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 and partners are hosting a two-day community event about the histories of the Jewish and Black communities in North Minneapolis.
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.”
Hanne Løland Levinson's new book is the first book to systematically investigate the texts in the Hebrew Bible in which a character expresses a wish to die.
On April 9, 2021, Natan Paradise, Associate Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, spoke on “Religion and the Double Erasure of Jews on Campus” as part of “Religion…
The Center for Jewish Studies is excited to announce the publication of a new book by Amy Kaminsky (Professor Emerita, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies), The Other/Argentina…
Professor Emerita Riv-Ellen Prell in the Department of American Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies collaborated with Archivist Katie Dietrick to create an…