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Studying Sephardic Inclusion: JIMENA just released two new reports about the state of inclusion efforts in Jewish day schools and camps in New York and Los Angeles.
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Reports on Sephardic Inclusion in Jewish Day Schools and Camps in LA and NYC - JIMENA
For Immediate Release New JIMENA Studies Reveal Progress and Persistent Gaps in Sephardi and Mizrahi Inclusion Across Jewish Schools and Camps While 79% of faculty in New York report say they’re comfo...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Studying Sephardic Inclusion: JIMENA just released two new reports about the state of inclusion efforts in Jewish day schools and camps in New York and Los Angeles.
www.jimena.org/sephardic-in...
www.jimena.org/sephardic-in...
Aaron Dorfman of a A More Perfect Union, a pro-democracy Jewish organization, on the costs of rabbis' political endorsements: “They oversimplify moral leadership. They divide communities. And they come with political pressures that erode trust and integrity.”
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One lesson of NYC's mayoral election: Rabbis' political endorsements come with a cost - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The head of a pro-democracy Jewish advocacy group weighs in.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Aaron Dorfman of a A More Perfect Union, a pro-democracy Jewish organization, on the costs of rabbis' political endorsements: “They oversimplify moral leadership. They divide communities. And they come with political pressures that erode trust and integrity.”
www.jta.org/2025/11/07/i...
www.jta.org/2025/11/07/i...
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FEATURED JOB: Stanford University - Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at Stanford
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Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies | Taube Center for Jewish Studies
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November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
FEATURED JOB: Stanford University - Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at Stanford
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This could be framed as either “an overwhelming two-thirds of New York Jews voted against Mamdani” or as “a record 1 in 3 New York Jews supported an avowed anti-Zionist.” Both framings are technically true, but bear very different implications.
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This could be framed as either “an overwhelming two-thirds of New York Jews voted against Mamdani” or as “a record 1 in 3 New York Jews supported an avowed anti-Zionist.” Both framings are technically true, but bear very different implications.
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“The sun may have set over our city this evening. But as Eugene Debs once said, ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’”
Learn more about Eugene Debs and how @forward.com's earliest years were closely intertwined with him.
Learn more about Eugene Debs and how @forward.com's earliest years were closely intertwined with him.
Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there's a long Jewish history there
Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — a 1900s socialist leader with a long history of Jewish support in the Forward.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“The sun may have set over our city this evening. But as Eugene Debs once said, ‘I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.’”
Learn more about Eugene Debs and how @forward.com's earliest years were closely intertwined with him.
Learn more about Eugene Debs and how @forward.com's earliest years were closely intertwined with him.
Peter Beinhart on Mamdani: "By bringing together anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists, Mamdani has forged a coalition that allows Americans who disagree in their ultimate vision for Palestine and Israel to work together to end unconditional US support for Israel." jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-crea...
Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine
The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Peter Beinhart on Mamdani: "By bringing together anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists, Mamdani has forged a coalition that allows Americans who disagree in their ultimate vision for Palestine and Israel to work together to end unconditional US support for Israel." jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-crea...
Rainbow Connection: In Jewish Culture and History, Teresa Bernheimer explores how discussions of the rainbow traverse centuries and cross boundaries of language, genre, and religious tradition.
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Retracing the Reception of Greek Ideas on the Rainbow: Transformations in Pre-Modern Hebrew and Arabic Sources
What colours do we see in the rainbow? Pre-modern discussions are often based on translations and commentaries of ancient Greek texts, in particular Aristotle’s Meteorology. This study traces how A...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Rainbow Connection: In Jewish Culture and History, Teresa Bernheimer explores how discussions of the rainbow traverse centuries and cross boundaries of language, genre, and religious tradition.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Heritage Foundation's antisemitism effort is losing Jewish supporters and partner organizations because of its blatant alignment with antisemitic, white nationalist figures. www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Project Esther, launched as a conservative strategy to fight antisemitism, appears to be unraveling after Heritage's president defended Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Heritage Foundation's antisemitism effort is losing Jewish supporters and partner organizations because of its blatant alignment with antisemitic, white nationalist figures. www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
Back in the USSR: A new article in Holocaust and Genocide Studies explores the wartime and postwar experiences of some of the Polish Jews who remained in one of the Soviet republics.
