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Jewish Studies graduate students Kathryn Huether and Meghan Zibby recently presented papers at the 5th Annual University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts Graduate Symposium: Constructing Humanity , February 26-38, 2015. Huether , MA Candidate in Religious Studies, presented a paper entitled "Defining Religious Music through the Conception and...

Sasha Senderovich presented a paper on Soviet Jewish culture at the international conference on "The Art of Cultural Translation: Performing Jewish Traditions in Modern Times" at the University of Oxford, UK, in January. In February he presented "Hammer and Pickle: Jewish Humor in the Soviet Union" in 麻豆官网's Congregation Bonai...

Elias Sacks , Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Program in Jewish Studies, recently published an essay on strategies for attracting students to humanities courses. Entitled 鈥淓xpanding the Jewish Studies Classroom: Citizenship, Vulnerability, and the Trinity,鈥� the essay appears on the website of the...

David Coons joins the CU 麻豆官网 community from Englewood, CO, and is a double major in Jewish Studies and Studio Art, emphasizing in Photography and Digital Art. David is currently studying abroad in Glasgow, Scotland for the Spring 2015 semester. During his study abroad, he will be taking Jewish Studies...

David Shneer , Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, was recently selected as a recipient of the BFA Faculty Recognition Award by the 麻豆官网's 麻豆官网 Faculty Assembly . This award is given to faculty members who...

Brian Catlos , Professor of Religious Studies, recently published an article entitled "Religious Nationalism Finds a Footing in the Middle East" in The Washington Post. Read the article here

Liora Halperin , Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, recently received a grant from the Hadassah Brandeis Institute to support her research on the murder of a Zionist migrant, presumably by a local Christian Arab, in Ottoman Palestine. Congratulations Professor Halperin! Check out Prof. Halperin's recent book, Babel in Zion

Eyal Rivlin , Hebrew Instructor, will be playing guitar and leading chanting with his wife, Danya Rivlin, at the Shabbaton and concert " Davvenology: The Secret of Mystic Prayer ," led by Rabbi Shir Yaakov Feit, January 9-10. This event, whose theme is inspired by the work of Rabbi Zalman...

Nan Goodman , Professor of English, recently attended the Association for Jewish Studies conference in Baltimore, December 16-17, 2014. Nan also led a session at a colloquium at Brown University on Law's Moving Image (12/12-12/13). Nan's session concerned the way both Judgment at Nuremburg , the 1961 film by Stanley...

Nick Underwood , PhD Candidate in History, is excited to announce that his article "Dressing the Modern Jewish Communist Girl in Interwar Paris," was formally accepted for publication in the journal French Politics, Culture & Society . It will appear in 2016. Nick will be teaching Intro to Jewish Studies...