Professor Joe Butwin reflects on how his academic career always led him back to his family roots
On the eve of his retirement, Joe Butwin explains how his career as a professor of English has always connected back to his Jewish roots.
American Jews before 1880: Mobile, entrepreneurial, unconventional
Uniquely mobile, religiously unconventional Jews of 19th-century America laid the groundwork for American Judaism today, writes Dr. Shari Rabin.
An English professor reflects on Pittsburgh
Works of literature speak to the forces behind anti-Semitic violence.
“Where is the house and where is the street?” Finding Hebrew in the big city
Wendy Zierler shares the story of how she learned Hebrew at day school — after her parents traded small-town success for the Jewish community of a big city.
Reading Agnon in Indiana
How scholar Adam Rovner's move from Israel to Indiana deepened his appreciation of Hebrew, thanks to one of Israel's most classic authors.
2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart
Novelist Gary Shteyngart will explore questions of humor, identity, and politics in a series of conversations with Professor Sasha Senderovich.