On June 30, Professor Sam Kassow presented "Yiddish Culture in Wartime 1939-1945" for our new Yiddish Culture Series. The evening was co-sponsored by Voices of Hope. The series Di Yidishe Velt: A Virtual Festival of Yiddish Culture is a project of the UConn Center for Judaic Studies in partnership with the Jewish Hartford European Roots Project. Sam […]

The Talmud, the Rabbis, and History University of Connecticut JUDS 5397.001/CLCS 5301.001   Professor Stuart S. Miller                                            Fall 2020 Stuart.Miller@UConn.edu                                           W 3:30 – 6:15 (Meets Online) Open to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is a unique introduction to Talmudic narrative and related writings of the ancient rabbis of Roman […]

The Voices We Are Finally Hearing and The Voices that Need to Be Heard On Sunday, June 14, The Times of Israel published a must-read article by Professor Miller, "The Voices We Are Finally Hearing," which reflects on today's turmoil. You can access it here:  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-voices-we-are-finally-hearing/ Part two of Professor Miller's thought-provoking piece, "The Other Voices that Need […]

On June 16, Eddy Portnoy presented "Bad Rabbi: Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press" for our new Yiddish culture series Di Yidishe Velt: A Virtual Festival of Yiddish Culture. The series is a project of the UConn Center for Judaic Studies in partnership with the Jewish Hartford European Roots Project. Eddy Portnoy is Academic […]

The World of Yiddish Theatre in History and Digital Please join us online on July 13, at 7 pm (EST), when Nick Underwood presents "The World of Yiddish Theatre in History and Digital." The talk is part of our new Yiddish Culture Series. The series Di Yidishe Velt: A Virtual Festival of Yiddish Culture is a […]

The Yiddish Song Today Please join us online on July 27, at 7 pm (EST), when Mark Slobin presents "The Yiddish Song Today." The talk is part of our new Yiddish Culture Series and is co-sponsored by the University of Hartford Greenberg Center. The Yiddish song has long been a deep expression of personal and […]

Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press with Eddy Portnoy   Please join us online on June 16, at 4pm (EST), when Eddy Portnoy launches our new Yiddish Culture Series with a discussion on strange but true stories from the Yiddish Press. The series Di Yidishe Velt: A Virtual Festival […]

Yiddish Culture in Wartime 1939-1945   Please join us online on June 30, at 7 pm (EST), when Sam Kassow presents "Yiddish Culture in Wartime 1939-1945." The talk is part of our new Yiddish Culture Series and cosponsored by Voices of Hope. The series Di Yidishe Velt: A Virtual Festival of Yiddish Culture is a project […]

We, the faculty and staff of the interdisciplinary Centers, Institutes, and Programs, stand together to express our shock, our heartbreak, and our outrage at the horrific and senseless killing of George Floyd and the ongoing violence against Black people.   George Floyd, David McAtee, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Kathryn Johnston, Ayiana […]

Professor Emerita of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at UConn, Nehama Aschkenasy, delivered a fascinating lecture about the real lives and epic works of fiction produced by two Israeli literary giants, Amos Oz and Aharon Appelfeld, both of whom died in 2018. The program took place on November 12, 2019, at UConn Stamford and was […]

Congratulations to Associate Professor Sarah Willen whose book Fighting For Dignity: Migrant Lives at Israel’s Margins is the winner of the Association for Israel Studies Yonathan Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies published in 2019. From the Association of Israel Studies: The Association for Israel Studies annually awards the Shapiro Prize for the […]

Founding Center Director Professor Emeritus Arnold Dashefsky has recently published a new edition of Americans Abroad: A Comparative Study of Emigrants from the United States (Springer 2020). The book is co-authored by Karen A. Woodrow-Lafield and includes a new introduction as well as four new chapters with a Foreword by Steven J. Gold and Postscripts provided […]

On Wednesday, May 13, at 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada), please join us on Zoom for an online discussion of The Plot Against America (book and HBO series).   Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at UConn, Avinoam Patt, will moderate the discussion which will feature a panel of four scholars:   […]

The Center for Judaic Studies is proud to announce our 2020 student award recipients in Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Center for Judaic Studies awards are made possible thanks to the continued support of our donors. Through their generosity, we are able to support and recognize the achievements of our students. Graduate Students in Judaic Studies, Joscha […]

The Marshall Sklare Award is given annually by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) to a senior scholar who has made a significant scholarly contribution to the social scientific study of Jewry, primarily through the publication of a body of research in books and articles or of published work related to […]

Our virtual book launch, hosted by Wayne State University Press on April 13, for Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust is now available for viewing! Dr. Avinoam Patt, co-editor of the new book, was joined by several contributors of the volume for an online discussion.  Details about the book can be found on the publisher's […]

The Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish life joins other Centers and Institutes at UConn in signing the letter below to stand in solidarity against all acts of racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, and hatred now and always. A Letter to the UConn Community From: Asian American Cultural Center, African American Cultural Center, Rainbow Center, Puerto […]