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History and Jewish Studies Major Ryken Farr Attends Seven-Week Yiddish Language Intensive

Ryken Farr, who is also minoring in German and Museum & Curatorial Studies, traveled to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts in Summer 2024

Latinx Heritage Month 2024

Honoring our Chicanx and Latinx students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community partners.

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Correcting the Record for Jeannette Frank

Not all projects involving Holocaust survivors are massive undertakings, but they are all important.

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February 09, 2025

The Dreyfus Affair and the Transformation of Jewish Identity

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany. After a hasty court martial and humiliating…