Jewish studies

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

A scholar whose expertise extended well beyond Buber to include modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought.

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David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75

One of his best-known books was a history of Jewish attitudes about sexuality.

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.

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Culture

Jewish studies scholars gather under the shadow of Omicron, heartening many and rankling others

Students and pedestrians attend a cultural event at the University of Vienna, Austria on April 12, 2015. (Wikimedia Commons)

Global

Vienna university announces new $9,000 scholarships for young Jewish studies researchers

Maud Mandel

United States

Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field

Obituaries

Naomi Cohen, one of the first woman scholars in Jewish studies, dies at 91

United States

Over 130 US Jewish studies scholars criticize Trump’s Jerusalem decision

Obituaries

Alan Mintz, Hebrew literature scholar and one-time student activist, is dead at 69

Aaron Hahn Tapper

United States

Jake Tapper’s professor brother Aaron writes an introduction to the range of ‘Judaisms’

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