Sam Boyd

CU «Ƶ Peak to Peak Lecture Series heads to Carbondale

March 24, 2017

The «Ƶ’s Peak to Peak Lecture Series and the CU Carbondale Speakers Series present a talk with CU «Ƶ Professor Samuel Boyd titled " Magic, the Bible, and the Biblical Imagination in Jewish Mysticism ” Saturday, April 15, 5:30 to 7 p.m. , at the Carbondale Branch...

Headshot of Professor Brian Catlos

Brian Catlos Receives Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service from the «Ƶ Faculty Association

March 10, 2017

Dr. Brian Catlos was awarded a 2017 Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service by the «Ƶ Faculty Association for his work on Mediterranean Studies and the CU Mediterranean Studies Group at CU «Ƶ. This award honors excellence in teaching, service, and research to nominated CU «Ƶ faculty members. Congratulations,...

Professor David Shneer

David Shneer performs "Art is My Weapon," conducts research in Paris

Jan. 17, 2017

In November, David Shneer , Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, and his musical collaborator Jewlia Eisenberg performed Art is My Weapon: The Radical Musical Life of Lin Jaldati at Temple University and as the DeVoy Visiting Artist-in-Residence at...

Assistant Professor Elias Sacks

Elias Sacks publishes book on Moses Mendelssohn and article on contemporary religious thought

Jan. 17, 2017

Elias Sacks , Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Program in Jewish Studies, recently published his first book, Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script: Philosophy, Practice, History, Judaism (Indiana University Press, 2017). Sacks also published an article on Moses Mendelssohn, Franz Rosenzweig, and contemporary religious thought:...

Assistant Professor Yonatan Malin

Yonatan Malin presents talk on "Understanding Jewish Music"

Jan. 11, 2017

Yonatan Malin , Associate Professor of Music Theory and Jewish Studies, presented a talk on “Understanding Jewish Music” in the First Friday series at Congregation Bonai Shalom in «Ƶ, CO. He introduced elements that contribute to the power of Jewish music with examples from traditional nusach, a modern niggun, and...

Director Nan Goodman

Director Nan Goodman publishes article on Sabbatai Sevi

Jan. 11, 2017

Nan Goodman , Director of the Program in Jewish Studies and Professor of English, publishes "Sabbatai Sevi and the Ottoman Jews in Increase Mather’s The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation, ” in New Approaches to Puritan Studies , ed. Bryce Traister, Cambridge University Press.

Book Cover: Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script

Elias Sacks publishes first book "Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script: Philosophy, Practice, History, Judaism"

Dec. 14, 2016

We are thrilled to announce that Elias Sacks , Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, recently published his first book, Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script: Philosophy, Practice, History, Judaism (Indiana University Press, 2016). Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a...

Beverly Weber

Beverly Weber attends faculty seminar at USHMM; publishes articles in Feminist Media Studies and Critical Ethnic Studies

Aug. 25, 2016

Beverly Weber attended the 2016 Silberman faculty seminar at the USHMM, "Jewish Responses to the Holocaust: Teaching through Primary Sources." She also conducted research this summer for her current book project on race and racism in the language of human rights; several articles from this project, focused on the German...

David Shneer

David Shneer teaches at Yiddish Book Center, conducts research for new book "Grief"

Aug. 24, 2016

David Shneer had a busy summer teaching at Northwestern and the Yiddish Book Center and giving talks about Soviet photography at the Jewish Museum Amsterdam and about Yiddish cabaret at the Jewish Music Institute in London in August. He conducted research on a fellowship at the Center for Creative Photography...

Elias Sacks

Elias Sacks publishes article on Law, Ethics, and the Needs of History

Aug. 24, 2016

Elias Sacks , Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Program in Jewish Studies, recently published an article in the Journal of Religious Ethics . Entitled “Law, Ethics, and the Needs of History: Mendelssohn, Krochmal, and Moral Philosophy,” the essay revisits two foundational modern Jewish...

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