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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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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.
Washington Jewish Week

Israel Votes: The Mideast Soap Opera

February 06, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Lives and policies will hinge on the results of the upcoming Israeli elections, Paul Scham, executive director for The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, writes in Washington Jewish Week.

Chs 2013-2014 Annual Report

December 09, 2014 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Click on the link below to view our 2013-2014 annual report.
The Diamondback

Israeli Ambassador Visits Univ. Of Md., Discusses Differences In Countries

November 06, 2014 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Ron Dermer, Israeli ambassador, focused on three aspects of Israel that he said make the nation unique: its small size, unique political culture and citizens, "deep sense of solidarity."
The Washington Post

‘Oh, God,’ A Touring Israeli Play, Comes To University Of Maryland

October 16, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Peter Marks of The Washington Post reviews this play hosted by the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies.

This Year, Giis Welcomes Its First Journalist-In-Residence, Shlomi Eldar.

October 01, 2014 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Mr. Eldar is a contributing writer for the Al-Monitor's Israel Pulse covering Palestinian Authority and th surfacing of Hamas.
The Diamondback

Students Debate Volatile Situation In Gaza

September 04, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

A group of 150 students, faculty and guest panelists gathered in the Stamp Student Union's Atrium to discuss the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure

August 29, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, 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

Fourteen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.