The Department of Religious Studies and the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies are the recipients of the second Schusterman Visiting Israel Professor for 2009-2010. The funding was provided by a gift from the American Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), the College of Arts and Sciences, and private donors from the Knoxville Jewish community for a total of $100,000. The position is held by Professor Igal Bursztyn, a film maker from Tel Aviv University.