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Ideas

He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.

Retiring from the classroom after 50 years in academia, every journalist’s favorite Jewish historian is enjoying a victory lap.

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At Brandeis U, founded as a nonsectarian Jewish university, resolution to condemn Hamas fails student senate

“It’s absolutely infuriating,” said a Jewish sophomore who resigned from the student government over the vote.

Brandeis U reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students hold vigils

“We are trying to help students process and grieve,” said Rabbi Seth Winberg of Brandeis Hillel.

Obituaries

Carl Shapiro, Brandeis benefactor who lost millions to Madoff, dies at 108

Culture

How did Europe’s Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse.

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Brandeis acquires archives of Jewish group that supported Soviet Jews

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Photos of Brandeis students and professors posted on white nationalist website

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Brandeis president condemns vandalism against Israel Week temporary art installation

Culture

A history of the radical Jewish feminists and the one subject they never talked about

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Brandeis fires men’s basketball coach for discriminatory behavior

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