Center for Jewish Studies
Lessons in Capturing the Jewish Bronx: Grad Student and Professional Oral Historian Guide Interviews
A new generation of students at the Bronx Jewish History Project is getting help from those with experience—the group’s student co-founder and a professional historian.
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The future of Jewish studies is unfolding at Fordham University, where the study of Jewish history, culture, and traditions is nourished by a diversity of programs and courses, the University’s Catholic and Jesuit identity, and the incomparable resources available in New York City
The Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham has been phenomenal—for my scholarship, for scholarly community, and for a feeling of unlimited possibilities.
Because of its partnerships, our intellectual conversations and our publications have expanded exponentially. The center has transformed my experience at Fordham, as an anthropologist and a Jewish studies scholar.
—Ayala Fader, Ph.D., professor of anthropology, Fordham University
University Unveils the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Room
“I was a poor Jewish kid from Liberty, New York, and Fordham provided financial aid that allowed me to attend college,” said University Trustee Henry Miller, FCHR '68, at the opening of the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Room named in honor of the donor's generousity and commitment to the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, often translated as “repair the world."
Read moreCenter for Jewish Studies Launches Lecture Series and Fellowship Program to Help Ukrainian Scholars
Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies co-hosted a virtual lecture series that discussed how the current crisis is affecting academia and is co-sponsoring a fellowship program for Ukrainian scholars. The center is collaborating with three organizations: the American Academy for Jewish Research, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, and the Lviv Center for Urban History in Ukraine.
Read moreReflecting on October 7th through Old and New Jewish Literature
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Rosh Ha-Shanah in Jewish Tradition and Jewish Calendars
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New Exhibit: Citizenship, Inclusion, and The Struggle to Belong
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Yearning To Breath: The Art of Siona Benjamin
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