The Forward

Jewish studies scholars gather under the shadow of Omicron, heartening many and rankling others

CHICAGO (JTA) — This year’s Association of Jewish Studies conference was supposed to be a triumphal post-pandemic gathering for Jewish studies scholars and enthusiasts. But instead of a carefree Super ...
Yahoo

'A huge wave of antisemitism': Jewish scholars keep Ohioans educated about Israeli history

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discrimination against Jewish people has continued to rise in recent months, sometimes in communities where it would seem almost ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In the 1940s, Jewish scholars planned a museum about the world they were losing

YIVO sought a home in New York for a museum dedicated to the vanished “homes” of Eastern Europe. Less than three months after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, producers of the doomed Nova Musical ...
The Forward

After leading calls to oust Harvard’s president, Jewish critics take aim at Jewish scholar heading antisemitism task force

(JTA) — Prominent Jewish critics of Harvard University are opposing the appointment of a Jewish studies professor to co-chair the school’s new antisemitism task force, arguing that his views on Israel ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

In ‘The Books of Jacob,’ Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk tells a story about Jews. But is it a Jewish novel?

“This is a phenomenon happening in all of Eastern Europe, when Jewish culture is created by non-Jews, for non-Jews, but about the Jews,” one Polish Jewish scholar said. (JTA) — When Polish writer Olga ...
National Catholic Register

At Vatican Conference, Catholic and Jewish Scholars Discuss Faith as Foundation for Ethics

The April 1-2 conference in Rome brought together Catholic and Jewish scholars from around the world to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas to deepen the theological foundations of ...
Yahoo

Jewish scholar, historian, and leader Rabbi Berel Wein dies at 91

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘JEWISH HISTORY is the key to faith and belief,’ opines Wein. (photo credit: EUGENE WEISBERG) Rabbi Berel Wein's impact on the ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

Intellectual Exchange: How Transregional Jewish Scholars Contributed to the Renaissance

When the European astronomer Nicholas Copernicus theorized in the early sixteenth century that the sun, rather than the earth, was at the center of the universe, it was a key moment in the Renaissance ...
Brandeis University

Learning About Learning: Conversations with Scholars of Jewish Education

Join us virtually for a series of conversations hosted by MCSJE core faculty members, in which leading scholars of Jewish education discuss what they have learned from their investigations of various ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Jewish-Studies Scholars, Beware: Trump’s Deal Will Corrupt You

O ver the past six months, the Trump administration has targeted universities over allegations of civil-rights violations. According to the White House, universities have been hotbeds of antisemitism, ...
Hyperallergic

Jewish Studies Scholars Support Resigned Director of Berlin's Jewish Museum with Two Public Letters

Peter Schäfer, former director of Berlin’s Jewish Museum. Photo by Jule Roehr (courtesy the Jewish Museum Berlin) A group of 50 Talmud scholars have signed a letter in support of Peter Schäfer, former ...
The Times of Israel

Scholar unpacks slur that early US Jewish immigrants were arsonists — and why it stuck

Jeffrey Marx’s new history, 'Jewish Firebug,' puts new light on an old trope as newcomers are again being blamed for economic and social ills and antisemitism reaches new highs ...