Join our Community
Support ToI and remove all ads
Learn more
×

Jewish studies

Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010. (IT Communications Office via Wikimedia Commons)
November 11, 2025, 10:27 pm
New Jewish studies head at Indiana University squares off with anti-Israel student
Detractors decry Prof. Günther Jikeli for booting Ph.D student from Zoom over ‘Free Palestine’ image, denying her a travel grant, while supporters cautiously join academic freedom fight
By Andrew Lapin
Robert Jay Lifton in a 2009 documentary based on his book, "The Nazi Doctors." (Wolfgang Richter/National Center for Jewish Film via JTA)
September 10, 2025, 4:59 am
Robert Jay Lifton, a pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99
Lifton was known for his book ‘The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide,’ later explaining he was fascinated by the ‘reversal of healing and killing’
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
EMIH chief rabbi Shlomo Koves, center left, meets with Hungarian Education Minister Balazs Hanko, center right, in Budapest on February 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 18, 2025, 4:26 am
Hungary’s Education Ministry approves new university-level Jewish studies program
The EMIH-run Milton Friedman University in Budapest will offer undergraduate and graduate programs, with the MA track available online in English for international students
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students protesting against the war in Gaza, and passersby walking through Harvard Yard, are seen next to the statue of John Harvard, the first major benefactor of Harvard College, draped in the Palestinian flag, at an encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
December 12, 2024, 4:04 am
At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism
Jewish Studies faculty from around the United States convene in Cambridge this week to dissect an ongoing period of unprecedented hostility
By Rich Tenorio
Bettina Farack, a research fellow at the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, speaks about the Library of Lost Books initiative during a launch event in Berlin in November 2023. (Courtesy Weiner Library via JTA)
July 6, 2024, 3:59 am
Amateur detectives invited to join search for lost Jewish library looted by Nazis
Researchers from the Leo Baeck Institute seek to virtually reunite 60,000 texts from the modern liberal Higher Institute for Jewish Studies in Berlin, destroyed in the Holocaust
By Shira Li Bartov
PROMOTED CONTENT
May 7, 2023, 10:15 am
Discovering 3D Judaism, Israel and the Holocaust at the University of Haifa
UHaifa International offers three interlinking master’s programs with a multi-level understanding of Judaism, the Holocaust and the State of Israel
By Galit Diamant
Melissa Klapper stands with 'Jeopardy!' host Ken Jennings during her March 2023 appearance on the show. (Courtesy Sony/Jeopardy!)
March 25, 2023, 4:40 am
Jewish studies prof. wins $60k on ‘Jeopardy!’ — despite missing Yom Kippur question
Melissa Klapper talks about her Jewish background, her research interests and the experience of filming the high-stakes quiz show
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Students and pedestrians attend a cultural event at the University of Vienna, Austria, April 12, 2015. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 7, 2021, 9:03 pm
Vienna university offers $9,000 scholarship for young Jewish studies researchers
Two scholars will win Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Young Scholar Awards every 2 years, Austrian institution announces
By Cnaan Liphshiz
London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. (Google street view)
August 20, 2020, 10:51 am
Anatomy of a rumor: London U says Hebrew year abroad not nixed, despite reports
After online criticism over dorms on ‘occupied territory,’ Dr. Yair Wallach claps back at wagging tongues on both sides of the political divide, says language program will continue
By Jenni Frazer
An Israeli flag is seen in the E1 area of the West Bank on January 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2020, 6:34 pm
400 Jewish studies scholars denounce annexation as a ‘crime against humanity’
Academics sign letter saying Israel’s extension of sovereignty over parts of West Bank lands would create ‘apartheid conditions’
By Ben Sales
A new facsimile of the 14th-century Sarajevo Hagaddah was on display, and for sale, by the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the exhibit hall at the Association of Jewish Studies convention, held in Boston, Mass., Dec. 16-18, 2018. (Penny Schwartz/JTA)
December 19, 2018, 4:41 am
Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field
Some 1,200 Jewish studies scholars gather in Boston for a three-day conference
By Penny Schwartz
Perpetrators of an elaborate hoax against academic journals (from left) mathematics Ph.D. James Lindsay, UK academic Helen Pluckrose and philosophy professor Peter Boghossian. (courtesy)
October 5, 2018, 5:08 pm
Duped academic journal publishes rewrite of ‘Mein Kampf’ as feminist manifesto
To highlight alleged intellectual bias in university ‘grievance studies’ programs, three scholars write 20 absurd papers; seven are accepted to top publications
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Chantal Ringuet at Masada during a 2012 Israel visit. (Courtesy)
July 28, 2018, 11:08 pm
Leonard Cohen turned this Montreal francophone into a champion of Jewish culture
Raised Catholic, scholar and writer Chantal Ringuet learned Yiddish in order to make her city’s rich heritage available to fellow French Canadians
By Robert Sarner
Prof. Steven P. Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania's Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and Religion (courtesy)
March 7, 2018, 11:54 pm
To dig up genesis of the Jewish people, a scholar goes back to the sources
National Jewish Book Award winner Steven Weitzman’s ‘The Origin of the Jews’ is an odyssey into a nation’s most basic need: To understand where it comes from
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Part of the draw for scholars attending the 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on August 6-10, 2017, is the chance to catch up with old friends. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
August 10, 2017, 4:46 pm
At 70, Jerusalem’s Jewish Studies ‘Olympics’ still a good brain workout
Held every four years, the World Congress of Jewish Studies brings together the field’s finest with those who want to walk in their footsteps
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Load More
Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community
Paying ToI Community members are invited to comment on articles
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By joining you agree to the terms and conditions
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Join The Times of Israel Community
Only ToI Community members can comment below articles
Forgot your password? / Send me a login link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.
Join The Times of Israel Community
Commenting is available for paying members of The Times of Israel Community only. Please join our Community to comment and enjoy other Community benefits.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Confirm Mail
Thank you! Now check your email
You are now a member of The Times of Israel Community! We sent you an email with a login link to . Once you're set up, you can start enjoying Community benefits and commenting.
Back to top
Never miss breaking news on Israel
Get notifications to stay updated
You're subscribed
image
Register for free
and continue reading
Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.
Please use the following structure: example@domain.com
Or Continue with
By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.
Register to continue
Or Continue with
Log in to continue
Sign in or Register
I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link
Or Continue with
check your email
Check your email
We sent an email to you at .
It has a link that will sign you in.