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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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Jewish Studies Professor Honored for Research on Ancient Israel

November 10, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Matthew J. Suriano's book explores the representations of death in the Hebrew Bible.

20Th Century Japan Research Awards For 2018-2019 Application Information

October 26, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2018-2019
The Diamondback

Polish Professor Shares His Research on Hasidic Judaism with UMD Community

October 16, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Marcin Wodziński spent 12 years mapping out pre-war Hasidism in Eastern Europe.

Call For Papers: Jews And State Building In Early Modern Italy

September 26, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Jews and State Building in Early Modern Italy May 5-7, 2019 University of Maryland, College Park Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion and Tenure

September 25, 2018 American Studies, Art, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics

22 faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities have received promotion and/or tenure.

Washington Early American Seminar 2018-2019

September 13, 2018 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies is pleased to announce the upcoming schedule for the Washington Early American Seminar. 

Old Regime And Terror In France

September 06, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Check out our events page for more details on the upcoming symposium entitled Old Regime and Terror in France. 

A Tale Of Two Speeches

May 01, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Rabbi Avi Shafran had the honor of making two public presentations in recent days, one to second graders at the impressive Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield, Michigan; and the other to students and members of the public at UMD.

The Real Story Behind Gaza'S Marches: The Gazans Who Chose To Stay Home

April 24, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

An analysis written by Moran Stern, a PhD candidtate in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland and a graduate fellow in Advanced Israel Studies, featured in Ynetnews.

Check Out The Coverage Of Our Event With Michael Twitty

April 09, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Chef Michael Twitty talks about Black-Jewish identity through food