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  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.

Last year, in spring 2022, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of African American Studies embarked on a joint initiative to encourage cross-disciplinary study of African Americans and Jews. The initiative will consist …

Prof. Sunny Yudkoff, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and German, Nordic, & Slavic+, has been awarded the 2022 Phillip R. Certain & Gary D. Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty Award.  This annual award recognizes outstanding …