Author: Diane Bensel

Harsh Justice in “The Law in These Parts”

The Jewish Law Students Association joined the Elie Wiesel Center for a screening of The Law in These Parts. In a series of interviews, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (“James’ Journey to Jerusalem,” “The Inner Tour”) interrogates former Israeli military judges responsible for maintaining law and order in the West Bank, among them Supreme Court Justice Meir Shamgar.

A Message From the Director

Over the past twenty years, BU has added faculty, helped with fundraising, dedicated one of its major buildings, helped expand the library, and supported our work in many other ways in the expectation of creating one of the finest Jewish studies programs in the country. The ball is in our court.

The Modern Era and the Jews

Join Prof. Rabinovitch this fall for a class that examines how Jewish society, religion, and political definition changed in relation to how Europe, and the world, became modern.

The Lure of the Relic: Collecting the Holy Land with Morag Kersel – Thurs. April 11th

  “The Lure of the Relic: Collecting the Holy Land” Starts: 5:30 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013 Location: Boston University College of Arts and Science 725 Commonwealth Avenue Room, CAS 522 Dr. Morag Kersel, DePaul University, will lecture on the relationship between people and things is a crucial avenue of investigation in understanding past […]

Dr. Michael Grodin Honored for His Work in Jewish Medical Resistance

Michael Grodin was recently honored for his work and his soon to be published book, tentatively titled Jewish Medical Resistance in the Ghettos During the Holocaust. A story about Prof. Grodin’s research into the role of Jewish physicians during the Holocaust was featured in Bostonia, BU’s alumni magazine. The article, which was honored with article of the year, also describes […]

A Review of Diana Lobel’s The Quest for God and the Good

Diana Lobel’s The Quest for God and the Good: World Philosophy as a Living Experience. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011. 312 pp. $82.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-15314-0; $26.50 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-15315-7. Reviewed by James Diamond (Fellow-in-Residence, Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization ) Published on H-Judaic (February, 2013) Commissioned by Jason Kalman In the […]

Calling for Papers for the 2013 Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference

            Imaging the Ineffable: Representation and Reality in Religion and Film Call for Papers: 2013 Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference Deadline for Submissions: February 4th 2013   The Mahindra Humanities Center of Harvard University invites you to submit paper abstracts for the 2013 Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student Conference on the […]

A Taste of Hebrew

  A Taste of Hebrew   Taam Shel Ivrit provides an opportunity to engage in a Hebrew conversation over lunch. We meet from 1:00-2:00 in the Hillel dining room (213 Bay State Rd, 2nd floor). Come to meet new BU students and faculty, Catch up on current events and practice your Hebrew. First meeting is […]