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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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New Major Explores Roots of Western Religions

December 14, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History, Classics

‘Religions and Cultures of the Ancient Middle East’ pulls from Jewish studies, history and classics.

Israel Studies Review: Dec 2020 (Vol. 35, Issue 3)

December 01, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

This special issue, a joint initiative of the Israel Political Science Association (ISPSA) and Israel Studies Review, seeks to examine innovation in the Israeli political and societal sphere.

Miller Center: A Celebration Of Colleen Woods's New Book "Freedom Incorporated: Anticommunism And Philippine Independence In The Age Of Decolonization"

November 06, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, February 19, 2021 - 4:00 PM 

Miller Center: "Feel Normal," Presented By Tung-Hui Hu

November 04, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, December 4, 2020 - 3:30 PMThe Miller Center presents Feel Normal. Presented by Tung-Hui Hu of the University of Michigan. 

New Majors in Departments of Art, Communication and Jewish Studies

October 31, 2020 Communication, Art, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Four communication specializations and majors in immersive media design and ancient religions are among new offerings for ARHU students.

Miller Center Virtual Speaker Series: A Celebration Of Chris Bonner's New Book "Remaking The Republic: Black Politics And The Creation Of American Citizenship"

October 16, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, November 6, 2020 - 12:00 PM 

Miller Center Virtual Speaker Series: "The Archive Question" With Rosie B'sheer

October 16, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Friday, October 30, 2020 - 12:00 PM 

A Panel Discussion On Slavery Reparations - October 16

October 13, 2020 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies at the University of Maryland presentsFriday, October 16, at 4 pm EST via ZoomA Panel Discussion on Slavery Reparations 

Netanyahu And Annexation: Will He Or Won'T He?

June 15, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

When the Donald Trump-Jared Kushner “Deal of the Century” was unveiled in January, purporting to allow Israel to annex 30 percent of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed transfixed with joy.

The Next Generation Of Cyber Warfare Isn'T That Far

May 25, 2020 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

University of Haifa Professor Gabriel Weimann warns that future conflicts "will be fought mostly with a keyboard and a screen and not with tanks, planes or bombs."