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Those Who Stayed: Polish Jews Who Remained in the Soviet Union after the Second World War
Abstract. Of the 3.3 million Jews living in Poland in 1939, only 350,000 survived the Second World War. But of these, the majority—between 190,000 and 220,
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November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Back in the USSR: A new article in Holocaust and Genocide Studies explores the wartime and postwar experiences of some of the Polish Jews who remained in one of the Soviet republics.
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Today we launch the Documensch Daily, a one-stop shop for all the research and news about American Jews. Instead of sifting through your inbox or a bunch of journals, you can satisfy all your Jewish research needs and curiosities by coming here:
bermanarchive.stanford.edu/documensch/
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October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today we launch the Documensch Daily, a one-stop shop for all the research and news about American Jews. Instead of sifting through your inbox or a bunch of journals, you can satisfy all your Jewish research needs and curiosities by coming here:
bermanarchive.stanford.edu/documensch/
bermanarchive.stanford.edu/documensch/
Beth Oppenheim, the new CEO of HIAS, was interviewed by eJewishPhilanthropy this week. HIAS has focused on helping refugees* around the world and in recent years has struggled in an adverse funding and political environment. ejewishphilanthropy.com/beth-oppenhe...
Beth Oppenheim, incoming CEO of embattled HIAS: ‘This is an opportunity for us to showcase that we have survived’
Oppenheim steps into the role as the group handles an internal financial crisis, federal funding cuts and skyrocketing demands amid a national crackdown on immigration
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October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Beth Oppenheim, the new CEO of HIAS, was interviewed by eJewishPhilanthropy this week. HIAS has focused on helping refugees* around the world and in recent years has struggled in an adverse funding and political environment. ejewishphilanthropy.com/beth-oppenhe...
The Jewish Museum on 5th Avenue in New York City just unveiled its extensive renovations, giving the landmark museum a fresh take on its gallery space, featuring everything from abstract expressionist paintings to torah scrolls scorched in the Revolutionary War. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...
The Jewish Museum Highlights Its Holdings With New Spaces
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October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Jewish Museum on 5th Avenue in New York City just unveiled its extensive renovations, giving the landmark museum a fresh take on its gallery space, featuring everything from abstract expressionist paintings to torah scrolls scorched in the Revolutionary War. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...
The Shofar Report by the @nexusproject.bsky.social aims to combat antisemitism in a new way—by connecting the fight for democracy with the fight for Jewish safety: forward.com/news/antisem...
Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.
Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Shofar Report by the @nexusproject.bsky.social aims to combat antisemitism in a new way—by connecting the fight for democracy with the fight for Jewish safety: forward.com/news/antisem...
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Berman Archive Director Ari Y Kelman writes about antisemtism in ARC. He looks to past data about anti-Jewish sentiment to urge a shift in expectation around our present day responses to antisemitism: arcmag.org/more-than-ze...
More Than Zero | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
For American Jews, the past decade has been something between a wake-up call and a nightmare: the 2017 march in Charlottesville, where tiki torch–bearing marchers chanted “Jews will not replace us.” T...
arcmag.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Berman Archive Director Ari Y Kelman writes about antisemtism in ARC. He looks to past data about anti-Jewish sentiment to urge a shift in expectation around our present day responses to antisemitism: arcmag.org/more-than-ze...
Berman Archive Director Ari Y Kelman writes about antisemtism in ARC. He looks to past data about anti-Jewish sentiment to urge a shift in expectation around our present day responses to antisemitism: arcmag.org/more-than-ze...
More Than Zero | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
For American Jews, the past decade has been something between a wake-up call and a nightmare: the 2017 march in Charlottesville, where tiki torch–bearing marchers chanted “Jews will not replace us.” T...
arcmag.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Berman Archive Director Ari Y Kelman writes about antisemtism in ARC. He looks to past data about anti-Jewish sentiment to urge a shift in expectation around our present day responses to antisemitism: arcmag.org/more-than-ze...
New poll on American Jewish opinions of Israel and the war in Gaza: www.timesofisrael.com/poll-nearly-...
Poll: Nearly four in 10 US Jews say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza
WaPo survey also finds 68% blame Hamas more for civilian deaths; 76% say Israel's existence is vital for Jewish future; 31% feel unsafe in US; two-thirds have negative view of Netanyahu
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October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New poll on American Jewish opinions of Israel and the war in Gaza: www.timesofisrael.com/poll-nearly-...
Mapping Jewish San Fransisco recently launched a very cool exhibit on the lives and legacies of Jewish queer elders: mappingjewishsf.com/exhibitions/...
