Prof. Michael Lower discusses how a love of soccer led him to research the legendary Jewish sports club Hakoah and how they triumphed and survived in the face of overwhelming…
The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures hosts a series of discussions with scholars from all over the world. Their goal? To reflect on their past…
The Twin Cities Houses of Worship Project (HOW) and its partners announce a two-day community oriented opportunity to learn about and engage with the intertwining histories of…
On November 14-25, 2022, the Center for Jewish Studies hosted a symposium, “The Contemporary Piyyut: Global Networks of Middle Eastern and North African Music.”
This talk will explore the ways Iranian Jews get to assert their place. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Muslim identity became almost synonymous with the…
Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia came to Israel mainly in two waves: Operation Moses (1984-85) and Operation Solomon (1991), geographically and culturally crossing the world…
Rabbinic literature is full of instructions for how people should spend their time, from the daily prayers they must recite each morning and evening, to the way they ought to…
The first century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius tells the story of an ancient Mesopotamian queen, Helena of Adiabene, who converted to Judaism and made a pilgrimage to…
