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The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies has a new home. Thanks to the generosity of UW alumni Jeffrey and Marvin Levy, CJS and 7 other academic units have moved into an elegantly designed, thoroughly modern …

By Carl Knaack (BA ’26) Triple major in Anthropology, Classical Humanities, and Religious Studies, with certificates in Jewish Studies, Archaeology, and Material Culture Studies I was invited on a tour of several important sites of …

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 …