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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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Obama'S Latest Israeli-Palestinian Peace Proposal Is Met With Disapproval

May 20, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Yoram Peri weighs-in on Obama's proposed solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Moment

What Is Israel's Next Move In The New Middle East?

May 04, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Israel Studies Director,Yoram Peri, weighs-in on what he thinks should be the next step for Israel.Interviews by Niv Elis, Moment

Laqueur To Be Honored At Israel Studies Conference

March 02, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Tribute to wide-ranging and influential historian and public intellectual Walter Laqueur.
InTheMoment

Israel Next On Arab Revolutionary Agendas

February 28, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Israel Studies Director, Professor Yoram Peri, weighs in on the conflict in the Middle East and what it means for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Washington Jewish Week

Values Clash - Jews Hypocritical On Democracy In Middle East?

February 23, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

As Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime collapsed earlier this month, many Jewish groups were quick to release statements awash in optimism and hope.
Diamondback

Translating Turmoil

February 10, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD experts and students weigh in on what the revolts in Egypt will mean to the country's future and the world.
Diamondback

Video: Trying To Provide An Explanation

February 09, 2011 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Video: A panel of UMD experts discuss the conflict in Egypt.
JTA

Cash Infusion Saves U. Of Maryland Yiddish Program

February 04, 2011 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

UMD's Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies' Yiddish program gets another two years thanks to outside donors.
The Huffington Post

Israel As A "Mansion In The Jungle"

January 24, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UMD's Israel Studies Director Yoram Peri weighs in on Israel's Ehud Barak and his recent decisions.
UM Newsdesk

University Of Maryland To Release Three Major Middle East Attitude Surveys

December 06, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

UM faculty featured in "Attitudes Toward the Middle East Peace Process: Surveys of Arab and Jewish Opinion in Israel and Public Opinion in the U.S."WHAT: