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Looking Back: Jews in the Civil Rights Movement at the UW-Madison

Posted on December 9, 2020

This year the UW-Madison witnessed calls for racial justice and protests more intense than any since the 1960s. Historian Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, a CJS honorary fellow, describes that turbulent decade and the role of …

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AJS panel featuring CJS Professors Brenner and Dobbs to be live-streamed

Posted on December 8, 2020

Two CJS faculty members, Rachel Brenner and Teryl Dobbs, are taking part in a panel that has been selected for live-streaming at the upcoming annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. See below for …

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Faculty News: Q&A with Chontel Syfox, New CJS Faculty Affiliate

Posted on November 30, 2020

This fall the Mosse/Weinstein Center welcomes a new faculty affiliate, Chontel Syfox, Assistant Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Professor Syfox holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame University. …

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Alumni News: A UW Alumna’s Journey into Journalism and Jewish Studies

Posted on November 17, 2020

Journalist Dina Kraft Draws Deeply on Her Training in Historical Research When Dina Kraft was growing up in Maryland the UW wasn’t even on her radar. On the advice of a high school friend, Kraft …

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Recordings of 2020 Tobias Lectures Now Available

Posted on October 12, 2020

The 2020 Tobias Lectures were held (virtually) last week, featuring two lectures with Prof. Moshe Halbertal of NYU and Hebrew University. Recordings of both lectures are now available. You find them below or on the …

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New Courses Offered for Fall Semester

Posted on September 15, 2020

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

Posted on September 15, 2020

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 …

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Sunny Yudkoff Named Director of the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture

Posted on September 15, 2020

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sunny Yudkoff in her new role as the director of the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, which is now under the auspices of the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. …

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Statement of Solidarity in Support of George Floyd

Posted on June 12, 2020

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.  …

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From Aspiring Virologist to Religious Studies Professor: Introducing CJS Faculty Affiliate Cara Rock-Singer

Posted on June 9, 2020

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. …

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