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UVA Jewish Studies at 25: A Retrospective

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A Conversation with Poet Adam Kirsch

"Being Jewish in America Today" Series

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A Conversation with Author Arnold Eisen

"Being Jewish in America Today" Series

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News & Events

December 10, 2025
Alum Kerstin Steitz Publishes New Book on the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials
December 8, 2025
Professor Manuela Achilles Co-Authors Article on Jewish Economist Albert Hirschman
December 4, 2025
Watch the UVA Jewish Studies 25-Year Anniversary Documentary
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

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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

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)

Religious Studies and Rabbinics: A Conversation

Religious Studies and Rabbinics: A Conversation

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

(2017)

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)

Jewish Annotated

Wisdom in the Apocrypha

Greg Schmidt Goering

(2020)

Passover Haggadah

The Passover Haggadah

Vanessa Ochs

(2020)

Justice Behind the Iron Curtain

Justice behind the Iron Curtain

(2018)