Our spring 2019 newsletter is available online, featuring the Wandering Objects and Moments of Enlightenment conferences, an undergrad in Poland and a grad student in the digital humanities, the campaign update, and news briefs. If you’d like to join our … Read more

Learn more about tomorrow’s Antisemitism: Left, Right, or Both event [Wed, 6p, Top of the Hill]… with this local radio interview with Prof Flora Cassen.  The event is organized by Public Humanities    

Next week: May 15, 6pm: Organized by Carolina Public Humanities, May’s Humanities Hour features a discussion with the Center’s Professor Flora Cassen on “Antisemitism: Left, Right, or Both?” Humanities Hour at BackBar are free and open to the public. All … Read more

Dear Carolina Community,  Today, tragedy hit close to home as our sister campus UNC Charlotte experienced a heartbreaking act of gun violence. At this time, we know that two people were killed and four were injured, three critically. While much … Read more

Dear Carolina Community, Today, a tragic act of anti-Semitic violence unfolded at the Chabad of Poway synagogue outside of San Diego. One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting on the last day of Passover, a … Read more

  Tuesday, April 9 is Giving Day at Carolina and we hope you’ll consider supporting the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. Every single thing we do is made possible by private gifts from alumni and friends. The Fund for Jewish … Read more

Thinking of a Jewish Studies major or minor? If so, JWST 100 is a required course. It also meets other general ed requirements. Register soon for fall semester! The course meets M and W afternoons, with Professor Cooper.

Fall 2019 Semester: JWST 697: Capstone Course in Jewish Studies Sounding “Jewish”: Music, Race, Memory In this course, we will explore the diversity of Jewish sound, including traditional/classical/folk/popular musics and sacred liturgical practices from a variety of contexts (Africa, Europe, the Middle … Read more

Summer Session opportunity: Register for the Israeli Popular Culture: The Case of Music [ASIA 106] course with Hanna Sprintzik. Join us on a journey through different genres and styles that represent the cultural richness of Israeli popular music developed since … Read more

Register for the upcoming JWST Maymester course Beyond Hostilities with Professor Yaron Shemer. The course runs May 15-31and it meets criteria for several majors/minors/general ed requirements.