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Schwab Academic Excellence Awards 2025

February 10, 2025

Congratulations to three of the Center’s affiliated faculty members for winning 2025 Schwab Academic Excellence Awards. The award, offered by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, recognizes one faculty member from each department in the arts, humanities, and qualitative … Read more

Statement: January 31, 2025

January 31, 2025

    The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies condemns the harassment of students reported to have occurred on January 29th during a Muslim Students Association meeting in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Acts of intimidation based on religious identity … Read more

News Feature Highlights Huqoq Discoveries

January 22, 2025

A new Times of Israel article featuring the Center’s Jodi Magness highlights important Huqoq discoveries. The article is titled: “Magnificent hoard of gold and silver coins sheds unprecedented light on medieval Israel.” Read the article online. The Center co-sponsored the … Read more

University Libraries acquires Raíces: Revista Judía de Cultura

January 16, 2025

Raíces: Revista Judía de Cultura:  UNC Libraries acquires materials for faculty, students and other Jewish studies scholars   By Tara O’Donnell, graduate student assistant     Raíces: Revista Judía de Cultura numbers among the most exciting recent acquisitions in the … Read more

Annual Grad Student Dinner

January 13, 2025

UPDATE: This event will be held on Zoom… Carolina graduate students must sign up online to receive the Zoom link.   Carolina Graduate Students are invited to:   The Center’s Annual Grad Student Network Dinner on January 22, 2025, 6:00pm. … Read more

Apply Now: Uhlman Fellows

January 13, 2025

Uhlman Fellowship in Jewish Studies Public Humanities Applications Due: February 24, 2025   Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, in collaboration with Carolina Public Humanities (CPH), is pleased to announce the establishment of a fellowship for graduate students in Jewish studies: … Read more

Apply Now: Dissertation Completion Fellowship

January 13, 2025

Dissertation Completion Fellows Applications Due January 28, 2025   This non-service fellowship supports a promising Carolina graduate student working in Jewish Studies in the advanced stages of his or her career at Carolina. The Dissertation Fellowship enables a student to … Read more

Jodi Magness Receives AIA Distinguished Service Award

December 20, 2024

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has selected the Center’s Jodi Magness as the 2025 recipient of the Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award. The Joukowsky Award is bestowed upon AIA members who, through their sustained and exceptional volunteer … Read more

Community Events at Levin JCC and NCMA

December 18, 2024

We are looking forward to meeting you off campus!   On Dec 22nd, we hosted an activity table at the Levin JCC‘s Hanukkah Festival. In photo: Megan Weddle, office coordinator, led the craft station and met with hundreds of visitors. … Read more

Yetzirah: Joint Programming

December 10, 2024

New Community Partnership: The Center is excited to announce a new partnership with Yetzirah, a nonprofit literary organization based in Asheville, NC. Yetzirah is dedicated to fostering and supporting a community space for Jewish poets, nourishing writers and readers of … Read more