How Iraqi Jews are reclaiming their cultural legacy in Israel
Grad Fellow Pablo Maldonado explains how, following their forced migration in the 1950s, Israel's Middle Eastern Jewish community is reconnecting with its heritage through music.
“An unjustified s(ch)mear campaign”: Narratives of American Jewish food
Professor Rachel B. Gross tracks popular narratives around American Jewish cuisine--and deli food's recent resuscitation.
What can literary scholars working in the field of Jewish Studies teach us about how to survive (and resist) the Trump Era? A lot, it seems.
In the Age of Trump, humanities scholars' role beyond the ivory tower is more important than ever.
Announcing the Benmayor Collection of Eastern Sephardic Ballads
Dr. Rina Benmayor tells the story of the Benmayor Collection of Eastern Sephardic Ballads, a new addition to the Stroum Center's Sephardic Digital Library.
Is It Time to Reconsider Marlowe’s and Shakespeare’s Jews?
New theories about Shakespeare's collaborative authorship could shed light on his portrayal of Jewish characters.
Questions of “Denial”: Deborah Lipstadt’s Historic Court Case
Where is the line between truth and opinion? One among many questions raised at a recent screening of "Denial," about Deborah E. Lipstadt's court battle.
Reading the Bible Between the Lines in Aviya Kushner’s Grammar of God
One of the deep pleasures of exploring the Bible with Aviya Kushner is finding the foreignness in a familiar text.
Denise Grollmus interviews Dara Horn about Hebrew and Yiddish
Novelist Dara Horn spoke with Denise Grollmus about her relationship with Hebrew, a language with "emotional and cosmic significance."