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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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The Diamondback

‘Remind Ourselves of Each Other’s Humanity’

February 20, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Open mic night raises funds for Turkey, Syria.
The Diamondback

'Remind ourselves of each other's humanity': Open mic night raises funds for Turkey, Syria

February 19, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The event was meant to provide an opportunity for healing and reflection for the university community. Schine said that in the increasingly global world we live in, it’s important to remember the humanity of others.
Haaretz

J Street Bashers Back Off: AIPAC Backs America and Israel's Most Dangerous Right-wingers

February 13, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

AIPAC demands that American Jews leave their consciences and values at the door.

Washington Jewish Week

To be a (Visa)-free People

February 08, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Every American Jewish community, Greater Washington included, should pay careful attention and be prepared to lend its support and engage other stakeholder communities, including Arab-Americans, who also have important equities at play.

Congratulations to Shay Hazkani: Best Book in Israel Studies 2022 Winner

January 30, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War by Shay Hazkani wins Best Book

2022 Study of Collections Fellowship Report: The Unpublished Materials of Charles Clermont-Ganneau

January 30, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Matthew Suriano 2022 summer research in London's British Museum

Maryland Today

UMD Announces Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Award Recipients

January 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English, School of Music, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Program supports faculty projects with grants.
The Washington Post

Opinion | We must turn the tide on antisemitism

January 08, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The Jan. 4 front-page article “Family wakes up to signs of hate in own front yard” raised a point that is unequivocally true: Acts of antisemitism are on the rise.
The Times of Israel

Choreographing Peoplehood: 2022 peak moments

January 06, 2023 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Scott Lasensky blog post, The Times of Israel