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Annual Rothschild Lecture to Feature Professor Sigal Ben-Porath on "Campus Speech About Jews After October 7"
Since Oct. 7 the rhetoric about Israel, Jews, Zionism and antisemitism has escalated and intensified. This talk will consider the continuity of this rhetoric with past claims about Zionism and Judaism, and the shifts represented by recent protests and boycott efforts. Join Professor Ben-Porath as she outlines possible boundaries, and the consequences of setting and enforcing them. Read more >> RSVP here >>
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Meet the Tam Institute’s Interim Director, Prof. Hazel Gold
Professor Hazel Gold reflects on the year ahead as she assumes the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies’ Judith London Evans Interim Directorship.
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Through a Trip to Poland, Emory Students Broaden Their Knowledge of Jewish History
The reasons for making the trip were varied, but assessments of its value were unanimous. When 16 tired but exhilarated students stepped off the plane after touchdown in Atlanta, they were abuzz with takeaways from a 10-day trip to Poland sponsored by the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies in partnership with Poland’s Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning.
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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