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RSVP Now: 2025 Tenenbaum Lecture on: "Israel and the Holocaust: Changing Landscapes of Memory"
Tracing the State of Israel’s evolving and uneasy relationship to the memory of the Shoah, Prof. Avinoam Patt will analyze shifting conceptions of Israeli self-understanding and identity, Israel’s relationship to the wider world, its neighbors, the Jewish Diaspora, and the Jewish past, before and after October 7. Read more >> RSVP here >>
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Prof. Craig Perry Presents Paper at the "International Medieval Congress"
With support from a Judith Evans London grant, Prof. Craig Perry gave a paper at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England in July 2024. Perry's paper, “Traversing the Eastern Desert and Living to Tell the Tale: Evidence from the Cairo Geniza,” presented his new English translation and analysis of a personal letter sent to Moses Maimonides by his brother David Maimonides in the late twelfth century.
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Remembering Perry Brickman
The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies mourns the loss of Dr. Stanley “Perry” Brickman, a long-time friend and supporter of the Institute, who passed away in Atlanta on Jan. 26, 2025 at age 92. A beloved leader in the Atlanta Jewish community, Perry received international recognition over the past two decades for his courageous work uncovering and documenting the story of antisemitism in the former Emory University School of Dentistry, where he was among the many Jewish students who were dismissed unfairly during the years 1948-1961. Perry’s work ultimately led to a formal apology for this discrimination by Emory’s President James Wagner in 2012.
2024 TIJS Undergraduate Grants in Action
The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies (TIJS) provides awards and grants to undergraduate students to support activities that enrich the academic experience, such as study abroad, intensive language training, and travel for research or participation in conferences and workshops. The Institute supports a wide range of subject matter and experiences, as evidenced by how three recent recipients utilized their respective grant funding: Naomi Altman, who used funds to cover tuition for an Arabic course; Kae Goldstein, whose grant supported her ethnographic research in Israel; and Sophie Kalman, who took an intensive Hebrew language course in Haifa.
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