This fall students can take five new courses through Jewish Studies: Jewish Humor, Israeli Culture in Music and Film, Muslims and Jews, Sexual Violence in the Bible, and Anne Frank. In Sunny Yudkoff’s Jewish Humor, …
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Upcoming Tobias Lectures with Moshe Halbertal
On October 7 and 8 please join us via Zoom for two talks by Moshe Halbertal of New York University. Presented through our Tobias Lecture Series, established by Marjorie and Harry Tobias, each talk will …
Statement of Solidarity in Support of George Floyd
The faculty of the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies wish to express our anguish and anger over the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and other African American victims of racial aggression. …
From Aspiring Virologist to Religious Studies Professor: Introducing CJS Faculty Affiliate Cara Rock-Singer
At the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, Assistant Professor Cara Rock-Singer was teaching a course on Religion, Science, and Medicine when she started seeing reports about an outbreak of a new virus in China. …
Chad Gibbs finds Wisconsin Connection in Holocaust Research
In Search of Survivors: A 12,000-Mile Research Trip from Madison to Jerusalem and Back By Chad S.A. Gibbs As a graduate student conducting Holocaust research in Jerusalem last fall, I hardly expected that my findings …
Adapting to Change: Resilience and resourcefulness in the time of COVID-19
When UW–Madison students returned from winter break on January 21, they poured into lecture halls and dining halls, queued up at their favorite State Street cafes, and resumed their campus routines. The first hint of …
Two new courses offered for Fall 2020