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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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"Israel The Jewish State?": Conference Experts Assess Impact Of Religious Identity, Democratic Pluralism

March 14, 2010 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Hebrew

University of Maryland/ Media AlertMarch 4, 2010 Israel the Jewish State?Top Israel Experts Will Assess Impact of Religious Identity, Democratic Pluralism  WHAT: 

Longtime Arhu Benefactor, Robert H. Smith, Passes At 81

January 04, 2010 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

It Is My Sad Duty To Inform You That Robert H. Smith, Longtime Benefactor For The College Of Arts And Humanities And The University Of Maryland, Died Suddenly On Tuesday, December 29, 2009. He Was 81.  mr. Smith And His Family’s Contributions...

Longtime Arhu Benefactor, Robert H. Smith, Passes At 81

January 04, 2010 College of Arts and Humanities, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

It is my sad duty to inform you that Robert H. Smith, longtime benefactor for the College of Arts and Humanities and the University of Maryland, died suddenly on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. He was 81.  Mr. Smith and his family’s contributions...
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2033

Maryland History Professor Researches Nazi-Arab Collaboration During World War Ii

December 01, 2009 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

For Immediate Release December 1, 2009 Contacts: David Ottalini, 301 405 4076 or dottalin@umd.edu By: Lauren Brown, UM NewsdeskCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - After four decades of studying Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, Maryland history Professor Jeffrey...

UMD's Israel Studies Announces New Minor

November 03, 2009 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

For Immediate ReleaseContacts: Nicky Everette, 301-405-6714 or meve@umd.eduCollege Park, Md. – The University of Maryland’s Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies recently announced the approval of its new undergraduate minor in Israel Studies.

New Arhu “I” Series Courses

October 30, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, English, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Music

Available spring 2010, the University of Maryland will pilot the new “I” Series courses as part of the General Education program.

Former Political Adviser To Late Israel Prime Minister Rabin Tapped To Lead New Institute For Israel Studies At The University Of Maryland

September 30, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 30, 2009Contacts: Nicky Everette, 301-405-6714 or meve@umd.edu