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December 1, 2025
Available to Watch: Jewish Studies Faculty and Friends Band 25-Year Anniversary Performance
November 21, 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl Discusses Jewish Identity and Belonging at UVA
November 17, 2025
Jewish Studies Alum Rebecca Epstein-Levi Wins Book Award
November 13, 2025
Professor Emeritus Peter Ochs Honored by Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
November 11, 2025
Professor Greg Schmidt Goering Delivers Colloquium on Metaphors in Proverbs

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Being Jewish in America Today: Adam Kirsch

January 29, 2026

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

To Be Announced

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Religious Studies Colloquium: Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Jewish Studies

February 11, 2026

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Gibson Hall 341

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Being Jewish in America Today: Arnold Eisen

March 10, 2026

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

To Be Announced

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A Conversation with Professor James Loeffler

April 15, 2026

All Day

TBD

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Publications

Sirach and Its Contexts

Sirach and Its Contexts

Greg Schmidt Goering

(2021)

Jewish Poetry in Islamic Jerusalem

Jewish Piety in Islamic Jerusalem

Jessica Andruss

(2023)

Justice Behind the Iron Curtain

Justice behind the Iron Curtain

(2018)

Theology, History, and the Modern University

"A Science Without Limits": Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and the Problem of "Jewish Scholarship"

Asher Biemann

(2021)

Words on Fire Cover

Words on Fire

Vanessa Ochs

(1999)

Cultural Translation and Knowledge Transfer on Alternative Routes of Escape From Nazi Terror

"Archives of Affection: Johanna and Ermanno Loevinson as a Cultural Translators"

Asher Biemann

(2021)