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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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Washington Jewish Week

In Maryland, Two Friends Relive Four Minutes Of Terror

February 10, 2016 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Israeli journalist Shlomi Eldar and Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish relive the horror that occured when an Israeli missile hit Dr. Abueliash's home killing four of his daughters in 2009.
Washington Jewish Week

I Shall Not Hate; A Theatrical Presentation And Discussion

February 08, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Mosaic Theater Company of DC and the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies will discuss and present a personal story about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
IPI Global Observatory

The Iran-Saudi-Us Balancing Act: Something Must Give

January 29, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

Paul Scham, executive director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at UMD, discusses conflict in Iran and Saudi Arabia and its effect on US ties.

The Syrian Crisis And Israeli Security Challenges

December 17, 2015 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

GIIS director Prof. Yoram Peri discussed Israeli viewpoints and national security calculations vis-à-vis the events in Syria at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

GIIS Establishes Ties With Chinese Universities

November 19, 2015 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Academic interest in Israel Studies is growing at a rapid pace throughout China, and Prof. Peri met with a number of scholars and administrators at Chinese universities and institutions.

Giis Honors Rabin With Middle East Talk

November 05, 2015 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies (GIIS) honors Rabin at its annual Dubin Lecture.
Baltimore Jewish Times

Everything I Believe In

September 04, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Meet J Street U's new Muslim president, Amna Farooqi.
Washington Jewish Week

Not In My Name: Jewish Institutions Should Stop Their Criticism Of Iran Deal

August 05, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Paul Scham of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies expresses his opinions about the Iran Deal in his op-ed.
The Diamondback

Writer Sayed Kushua Addresses Life As A Palestinian Citizen Of Israel In Talk

February 26, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

The writer spoke to a crowd of about 80 people on Wednesday in the Stamp Student Union.
The Diamondback

Writer Sayed Kashua Addresses Life As Palestinian Citizen Of Israel In Talk

February 25, 2015 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Palestinian citizen of Israel Sayed Kashua was surprised when a public school in Champaign, Illionois registration forms had no race option for Arab, Jewish, or Israeli.