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
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Like the rest of the world, Israel is dealing with a serious coronavirus outbreak, though by most measures it is coping with it (so far) somewhat better than many other countries.
Israel Studies grad student, Moran Stern, PhD candidate with the Department of Government and Politics at the Univesity of Maryland, College Park, paper, part of his dissertation, has been accepted to be presented at a conference.
Israel Studies grad student, Chen Mandel- Edrei successfully defended her dissertation on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
The Israel Studies Review, edited since 2011 by Yoram Peri and Paul Scham of the Gildenhorn Institute, on behalf of the Association for Israel Studies ( the ISR is the official academic journal of the AIS), gets ranked into the Citation Index.
The University of Maryland system has approved a new major, Religions of the Ancient Middle East (RAME).
The Meyerhoff Center is pleased to announce new scholarships available to Jewish Studies majors.
If you think you’ve heard a lot about Israeli elections recently, you’re not having déjà vu; in fact this is the third Israeli general election in less than 11 months.
Even though Israel practices the “instrumentalist model”, meaning that the military executes policies set by the government, another model coexist.
The new Board Chair of the Israel Institute explains why the mission of bringing accessible, high-level courses about Israel to university campuses is so crucial.
Pictures from the Greek concert on Nov 7! In this photo is Ellie Falaris Ganelin, UMD alumna and flutist who organized the concert