Honoring Our Queer Elders - Mapping Jewish San Francisco
EXHIBITION | HONORING OUR QUEER ELDERS Introduction By Rabbi Camille Shira Angel Image created by Lydia Scott. “Honoring Our Queer Elders” is a curated exhibition of legacy videos comprised of oral hi...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Mapping Jewish San Fransisco recently launched a very cool exhibit on the lives and legacies of Jewish queer elders: mappingjewishsf.com/exhibitions/...
Read the September edition of our Documensch newsletter featuring an interview with Sarah Levin, executive director of JIMENA and a roundup of recent research by and about Jews.
👉 documensch.substack.com/p/understand...
👉 documensch.substack.com/p/understand...
September 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Read the September edition of our Documensch newsletter featuring an interview with Sarah Levin, executive director of JIMENA and a roundup of recent research by and about Jews.
👉 documensch.substack.com/p/understand...
👉 documensch.substack.com/p/understand...
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Excited to share my review of Jodi Magness’ ‘Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik’s Schweich Lectures’ in the recent issue of The Jewish Review of Books!
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Monuments and Mosaics:
The Ancient Synagogues of the Galilee - Jewish Review of Books
Mosaics, elephants, and the problem of archeology.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Excited to share my review of Jodi Magness’ ‘Ancient Synagogues in Palestine: A Re-evaluation Nearly a Century After Sukenik’s Schweich Lectures’ in the recent issue of The Jewish Review of Books!
jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary...
jewishreviewofbooks.com/contemporary...
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I'm in the "Guardian" writing about Judith Butler and the new McCarthyism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson
What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageous
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September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm in the "Guardian" writing about Judith Butler and the new McCarthyism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My department is hiring an associate/full professor of Early Modern/Modern Jewish History. Please apply and please share within your networks. I have been told to say we're very interested in the early early modern.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Tenured Associate/Full Professor in History, Deinard Chair in Early Modern/Modern Jewish History in Minneapolis, MN for University of Minnesota
Exciting opportunity in Minneapolis, MN for University of Minnesota as a Tenured Associate/Full P...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My department is hiring an associate/full professor of Early Modern/Modern Jewish History. Please apply and please share within your networks. I have been told to say we're very interested in the early early modern.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
Note: I am not involved in the search but am happy to answer general questions.
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The Met Opera kicks off its new season with a production of Michael Chabon's 2020 novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Pulitzer winning miracle of a novel rife with themes of Jewishness, American identity, comic books, and queer identity.
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Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The "epic of an opera" — which tells the story of two Jewish cousins who create a Nazi-fighting superhero — opens Sunday, Sept. 21.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Met Opera kicks off its new season with a production of Michael Chabon's 2020 novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Pulitzer winning miracle of a novel rife with themes of Jewishness, American identity, comic books, and queer identity.
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
The Met Opera kicks off its new season with a production of Michael Chabon's 2020 novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Pulitzer winning miracle of a novel rife with themes of Jewishness, American identity, comic books, and queer identity.
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The "epic of an opera" — which tells the story of two Jewish cousins who create a Nazi-fighting superhero — opens Sunday, Sept. 21.
www.jta.org
September 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Met Opera kicks off its new season with a production of Michael Chabon's 2020 novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the Pulitzer winning miracle of a novel rife with themes of Jewishness, American identity, comic books, and queer identity.
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
www.jta.org/2025/09/15/n...
New UC Berkeley + U of Rochester survey: "72% of Jewish Americans considered Trump’s use of antisemitism as an 'excuse' to punish universities. He said a survey in April that asked a similar question showed a lower percentage of American Jews with this view." www.latimes.com/california/s...
Most Jewish Americans oppose Trump's university funding cuts over antisemitism, poll shows
The Ipsos survey found that a majority of American Jews are "somewhat or very concerned" by campus antisemitism but dislike Trump's approach to combating it.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New UC Berkeley + U of Rochester survey: "72% of Jewish Americans considered Trump’s use of antisemitism as an 'excuse' to punish universities. He said a survey in April that asked a similar question showed a lower percentage of American Jews with this view." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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New poll finds that, by almost a three-to-one margin, American Jews believe Trump uses allegations of antisemitism as an "excuse" to cut university funding, rather than "truly cares about protecting Jewish students." (drive.google.com/file/d/1sjIV...)
September 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New poll finds that, by almost a three-to-one margin, American Jews believe Trump uses allegations of antisemitism as an "excuse" to cut university funding, rather than "truly cares about protecting Jewish students." (drive.google.com/file/d/1sjIV...)