Jewish Studies Major Elisabeth B. Jenkins defended her thesis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 4:30 pm
[more]The Jewish Studies Program Steering is delighted to announce that Professor Shaul Magid will have a faculty appointment with the Jewish Studies Program.
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Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, who died of the coronavirus at 89, was a person of deeds who wanted to inspire us. How can we emulate him? Professor Susannah Heschel writes in Tablet Magazine.
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Susannah Heschel and Shaul Magid contributed reviews about the book, Hasidism: A New History. The reviews are available in Marginalia LA Review of Books.
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"Passover gives us an opportunity to express our deepest fears and yearnings in a concrete way," says the Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies in a "Valley News" story about celebrating Passover during the time of the coronavirus.
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