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Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish studies professor revives course on Mizrahi identity in Israel

In his 300-level class, Maryland professor Shay Hazkani will address a lesser-known issue in Israeli society: the state’s mistreatment of Mizrahi Jews
April 01, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

How Language instructors are creating a gender-inclusive Hebrew

Every language in the world has a different relationship with gender. English sits with Finnish and Chinese with no grammatical gender, while the most commonly spoken languages in Europe and some in the Middle East use gender to classify their nouns.
February 28, 2022 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

UMD Students and Faculty Say They Want ‘Academic Freedom,’ Not Book Bans

First-year English graduate student Shannon Neal interviewed by the Diamondback.
February 27, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Hebrew review of Dr. Shay Hazkani's book

Dr. Shay Hazkani's book gets rave reviews

February 27, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Arabic review of Dr. Shay Hazkani's book

Dr. Shay Hazkani's book gets rave reviews

February 08, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

US Response to Antisemitism is Reactive, Uncoordinated, Report Claims

Ahead of Deborah Lipstadt's confirmation hearing as antisemitism envoy, former senior Obama administration officials calls for Biden to coordinate a whole-of-government approach.
November 24, 2021 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History

Margins of History: On Shay Hazkani's "Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War"

SOON WE WILL search In the margins of your history, in distant countries, For what was once our history. And in the end, we will ask ourselves: Was Andalusia here or there? On the land … or in the poem?
September 29, 2021 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Bringing the Dead Sea Scrolls to life with Maxine Grossman

It was 1989, and Grossman was in Israel on a college study program, getting "down in the dirt," as she puts it now, at the remains of the ancient Jewish city Sepphoris.
September 17, 2021 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish Soft Power and Yom Kippur at the United Nations

The story of how the world organization pegged the Jewish fast day as a holiday embodies the long history of the ‘shtadlan’s’ behind-the-scenes diplomacy.
January 01, 2019 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Petition Demands Release of Classified Israeli Documents on 1950s Immigrant Transit Camps

Association for Civil Rights in Israel wants information from security service about suppression of protests by immigrants from North Africa and Mideast.

In the News

Scripps News December 18, 2023

Dr. Ilai Saltzman interviewed on Scripps News

IDF Troops Accidentally kill 3 hostages

The Diamondback April 01, 2022

How Language instructors are creating a gender-inclusive Hebrew

Every language in the world has a different relationship with gender. English sits with Finnish and Chinese with no grammatical gender, while the most commonly spoken languages in Europe and some in the Middle East use gender to classify their nouns.
The Diamondback February 28, 2022

UMD Students and Faculty Say They Want ‘Academic Freedom,’ Not Book Bans

First-year English graduate student Shannon Neal interviewed by the Diamondback.

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Mitzpeh

Jewish studies professor revives course on Mizrahi identity in Israel

September 08, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

In his 300-level class, Maryland professor Shay Hazkani will address a lesser-known issue in Israeli society: the state’s mistreatment of Mizrahi Jews

Congratulations to Dr. Vardit Lightstone!

September 06, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Dr. Vardit Lightstone dissertation recently accepted in completion of a dual PhD

Congratulations to Shay Hazkani! 2022 Korenblat Book Award Recipient

September 01, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Shay Hazkani is recipient of the 2022 Korenblat Book Award in Israel Studies.

ARHU Faculty Awarded Funding to ‘Reimagine Learning’

August 12, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, English, Communication, Art History and Archaeology, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, History

The grants are from UMD’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Center.

Documentary Film: The Soldier's Opinion based on Dr. Shay Hazkani's book, Dear Palestine

August 05, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Soldier's Opinion premiered in Jerusalem's Film Festival generated much interest.
The Jerusalem Post

Scott Lasensky in The Jerusalem Post

August 01, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The race between progressive Levin and moderate Stevens has got the attention of both AIPAC and J Street PACs
Religion & Politics

Scott Lasensky quoted in Religion & Politics

June 28, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Scott Lasensky mentioned in A Project of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics
eJPJ

Scott Lasensky in eJP news: Peoplehood in practice

June 15, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Scott Lasensky featured in eJP news

A Path to Research

May 17, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

McNair scholar and triple major Jared Bennett ’22 is following his curiosities about Mormonism to graduate school.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Shay Hazkani Discusses "The Intra-Jewish Struggle Against Racism”

May 17, 2022 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

The talk is part of a series centering ARHU faculty expertise on issues of systemic racism, inequality and social justice.