Jewish Studies for What?
Probing the relationship among Jewish Studies, universities, and the public.
Probing the relationship among Jewish Studies, universities, and the public.
The sociologist and former chair of UW Jewish Studies reflects on the changing nature of American Jewish identity and the field of Jewish Studies.
Archival material sheds light on the origins of a new Jewish lifecycle event.
Prayers and poems written in Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language of Sephardic Jews, give a window onto the annual Jewish holiday of Tisha Be-Av.
Sandra Barnes reflects on how her family's history differs from popular and scholarly representations of Jewish immigration to America.
Menurkey, anyone? Rabbi Lauren Kurland considers the strange and wonderful calendar coincidence of Thanksgivukkah.
What does it mean to "feel" Jewish? In the wake of the Pew Survey on Jewish American life, Jeremy Derfner considers the changing shape of Jewish identity.