Dr. Milgram received bachelor's degrees from JTS and Columbia University. He earned his master's degree in Talmud and his rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University, and his PhD from Bar-Ilan University. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Milgram served as Sam and Vivienne Cohen Lecturer in Jewish Studies, a joint appointment at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies and the London School for Jewish Studies. From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Milgram served as coordinator of JTS's Saul Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research, and in 2005 was assistant editor for Talmud and Rabbinics for the Encyclopedia Judaica, second edition.