We call on the administration, faculty and students to find ways forward that promote dialogue and discussion, not further disturbance. The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is deeply dismayed by the disruptive and hostile protests that occurred today on campus. … Read more

Thanks to generous private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is able to offer fall 2024 grants supporting graduate students and faculty.   Graduate student research and travel grants: September 30, 2024   Faculty research and travel grants: September … Read more

Upcoming Remote talk with one of our affiliated faculty members:   Sunday, November 17th, 2024 1:00 PM EST on Zoom   A moderated panel discussion centered around the new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages by Jodi MagnessKenan Distinguished Professor for … Read more

  The fall 2024 newsletter highlights our new faculty and visiting scholars, upcoming lectures and programming, graduate student presentations, our recent fellowship and grant awards, and so much more. PDF    

  This past year, the Center made grant awards in support of faculty research and travel, course development, undergraduate experiential/study abroad, year-long fellowships for graduate students, grad student research and travel grants and summer stipends, as well as grad student … Read more

  Joining the College, and the Center, next year is the new Sara and E.J. Evans Fellow in Jewish Studies and assistant professor in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures. Yaakov Herskovitz holds a doctorate in Yiddish and … Read more

The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is accepting applications for paid, undergraduate student intern for the 2024-2025 academic year.     Deadline to apply extended to September 10, 2024   Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Internship in Jewish Studies   … Read more

Happy FDOC to all students and faculty and best wishes for this semester. Students: there are a few seats available for JWST courses – enroll today! See the list of offered courses. We also offer Heel Life credit at all … Read more

September 16, 2024, 5:30pm. In-person event. UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Auditorium Directions & Parking in Bell Tower Deck ($1 after 5pm) Free and open to the public UNC Heel LIfe CLE credit will be available for undergrads Kaplan Brauer … Read more

  Spotlight: Adam Cohn Profile written by Alana Goldman, ’24, the Center’s Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Intern for 2023-24.     Adam Cohn is an assistant professor in the department of romance studies and the JMA and Sonja van … Read more