Jewish Studies and Religion 2014 Course Sampling
TONIGHT: Free kosher dinner and lively introductions to a range of Jewish studies and Religion courses by faculty, what better way to get a taste of Jewish studies at BU. Join us Wednesday, March 5, at 6pm at the Hillel House.
EWCJS publication in honor of Elie Wiesel named 2013 National Jewish Book Awards finalist
A volume of essays in honor of Elie Wiesel’s eightieth birthday was named finalist for a 2013 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Anthologies and Collections. The volume was edited by Alan Rosen and Steven T. Katz, the founding director of the EWCJS, and contains essays originally presented at a conference at Boston University in 2008.
EWCJS faculty and graduate students at the AJS in Boston (2013)
Elie Wiesel Center faculty and graduate students participated in the 2013 Conference of the Association of Jewish Studies (AJS) . BU faculty and graduate students chairing and presenting included: Dr. Abigail Gillman, Associate Professor of German & Hebrew (program page 57) Dr. Nancy Harrowitz, Chair of Romance Studies, Associate Professor of Italian (program page 68) Dr. […]
Professor Abigail Jacobson seeks to present all views in a volatile discussion
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the subject of a CAS-History course offered by Dr. Abigail Jacobson, visiting professor of Israel Studies at the Elie Wiesel Center. In an recent article, Rich Barlow describes her classroom as a place where college is hardly an ivory tower isolated from real-world concerns.
Ethan Bronner on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Covering the Middle East conflict poses a difficult problem to journalists and academics: how to tell the story impartially and do justice to competing narratives. On November 19, Ethan Bronner who served as Jerusalem bureau chief of the NYTimes from 2008 to 2012, shared his experience on the job with an audience of about sixty guests, mixing personal anecdote with policy analysis.