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Watch Recording: Annual Rothschild Lecture on "Campus Speech About Jews After October 7"
The October 29th Rothschild lecture saw impressive attendance! Check out a recording of Prof. Sigal Ben-Porath's presentation, “Campus Speech About Jews After October 7.” Watch here >>
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Prof. Don Seeman Utilizes TIJS Grant to Research the Rise of America's Newest Jewish Holy Site
It did not make headlines in the secular media, but former President Donald Trump recently became the first American presidential candidate to visit the grave, or ohel, of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe in the old Montefiore Jewish Cemetery in Queens, NY. Whatever this may say about American politics, it says a great deal about the continually expanding influence and recognition of the Chabad Hasidic movement, despite the loss of their Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendl Schneerson, thirty years ago in 1994. With the help of the Tam Institute, Prof. Don Seeman has been researching the rise of this newest American Jewish holy site for the past ten years.
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Jewish Studies Databases at Emory Libraries
The Emory library catalog lists 54 databases classified under Jewish Studies, reflecting the breadth of the field and illustrating the variety of resources available to the Emory community in digital format. In this article describing three of these databases, Jewish Studies Librarian and TIJS affiliated faculty member Katalin Rac highlights that Talmudic studies are not only central to traditional Jewish learning but also form an important part of the modern academic field.
Meet Sagit Shaked, Adjunct Professor of Hebrew
Close to 100 Emory undergraduates study Hebrew each semester on campus. Sagit Shaked and her colleagues Pazit Kahlon-Shelnutt and Idit Ben-Simon are Emory’s Hebrew program’s core instructors. Learn more about Sagit, as we interview her here.
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