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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...

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Veronika Fuechtner
Associate Professor of German Studies
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Susan Ackerman
Preston H. Kelsey Professorship in Religion
Samuel D. Kassow
Visiting Professor
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Barbara S. Kreiger
MALS, Chair of Creative Writing Concentration
Susannah Heschel
Susannah Heschel
Chair, Jewish Studies Program

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Jewish Studies Program Faculty Statement

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John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr.

How John Lewis became a hero for American Jews

Prof. Susannah Heschel, the daughter of a rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King, tells... Read more.

Religion on the March: Film & Panel Discussion about Religion & Civil Rights

The Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth, together with Andre Hunter '83 and Kelley Fowler Hunter '83 will host a screening of the documentary film... Read more.

Kacandes Works with Students on Lessons of the Holocaust

Early on in her Dartmouth experience, German studies major Veronica Williamson ’17 did a research internship that turned out to be less fulfilling... Read more.