Israel Studies

Join us April 13-14 for our conference, Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora. We will examine the increasingly diverse Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian diasporas in a multidisciplinary conversation. Learn more & register by March 30 tinyurl.com/israelidiaspora @MorenoAviad @bengurionu

Join us next Thursday for the "The Un-Chosen Body: Disability Culture in Israel" by Ilana Szobel book launch, at 12 PM ET. Register by Monday to join in person (Brandeis community) or anytime to join us on Zoom. tinyurl.com/un-chosen-body… @WSUPress @LilithMagazine

Join us on Wednesday at 12:30 PM ET for "Mark Twain, His Jewish Son-In-Law, and the Land of Israel," with Jonathan D. Sarna. Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/twain-and-isra…

We are proud to cosponsor the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute's art exhibition, "Who Will Draw Our History? Women’s Graphic Narratives of the Holocaust, 1944–1949." Join us for the opening reception tomorrow, 5–7:30 PM! tinyurl.com/mry7wknm Exhibition runs Jan 27–Apr 30.

Join us Monday to kick off the 2026 Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series! 12:30-2 PM ET, on Zoom. Register now tinyurl.com/mww6kyew for "Thinking with Diaspora: A Multi-Rooted Approach to the Sephardic Jewish Experience" with Devin E. Naar @UW. Cosponsored with @Calgaryarts

Register to join us Wednesday for a conversation with @HarvardCJS's Alexandra Mandelbaum Kupeev on "Theological Margins and National Visions: Na-Nach Messianism in the Context of the State of Israel." At 12:30 PM ET, on Zoom and in person.

Check out next week's Schusterman Center events - three chances to join us! The lineup includes in-person, online, and hybrid events, so you can take part no matter where you are. Learn more, register, and share: tinyurl.com/5c436wak

The @NewYorker quotes our own @YehudahMirsky in this article on Bari Weiss. Check out his assessment, about a third of the way through. Prof. Mirsky's expertise encompasses Jewish thought, Israel and Zionism, the study of religion, political thought, and more.

Don't miss out: Jan 10 Yoni Rechter tickets are going fast! Get yours now. Learn more: tinyurl.com/yrnrh74v

The Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series returns in 2026 with Diasporas: Sephardi Perspectives. Check out the lineup! tinyurl.com/5a6azpsd @UCalgaryArts

Don't miss this opportunity to see a living legend of Israeli music live, right here in Boston, at The Vilna Shul! tinyurl.com/ec9dvpeh

@amichaich Read about it at tinyurl.com/znmp9njs (this article is in Hebrew).

Congratulations @amichaich!

TOMORROW: Register now and join us online at 12:30 PM ET. See you on Zoom!​ tinyurl.com/3jt8ev5p

Italian newspaper @repubblica turned to our own @YehudahMirsky for expert insight into Netanyahu's political standing after the UN vote. Read “Dopo il voto Onu, Netanyahu più debole ma non si darà per vinto" tinyurl.com/mirskyrepubbli… (The article is in Italian, with a firewall.)

[Nov. 20 co-sponsored event + 2 Dec. 12 events] - mailchi.mp/brandeis/join-…

Check out the intriguing events coming up on December 2nd, "The Camera as Witness: Visual Storytelling in the West Bank," and "Israel/Palestine as a Shared Space: Historical Failures and Alternative Pathways for the Future" Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/5xayhf95

Congratulations to our Schusterman Scholar, GIlli Cohen, tinyurl.com/ypn283vm on being awarded the prestigious Leo Baeck Fellowship! @lbi_london It supports outstanding doctoral candidates pursuing research on the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry. #Brandeis

Check out the intriguing events coming up on December 2nd, "The Camera as Witness: Visual Storytelling in the West Bank," and "Israel/Palestine as a Shared Space: Historical Failures and Alternative Pathways for the Future" Learn more & register: mailchi.mp/brandeis/regis… #Brandeis

Did you miss Thursday's scholars seminar with @BU_Law's Rephael Stern '11? Brandeis student newspaper @thejustice covers it well in this morning's article. Read it here: Making Israel’s legal space: discussions about international law thejustice.org/article/2025/1… #Brandeis