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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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Washington Early American Seminar

September 13, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies is pleased to announce the upcoming schedule for the Washington Early American Seminar. 

Old Regime And Terror In France

September 06, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, History

Check out our events page for more details on the upcoming symposium entitled Old Regime and Terror in France. 

A Tale Of Two Speeches

May 01, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Rabbi Avi Shafran had the honor of making two public presentations in recent days, one to second graders at the impressive Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in Southfield, Michigan; and the other to students and members of the public at UMD.

The Real Story Behind Gaza'S Marches: The Gazans Who Chose To Stay Home

April 24, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

An analysis written by Moran Stern, a PhD candidtate in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland and a graduate fellow in Advanced Israel Studies, featured in Ynetnews.

Check Out The Coverage Of Our Event With Michael Twitty

April 09, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Chef Michael Twitty talks about Black-Jewish identity through food

Weapons Of Mass Media

January 24, 2018 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Director, and Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair of Israel Studies, Yoram Peri’s new book, “Mediatizing Wars: Power, Paradox and Israel’s Strategic Dilemma” featured in The Jerusalem Post.
The Mitzpeh

University Of Michigan Professor Explains How Emigration Created Israeli Identity

November 22, 2017 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

University of Michigan Professor Bryan Roby sat before students and scholars and explained the Jewish relationship between Israel and the diaspora.

2017-18 Scholarship Recipients

November 16, 2017 Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Chinese, German Studies, Persian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU is pleased to announce the 2017-18 Senior Scholars, Scholarship Recipients and Freshmen Scholars.

Mazel Tov To Our Jewish Studies Major David Malamud

November 08, 2017 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies Major David Malamud receives 2017 Dean's Senior Scholars Award

Fall 2017 Arhu Leadership Announcements

October 10, 2017 History, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Linguistics, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

New leadership appointments for the 2017-18 academic year.