On March 1st, the Center hosted a career roundtable for the grad student network. The hybrid event hosted about 20 in-person and another eight alumni and current students online.   Panelists: Alumni Naomi Graber (MUSC), associate professor, University of Georgia … Read more

The Tau Epsilon Phi Graduate Student Fellowship in Jewish Studies provides incoming students with two full years of funding and additional programming in support of their doctoral work in a subfield of Jewish studies. The program allows the Center and … Read more

At the 20th anniversary celebration, this year’s interns and grad student assistant had the opportunity to meet Eric Sklut, advisory board member and supporter of the internship program, and Jonathan Fassberg, chair of the Center’s advisory board.   L-R: Intern … Read more

We’re 20!   Our 20th anniversary community celebration, on March 2nd, was an amazing evening with a fusion of world music and jazz blended with Jewish Hasidic sounds. Many thanks to Daniel Zamir and Gadi Lehavi, and to the 200 … Read more

The Center is thrilled to co-sponsor the dig in Huqoq and honored to have Prof. Jodi Magness as an affiliated faculty member. Learn more about Jodi and the dig in this wonderful profile story. Photo: J. Haberman

Please help us celebrate our 20th anniversary at our March 2nd reception and jazz performance! Schedule: 6:00-6:45pm: Reception, Hill Hall, Rotunda 7:00-8:15pm: Performance, Hill Hall, Moeser Aud Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Event in Jewish Studies In person event, free … Read more

Together, We’ve Created a Thriving Center Celebrating 20 Years of Jewish Studies the Carolina Way   In spring 2003, Carolina leadership and faculty established the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies with an interdisciplinary approach to academics and research along with … Read more

The spring 2023 newsletter highlights our 20 years of programming, undergraduate and graduate academics and faculty and student research. This edition also includes student, faculty and alumni news. PDF.

  Faculty Profile: Jillian Hinderliter Interviewed by Ellen Perleberg, graduate student assistant   Tell me a little about your current book project. My current book project is about American Jewish women active in the feminist health movement from the 1960s … Read more

We are pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by UNC Hillel: A TAR HEEL IN THE KNESSET:  MAKING SENSE OF ISRAEL’S TUMULTUOUS PARLIAMENT WITH ALON TAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 7:00PM Hitchcock Room, Stone Center, 150 South Road, UNC-Chapel Hill As the seventh American citizen … Read more