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Samira K. Mehta publishes a book, God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion

Maggie Rosenau — Tue, 26 May 2026 20:01:29 +0000

Samira K. Mehta publishes a book, God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion Maggie Rosenau Tue, 05/26/2026 - 14:01

Samira K. Mehta published a book, God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion, with UNC Press on April 14.

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Gregory Grobmeier receives the AY25/26 teaching award for GSLL faculty.

Maggie Rosenau — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:06:54 +0000

Gregory Grobmeier receives the AY25/26 teaching award for GSLL faculty. Maggie Rosenau Tue, 05/19/2026 - 10:06

Gregory Grobmeier received the AY25/26 teaching award for German and Slavic Languages and Literatures (GSLL) faculty.

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Under the leadership of Elias Sacks, a team from ��Ƶ received a $299,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program

Maggie Rosenau — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:10:18 +0000

Under the leadership of Elias Sacks, a team from ��Ƶ received a $299,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program Maggie Rosenau Tue, 05/12/2026 - 10:10

Under the leadership of Elias Sacks, a team from ��Ƶ received a $299,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program to support "Restoring Trust: Humanistic Perspectives on Academic Freedom, American Democracy and Higher Education Leadership." This three-year initiative was highlighted in Chancellor Justin Schwartz’s State of the Campus address and explores how administrators and humanities faculty can collaborate to foster free, open conversations on divisive issues and rebuild trust in higher education.

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Yonatan Malin published “Listening to Klezmer Music with Schema Theory” in the Journal of Music Theory.

Eden Weisman — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:10:41 +0000

Yonatan Malin published “Listening to Klezmer Music with Schema Theory” in the Journal of Music Theory. Eden Weisman Thu, 04/02/2026 - 14:10

Yonatan Malin published “Listening to Klezmer Music with Schema Theory” in the Journal of Music Theory. Research for the article began in a 2018 Archive Transformed residency, hosted by David Shneer z”l, and the article draws on discussions with the klezmer violinist and composer Alicia Svigals.

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Samira K. Mehta appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History

Achintya Kumar — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:22:23 +0000

Samira K. Mehta appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History Achintya Kumar Fri, 02/13/2026 - 10:22

Samira Mehta served as the faculty advisor for, and appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History.

The series will air in February and the trailer can be found here.

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Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions

Achintya Kumar — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:36:21 +0000

Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions Achintya Kumar Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:36

Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions in The Conversation.

Read her article here:
"Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews"

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Thomas Pegelow Kaplan publishes new book with Israeli scholar on Jewish Photography, Memory and History

Maggie Rosenau — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:24:41 +0000

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan publishes new book with Israeli scholar on Jewish Photography, Memory and History Maggie Rosenau Tue, 08/19/2025 - 12:24

In August, Prof. Pegelow Kaplan published his latest book with SUNY Press, co-edited with Prof. Ofer Ashkenazi (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem). Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography brings together scholars from North America, Israel, and Europe to offer innovative approaches to key themes in modern Jewish history, including nationalism, migration, race, and antisemitism. Alongside diverse case studies, the volume presents methodological approaches for current and future uses of photoanalysis in interdisciplinary scholarship.

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Hilary Falb Kalisman receives Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scholar Research Support Grant

Maggie Rosenau — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:35:12 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman receives Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scholar Research Support Grant Maggie Rosenau Mon, 08/11/2025 - 11:35

Hilary Falb Kalisman has received a Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scholar Research Support Grant to conduct research on standardized testing in Iraq as well as American educational aid to the Middle East.

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Elias Sacks publishes five articles in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception

Maggie Rosenau — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:45:09 +0000

Elias Sacks publishes five articles in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Maggie Rosenau Wed, 07/30/2025 - 11:45

Elias Sacks recently published five articles in volume 23 of The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), the first comprehensive research tool to fully explore the history of interpretation and reception of biblical themes, concepts, and figures in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, other religions, and the arts. His articles explore topics such as peace and peacemaking, Pentateuchal criticism, and peshat (the Bible's plain or straightforward sense). Sacks is also the modern Judaism editor for the EBR and recently served as the project's acting overall Judaism editor.

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Yonatan Malin awarded a Roser Visiting Artist Grant

Maggie Rosenau — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:19:27 +0000

Yonatan Malin awarded a Roser Visiting Artist Grant Maggie Rosenau Thu, 07/24/2025 - 10:19

Yonatan Malin was awarded a Roser Visiting Artist Grant to bring the singer Anthony Mordechai Zvi Russell to campus for a Yiddish song residency this fall. Russell will be joined by accordionist and composer Dmitri Gaskin, cellist Raffi Boden, and violinist Zoë Aqua. There will be three public events:

a colloquium by Aqua on Transylvanian folk music ethnography in Cluj, Romania, Monday October 27, 2:30pm
a workshop by Russell on the performance of African American spirituals in Jewish settings, Monday October 27, 7:30pm; and
a concert by the four musicians of Yiddish song from the repertoire of Sidor Belarsky, Wednesday October 29, 7:30pm. Locations and reservation details will be available soon.

The residency is also generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation Jews of Color Grant, the Program in Jewish Studies Yiddish and Shneer Community funds, the American Music Research Center, and the Center for African and African American Studies.

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Samira K. Mehta publishes a book, God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion

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Gregory Grobmeier receives the AY25/26 teaching award for GSLL faculty.

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Yonatan Malin published “Listening to Klezmer Music with Schema Theory” in the Journal of Music Theory.

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Samira K. Mehta appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History

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Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions

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Thomas Pegelow Kaplan publishes new book with Israeli scholar on Jewish Photography, Memory and History

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Hilary Falb Kalisman receives Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scholar Research Support Grant

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Elias Sacks publishes five articles in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception

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Yonatan Malin awarded a Roser Visiting Artist Grant

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Under the leadership of Elias Sacks, a team from ��Ƶ received a $299,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program