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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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Congratulations to Israel Studies grad student, Moran Stern, Phd candidate with the Department of Government & Politics!

April 10, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

A part of Moran Stern's dissertation has been accepted to be presented at a conference, at the University of Virginia.

Congratulations To Chen Mandel-Edrei, Israel Studies Grad Student, Who Successfully Defended Her Dissertation On Wednesday March 25, 2020.

March 25, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Israel Studies grad student, Chen Mandel- Edrei successfully defended her dissertation on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.

Israel Studies Review Gets Ranked Into The Citation Index

February 21, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

The Israel Studies Review, edited since 2011 by Yoram Peri and Paul Scham of the Gildenhorn Institute, on behalf of the Association for Israel Studies ( the ISR is the official academic journal of the AIS), gets ranked into the Citation Index.

Announcing A New Major: Religions Of The Ancient Middle East

February 20, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The University of Maryland system has approved a new major, Religions of the Ancient Middle East (RAME).

New Scholarships For Jwst Majors

February 10, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Meyerhoff Center is pleased to announce new scholarships available to Jewish Studies majors.

The Next Israeli Election: The Triumph Of The Fringes?

January 22, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

If you think you’ve heard a lot about Israeli elections recently, you’re not having déjà vu; in fact this is the third Israeli general election in less than 11 months.

The Widening Military-Political Gap In Israel

January 20, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Even though Israel practices the “instru­mentalist model”, meaning that the mili­tary executes policies set by the government, another model coexist.

The Importance Of College Classes About Israel

January 12, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

The new Board Chair of the Israel Institute explains why the mission of bringing accessible, high-level courses about Israel to university campuses is so crucial.

Photos from the Greek Concert on November 7!

November 15, 2019 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Pictures from the Greek concert on Nov 7! In this photo is Ellie Falaris Ganelin, UMD alumna and flutist who organized the concert 

20Th Century Japan Research Awards For 2019-2020 Application Information

October 29, 2019 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2019-2020