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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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USA Today

In Israel, Staying Alert For Terror Is A Way Of Life

April 17, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies Director, Yoram Peri, says similar tactics could be used in the U.S.
HuffPost Live

Video: American Democracy

November 08, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Yoram Peri compares the democratic voting systems of the U.S. and Israel on HuffPost Live.
Associated Press

In Israel, Media Stars Are Turning To Politics

November 03, 2012 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Four prominent Israeli TV anchors and news pundits are leaving their jobs and running for parliament in Israel's upcoming elections.
NPR

Israeli Perspectives On Iran

September 10, 2012 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Some in Israel, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have been speaking out about the need to act aggressively against Iran, with or without the support of the U.S.
Washington Post

Yes, Mitt Romney’S Mormonism Is Fair Game

June 06, 2012 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Paul L. Scham of the Gildenhorn Institute of Israel Studies responds to the Romney campaign's comparison of Mormonism and Judaism.

Study Abroad In Israel

February 15, 2012 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies announces a new archaeological field course in Tel Burna, Israel.
The Jewish Daily Forward

Proposed Unity Pledge Spurs More Debate

November 04, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD Director of Israeli Studies debates proposed unity pledge for bipartisanship in Israel. By Nathan Guttman, The Jewish Daily Forward
NPR

The Palestinian Bid And The Possible Outcomes

September 20, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Yoram Peri, director of Israel Studies, weighs-in on the Palestinian request for statehood.By Alan Greenblatt, NPR

2011-2012 New Faculty Appointments

September 02, 2011 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Arabic, Persian, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

College of Arts & Humanities welcomes new cohort of 13 faculty to campus. Updated: Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Gildenhorn Institute Welcomes Israel Studies Scholarly Journal

July 29, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD’s Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies becomes the new headquarters for an updated scholarly journal.