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Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

A Conversation with Professor Marsha Rozenblit

Professor Marsha Rozenblit featured in Mitzpeh
December 18, 2023 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Dr. Ilai Saltzman interviewed on Scripps News

IDF Troops Accidentally kill 3 hostages

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.

In the News

The Baltimore Banner October 07, 2024

US Senate candidates Hogan, Alsobrooks navigate complex Middle East policy

Dr. Ilai Saltzman weights in on The Baltimore Banner.
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.

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Recording: The Aftermath of the General Election in Israel

November 02, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Panelists explore the outcomes of Israel's 2026 general elections.

Israeli Elections Debrief with Dr. Ilai Saltzman

October 30, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Dr. Saltzman will walk us through the results and discuss "what's next" -- for the Knesset, and for Israeli politics more broadly.

Israel at a Crossroads: The Electoral Outcome and Its Domestic and Regional Implications with Dr. Saltzman

October 30, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

What do Israel’s elections tell us about the country’s political future—and what might change after the votes are counted?

Recording: The Suez Crisis at 70: History and Contemporary Relevance

October 19, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

How the 1956 Suez Crisis reshaped the Middle East and global politics.

RAME and History major Eitan Cassway summer 2026 archaeological excavation in Tel Shaddud

October 01, 2026 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

With a scholarship from the Meyerhoff Center, Eitan Cassway, a double major student in RAME and History shares his summer 2026 archaeological excavation.

Dr. Ilai Saltzman interviewed on BBC News with Geeta Guru-Murthy

September 23, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Dr. Saltzman gives a brief comment about the prospects of the Two-State solution.

RTVI

Ilai Saltzman interviewed on RTVI on September 2, 2026

September 02, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Ilai Saltzman interviewed about Gaza and the war in Iran
Washington Jewish Week

Local Israelis Explain Israeli Elections

August 25, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

As Israelis prepare to head to the polls for the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, the D.C. area’s Jewish community is tuned in through educational programming.

Scholars Circle with Dr. Ilai Saltzman- The 2026 Israeli Elections: What's at Stake for Israel and the Jewish World?

August 20, 2026 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

The 2026 Israeli Elections: What's at Stake for Israel and the Jewish World?

Fall 2026 Leadership Appointments

July 06, 2026 ARHU2, Arts for All, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, Digital Cultures & Creativity, English, Honors Humanities, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture , The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities announces new leadership appointments.