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Tuesday
Oct
3
Lunch and Learn
1:00pm
Rabbi Shani Abramowitz
Campus Sukkah (outside the Student Center)
Tuesday
Oct
10
"Jewish Methods of Interpreting the Bible…
4:00pm
Dr. Sheila Jelen
WT Young Alumni Gallery
Wednesday
Oct
25
“The Book of Ruth and the Question of Migration”
4:00pm
Ilana Pardes (author of Ruth: A Migrant's Tale, Yale 2022)
Zoom
Wednesday
Nov
1
Lunch and Learn
1:30pm
Dr. Dima Strakovsky
Patterson Hall, Room 306
Wednesday
Nov
15
"Why the Literary Form of the Bible Matters…
7:00pm
Robert Alter (author of The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary, Norton 2018)
Zoom
Thursday
Nov
30
Hanukkah Event
5:00pm
Dickey Hall, Room 109
Thursday
Jan
25
Holocaust Remembrance "Shimon's Returns…
7:00pm
Dr. Karen Petrone
Worsham Theater
Tuesday
Apr
9
Local Pathways to Passover
4:00pm
The 90
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1.10.23
Calling Kentucky teachers: Enhance Holocaust education through UK-led initiative
7.20.22
UK-Led Initiative to Enhance Kentucky K-12 Holocaust Education
5.31.22
A&S Professors Collaborate on Effort to Enhance Kentucky K-12 Holocaust Education
2.11.22
UK Undergraduates to Present at 20th ‘Posters at the Capitol’
11.22.21
Book by Associate Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies Named Finalist in Key Awards Program
9.20.21
Radio Program by A&S History Major Reveals What’s Wildly Possible in Lexington’s Music Scene
4.29.21
Event Educates UK Students, Organizations on ‘Antisemitism Past and Present’
9.25.20
A&S Faculty on Teaching at Jilin University, China
9.21.20
Jewish Heritage Scholar in A&S Pursues Study in Development of Religions
9.08.20
A&S Professor Earns Archive Award for Telling Stories of Kentucky Minorities
7.23.20
A&S Jewish Studies Professor Helps Place Dead Sea Scroll Discovery in Context
6.22.20
A&S Scholar Named Zantker Charitable Foundation Professor in History
6.03.20
The College of Arts & Sciences Commitment to Equity and Anti-Racism
5.31.19
UK's Spring 2019 Dean's List Announced
5.17.19
Art History, Jewish Studies Researchers Take UK Libraries Awards for Undergrad Scholarship
4.29.19
A&S Students Among 7 UK Libraries Learning Lab Interns Bound for Global Undergrad Research Conference
3.05.19
'A Big Blue Family': Jewish Students Find Community at UK
2.21.19
Undergraduate Researchers Present Their Work at the State Capitol
8.23.18
A&S 'Passport to the World' Program to Explore Migration
6.13.18
A&S Faculty Among Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Winners
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The First Jewish Justice Antisemitism and the Nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to the Supreme Court
Luckens Prize Winner Eric Eisner presents Jewish Rights on Middle Ground Race and the Religious Test
Max Shapira of Heaven Hill Bourbon tasting
Kentucky Jewish History Symposium Dinner
Kentucky Jewish History Symposium Lecture “Profiles in Kentucky Jewish Courage” by Dr. Gary P. Zola
Hajja Razia Sharif Sheikh Islamic Studies Lecture - May 3rd, 2017
Pres. Capilouto and Sarah Aroeste on Sephardic Passover Food Traditions
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Get Your Passport Ready: Jan Fernheimer & Paul Chamberlin Introduce the Year of the Middle East
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Fresh Opportunities in Jewish Studies: Janice Fernheimer
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From Antiquity to the Present: The Jewish Studies Program with Jeremy Popkin
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