Decolonizing Jewish Studies Part II: A Response to the Backlash
Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal…
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Reimagining Twentieth Century Harlem as a Jewish Mecca
In his latest book, Dr. Jeffrey Gurock of Yeshiva University takes a nuanced look at the story of Jewish Harlem and its intersection with black history.
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Filling the Awkward Silence: A Response to Laura Levitt on the Passing of Jacob Neusner
I had met Jack at an Association of Jewish Studies conference while I was in my first year as a professor and, after a brief talk, he invited me to apply for the position at Brown.
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The Awkward Silence in the Wake of Jacob Neusner’s Passing
In the weeks since Jacob Neusner died earlier this fall, there has been a deafening silence from all of those whose lives he took into his hands, from those whose careers he crafted, whose books he published, whose lives he so fully encompassed.
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Jewish Studies Is a Free-Speech Zone, and It Needs to Stay That Way
Why I left Hillel.
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Ken Starr Pulling “a Clinton” on a Jewish Studies Professor at Baylor U?
According to Professor Marc Ellis, a critic of Israel and the American Jewish establishment, Baylor University’s new president Ken Starr is seeking to replace him with “a right-wing, Israel-loving Jew that would cement [Starr’s] reputation with the right wing…”
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