News

University Libraries acquires Raíces: Revista Judía de Cultura

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

Carolina Graduate Students are invited to:   The Center’s Annual Grad Student Network Dinner on January 22, 2025, 6:00pm. Join us for a conversation about what to expect before you start on your “first book” project, and other academic writing. … Read more

Apply Now: Uhlman Fellows

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

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

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

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

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

Bookmark This: The Lives of Jewish Things 

The College recently featured a new book based on the Center’s Wandering Objects conference, held in 2018 and co-hosted with the NC Museum of Art.   The Lives of Jewish Things: Collecting and Curating Material Culture (Wayne State University Press), edited … Read more

@uncjewishstudies on social

To help us keep connected, please find @uncjewishstudies on social media (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky and YouTube) and join our list serv for event and news announcements. Social media links: And starting November 2024:          

Co-Sponsoring: Resilience and Remembrance

The Center is pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by Zeta Beta Tau Carolina students are invited to attend Resilience and Remembrance: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story Durham Holocaust survivor Lex Silbiger  will share his personal story and about the plight … Read more

Remote Author Visit: Kantika

Class Visit / open to the public; remote author discussion on Zoom. November 21 @ 6:00 pm   Elizabeth Graver (Boston College) will join us on Zoom to discuss her new novel Kantika   A dazzling Sephardic multi-generational saga that moves … Read more

Jerusalem Through the Ages

Hosted by the department of religious studies:   Join us Sunday, November 17th, 2024, 1:00 pm for a panel discussion focusing on the new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages by the Center’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence … Read more

Co-sponsoring: My Friend Abe

The Center is pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by Hillel:   My Friend Abe: A Story of Resilience and Survival Steve Goldberg will share the story of his friend Abe Piask, a Holocaust survivor.   November 11, 2024, 6:00pm, … Read more

Author Celebration

On October 21st,the Center celebrated several new faculty books with an author luncheon for Carolina faculty and grad students. Shown in photo (left to right): Gabrielle Berlinger:  The Lives of Jewish Things: Collecting and Curating Material Culture (co-edited with Ruth … Read more

Upcoming Lecture: Derek Penslar

October 28, 5:30pm, UNC Stone Center Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies   Decentering the 1948 Palestine War: From the Local to the Global with Derek Penslar, Harvard University   This talk links the Palestine Question with the … Read more

Now Enrolling: JWST Spring 2025

This spring 25 semester, we’re again offering a wide range of Jewish studies courses that meet UNC’s general education requirements. In fact, there are almost 20 courses to choose from, including a new Triple I course for first-year students: IDST 134 … Read more

Diplomatic Discussion with Stuart E. Eizenstat ’64

Upcoming event for Carolina students:   What is the art of diplomacy? Come hear stories of events that shaped world history from someone who was there for them. Diplomatic Discussion with Stuart E. Eizenstat ’64 Tuesday, Oct. 22 Attendees can … Read more

October 7 meeting

  We’d like to extend a special thank you to our affiliated faculty members, Michele Rivkin-Fish, Emily Katz and Yaakov Ariel, for creating a meaningful event and giving us a chance to be together on the afternoon of October 7th. … Read more

Center & Campus Statements: Sept 19

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

Grants for Fall 2024

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

Jerusalem Through the Ages: A Conversation

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

Fall Newsletter

  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    

Grant Awards for student and faculty support

  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

Growing the Jewish Studies Academic Program

  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

Undergraduate Internship

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