Jewish Studies
Jewish groups at Penn sound alarm over federal lawsuit seeking information on Jewish employees
The subpoena sought contact information for Jewish employees who had filed a discrimination complaint, belonged to Jewish groups on campus, or were part of the school’s Jewish studies program.
In Denver, a Jewish day school happily copes with a surge in new students
Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate
Vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel in Indiana
'Moses Maimonides': A Cornell professor’s look at the Rambam - review
Images in the book include a responsum in Maimonides’s own hand, signed “Moshe” by him. It is one of many such documents discovered in the Cairo 'geniza,' a storage of Hebrew and Aramaic documents.
U of Oregon budget cuts spare Judaic studies faculty who had raised alarm
“The Trump administration’s ‘deals’ turn Jewish studies into the court Jew of old,” a trio of established scholars in the field wrote in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed.
Jewish Studies faculty at U of Oregon rally to protect their jobs from feared budget cuts
The efforts come as Oregon prepares to announce sweeping cuts to its humanities programs to curb what it says is a $30 million budget deficit.
Missing in action: Where are the Jewish organizations? - opinion
Once, Jewish students boldly defended Israel in Europe’s streets and campuses. Today, well-funded Jewish organizations are nowhere to be found as anti-Israel forces dominate.
Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas
Kagan’s line of questioning comes as New York recently closed multiple yeshivas that were not abiding by a state law requiring all schools to adequately teach basic secular subjects.
How can we combat rising antisemitism in K-12 schools? Here are the steps - opinion
To address these challenges, our communities must hold all schools accountable to provide Jewish students with a safe learning environment and teach all students tolerance instead of hate.
How can Jewish tradition help navigate differences in today's divided world? - opinion
Holding differing opinions is not new for the Jewish people, and the Mahloket Matters Fellowship brings our textual heritage, social psychology, and issues of immediate relevance to North America.
Amateur detectives are invited to join search for a lost Jewish library looted by the Nazis
Looting Jewish libraries became a crucial part of Nazi Germany’s project to control narratives about Jewish history and culture.
First Israel studies center opens in South Korea amid anti-Israel protests
Pro-Palestinians protestors unsuccessfully appealed to the heads of the university to sever all ties with Israel, starting with dismantling this new learning center
Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87
Forman, a trailblazer of feminist Jewish studies, died June 9 at Toronto General Hospital. She was 87.
Remote trauma: Jewish students worldwide respond to war in Israel - opinion
The conference also highlighted the needs of Israeli teachers in Jewish schools, who have been particularly distressed by the ongoing war.
