Do American Jews Have White Privilege?
Graduate Fellow Rachel Graf on the ways American Jews can recognize their own biases and fight inequality.
Ladino Day 2015: Sephardi Lives
Explore media from International Ladino Day 2015, with scholars Julia Phillips Cohen (Vanderbilt) and Sarah Abrevaya Stein (UCLA).
The Hebrew Attitude of ‘Nevertheless’
Nancy Berg takes on the almost-untranslatable Hebrew word 'davka' and other expressions of contrariness.
Jewish Life at the Fringes of the Black Sea
Ariel Vardy describes his studies abroad in Romania and the Republic of Georgia.
The Hive at Work: Order and Disorder in Jewish Film
Jewish film represents the broader collective memory, writes PhD student Justin Shanitkvich, a former Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow.
Finding Chagall in Belarus
Galya Diment on the scene in Vitebsk, Marc Chagall's favorite town.