Jewish studies

Students walking through the campus of the University of Oregon

U of Oregon cuts spare Judaic studies faculty who had raised alarm

After dire warnings, the university says no tenured faculty will lose their jobs.

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Students walking through the campus of the University of Oregon

These Jewish Studies scholars think their jobs are on the chopping block. Could they be right?

Scholars at the University of Oregon are pushing back against budget cuts they believe could eviscerate their programs.

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.

Obituaries

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

Religion

Rabbis, monks and bats: A religion scholar and a zoologist find a new way to map early Jewish-Christian relations

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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

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