About the Program

 

The Jewish Studies Program was created by a vote of the faculty in 1997. We are located in Reed Hall, 15 North College Street. The Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College includes faculty members who are among the most highly respected scholars and teachers in the field. Their research and course offerings encompass a wide range, including biblical studies, rabbinics, medieval Jewish philosophy and mysticism, and modern Jewish history, thought, and literatures. Our classes are...

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Annelise Orleck
Annelise Orleck
Professor of History
Ehud Z. Benor
Ehud Z. Benor
Associate Professor of Religion
Susannah Heschel
Susannah Heschel
Chair, Jewish Studies Program
Bernard Avishai
Bernard Avishai
Visiting Professor
Irene Kacandes
Irene Kacandes
Professor of German Studies

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A New Paradigm In Constitutional Law - Human Dignity

Dieter Grimm, Professor of Law, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Monday, September 17, 2018, 4:00 pm, Carson L02

Dieter Grimm... Read more.

Brief (but significant) encounters? Marcus Garvey and Zionism

Brief (but significant) encounters? Marcus Garvey and Zionism
Michael Berkowitz, University College London

Wednesday, August 15, 2018... Read more.

Jews and American Politics: Historical Ideals and Contemporary Realities

Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University
Monday, August 6, 2018 @ 4:00 pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Jewish leaders used to insist... Read more.

Jewish Music and Nazis Mourning: Authenticity and Ideology

Karen Painter, Minnesota University
Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 4:45  pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

When the National Socialists... Read more.