Rabbis, monks and bats: A religion scholar and a zoologist find a new way to map early Jewish-Christian relations A method used to study Egyptian fruit bats help two scholars understand the connections between the Talmud and Christian writings. By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 27, 2023 4:46 pm
Jewish studies scholars gather under the shadow of Omicron, heartening many and rankling others Hundreds of scholars made it to the Association of Jewish Studies conference in Chicago. But the pandemic kept hundreds more away. December 20, 2021 6:02 pm
Vienna university announces new $9,000 scholarships for young Jewish studies researchers The new scholarship follows the first award ceremony of a lifetime achievement distinction that carries a $20,000 cash prize. June 7, 2021 9:51 am
Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field By Penny Schwartz December 18, 2018 4:27 pm
Alan Mintz, Hebrew literature scholar and one-time student activist, is dead at 69 May 22, 2017 11:17 am
Jake Tapper’s professor brother Aaron writes an introduction to the range of ‘Judaisms’ By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 10, 2017 9:49 am
Ideas How Jacob Neusner brought Jewish studies into the mainstream By Alan J. Avery-Peck October 13, 2016 10:33 am
Israel’s education minister: Studying Judaism more important than math, science September 14, 2016 6:22 am