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CJS mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Roslyn Greenfield, a longtime CJS supporter and co-founder, with husband Larry Greenfield, of the Greenfield Summer Institute. Ros passed away peacefully on the morning of June …

  Incoming CJS Director and Lipton Professor of Jewish Studies Beginning this fall, Nina Caputo will become the Lipton Professor of Jewish Studies and the Center’s next director. Caputo joins us from the University Florida, …

  Jordan Rosenblum’s book For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig has received a National Jewish Book Award in the category of Jewish Food Writing and Cookbooks (the Jane and Stu­art Weitz­man Fam­i­ly Award). Congratulations to Jordan! …

Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum on the publication of his new book: For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig. To hear more about the book before you buy it, you can read this …

CJS mourns the recent loss of Marjorie Singer Tobias (BS ’50), an alumna of UW-Madison and lifetime member of the CJS Board of Visitors. Tobias passed away on November 27th at the age of 95. …

CJS mourns the recent loss of Harvey M. Meyerhoff (BBA ‘48), an alumnus of UW-Madison and a founding member of the CJS Board of Visitors. Meyerhoff passed away on August 6 at the age of …

This fall Jordan Rosenblum (Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies) begins his first term as CJS Director, as Tony Michels (George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish …

The UW Foundation’s spring newsletter features a story about Cheryl Temkin, Chair of the Center for Jewish Studies’ Board of Visitors. You can read the full story here.