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

UMD annual Dubin Family Lecture welcomes Israeli writer Etgar Keret

Israeli writer Etgar Keret speaks at the Dubin Lecture held at the Clarice Performing Arts Center on Sept. 16, 2024.
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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Watch Now: Strategic Partners: Exploring Israel-India Relations Under Modi's Leadership

March 27, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

This talk will delve into the evolving relationship between Israel and India, particularly in the context of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure and the contemporary geopolitical challenges both nations face.

Watch Now: Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine that Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict

March 27, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

A discussion with award-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated producer, Yardena Schwartz on the historical echoes of conflict in Israel and Palestine, from 1929-2023.

From Washington to Jerusalem: The Dynamics of US-Israel Relations with Dr. Ilai Saltzman

February 27, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Online lecture with Dr. Ilai Saltzman

Watch Now: Making an Umma: Kingship, Race and New Methods for Muslim History

February 27, 2025 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Five Points Lecture with Dr. Rachel Schine

Congratulations to Thair Abu Ras for successfully defending his dissertation

February 26, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Our colleague, Thair Abu Ras, successfully defended his PhD dissertation on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

Watch Now: The Future of US-Israel Defense Cooperation and Trump's Second Term as President

February 25, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

This special webinar will explore the evolving landscape of US-Israel defense cooperation, with a focus on the implications of Donald Trump's second term in office.

Watch Now: Book Talk: Israel's Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation's Founding Myth

February 07, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Israel's Black Panthers

Join Matt Suriano at The Catholic University on Saturday, Feb. 8th for a workshop on Really Dead Languages And Their Epigraphy II

February 07, 2025 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Really Dead Languages And Their Epigraphy II

Congrats to Charlie Summers on his recent published article in Al Noor!

February 04, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Effects of the 'Survey Land' Classification on Illegal Outpost Growth in the West Bank
EWTN News Nightly

Ilai Saltzman interviewed on EWTN News Nightly about the Trump-Netanyahu visit in the White House

February 04, 2025 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Saltzman addresses the Trump-Netanyahu meeting in the White House