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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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2017-18 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

June 05, 2017 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congratulations to 24 faculty awardees.
The Mitzpeh

Visiting Ucla Professor Discusses Moroccan Jewish Identity, Effects Of Tourism

April 06, 2017 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Aomar Boum, a socio-cultural anthropologist discuss the effects of the intergral history of Jewish culture and presence in Morocco and other Arab countires on the people and governments.

Congrats To The Recipients Of The 20Th Century Japan Research Awards!

February 28, 2017 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Congratulations to the recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2016-2017!

What Is A 'One-State' Solution?

February 22, 2017 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Wars: Power, Paradox and Israel’s Strategic Dilemma” featured in The Jerusalem Post.Director, and Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair of Israel Studies, Yoram Peri featured in Washington Jewish Week; as he weighs in on the ‘one-state’ solution.

Washington Jewish Week

Israeli Stage Tackles Tough Issues In Translation

February 16, 2017 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Play encourages a second look at the simplistic understanding of gender, identity and womanhood.

Graduate Student Film Series To Continue

January 27, 2017 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Miller Center's Graduate Student Film Series will continue its Maryland Film Series this spring.

Eckstein's 'Bad Moon Rising' Reviews In The Chronicle Of Higher Education

January 27, 2017 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Eckstein's 'Bad Moon Rising: How the Weather Underground Beat the FBI and Lost the Revolution," was reviewed in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Diamondback

President Trump's Plan To Defund Two Endowments Threatens Umd Arts And Humanities Funding

January 26, 2017 History, American Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Honors Humanities, School of Music, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

At UMD, federal funding supports work being done in the "true public sphere, not just the elite public sphere."
Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre

Palestinian Politics After Abbas

September 01, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Paul Scham weighs in on Israeli-Palestinian relations in a post-Abbas era.

Jerusalem Post: If You Build Israel Studies, They Will Come

August 30, 2016 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Mitchell Bard highlights the University of Maryland's exceptional Israel Studies program.