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Jewish Studies Program Faculty Statement

As current and former members of the faculty of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth College, we protest the executive order issued by President Trump denying entry into the United States for the next 90 days to citizens of seven Muslim countries: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

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African-American History Museum

At the new National Museum of African-American History last night - Professor Heschel was in a dialogue with Congressman John Lewis!

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Speaking out against Islamophobia

Susannah Heschel (center) argued that BU has an obligation to denounce Islamophobia. Stephen Prothero and Pamela Lightsey were also on the forum panel. Photos by Cydney Scott

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Enrollment in Jewish Studies Grows

“Their interest changes over time, but right now many students really want to know more about the modern period,” says Professor Susannah Heschel. (Photo by Robert Gill) See article in the Dartmouth Now

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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...

Meet our faculty

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Samuel D. Kassow
Visiting Professor
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Barbara S. Kreiger
MALS, Chair of Creative Writing Concentration
Bernard Avishai
Bernard Avishai
Visiting Professor
Steven Kangas
Steven E. Kangas
Senior Lecturer
Annelise Orleck
Annelise Orleck
Professor of History

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Save the Date: George Yancy Lecture

Monday, August 14, 2017, 4:30 pm
Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall
George Yancy, Philisophy Department, Emory University


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Hybrid IdHybrid Identity: Between Palestine and Israel

Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 4:30 pm
Filene Auditorium/Moore Hall


Title: Hybrid Identity: Between Palestine and Israel
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Save the Date: Braiterman Lecture

Zachary Braiterman Lecture, Syracuse University
Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 4:30 pm, Rockefeller 001
Professor Braiterman is an American... Read more.

Zohar's Translation Unlocks the Secrets of Jewish Mysticism in an Age of Extremism

If you haven’t read Hebrew since the rite-of-passage ceremony known as the bar mitzvah, customarily conducted at the age of 13, then a willfully... Read more.