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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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2023-2024 Israel Studies Minor Scholarship Recipient, Cody Flerlage

May 15, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Congratulations to Cody Flerlage!

Watch Now: Contested Cuisines: Food and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

May 15, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Prof. Ilan Zvi Baron explores the role of food and culinary traditions in this intractable conflict, highlighting how dishes, cooking practices, and cooking books can serve as another domain of conflict.

Watch Now: Environmental Cooperation and the Israel-Hamas War

April 26, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Dr. Adina Friedman, Dr. Yael Teff Seker, Jawdat Kassab, and Liel Maghen speaks about environmental issues and conflict as it pertains to the Israel- Hamas War

Shay Hazkani honored at the Maryland Research Excellence Celebration

April 18, 2024 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Congratulations to Shay Hazkani
Correio Braziliense Mundo

Dr. Ilai Saltzman interviewed on April 11th in Brazilian newspaper.

April 12, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Dr. Ilai Saltzman weighs in about the tension between Israel and Iran.
Correio Braziliense

Ilai Saltzman interviewed in Brazilian newspaper

April 05, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Dr. Ilai Saltzman interviewed in Brazilian newspaper

Watch Now: Teaching About Israel in a Time of Conflict

April 02, 2024 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

A discussion with Prof. Arie Dubnov and Dr. Lauren B. Strauss, moderated by Dr. Ilai Saltzman.

Watch now: The Media and the Israel-Hamas War

March 13, 2024 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Dr. Anat Balint and Dr. Marwa Maziad examine the role of the media in shaping public perceptions and understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict, with a specific focus on international and Israeli media perspectives.

Watch now: Europe and the Israel-Hamas War

February 26, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Prof. Joanna Dyduch and Prof. Sharon Pardo address the Israeli perspective on Europe's approach to the Israel-Hamas War.

The Conversation

Gaza war: blaming Israel for October 7 Hamas attack makes peace less-not more- likely

February 21, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The UK Labour party recently withdrew support for one of its parliamentary candidates for making comments that perpetuated antisemitic stereotypes.