2017).
- Archaia Summer Research Fund Selection Committee (2018, 2019).
- Convened faculty study group:“Translation: Sacred and Profane” (2019-2020).
- Wrexham Prize Committee, 2022.
- Affiliated Scholar, Brodie Center for Jewish and Israeli Law, Yale Law School (2024- ).