Dr. Channa Pinchasi

Engage with Jerusalem in all its complexity, exploring the ways in which poetic imagination and lived experience intersect in the city.

Dr. Sharon Nazarian

Explore the complexity of Iranian society and the Iranian Jewish community, and get insight into this moment in history.

Ruben Shimonov

What can Sephardic texts and wisdom teach us about Jewish identity, diversity, leadership, community life, and engagement with the world?

Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash

Explore rabbinic and Hassidic texts to learn about the connection between the flame of the candle and the human soul.

Dr Sarah Bunin Benor

Get a glimpse into the history of Jewish names, from the ancient Middle East to medieval Cairo, from Renaissance Rome to modern Poland.

Sophie Bigot-Golblum

Drawing on biblical, rabbinic, and mystical sources, explore the Leviathan’s journey from chaos to the material of the messianic sukkah.

Sophie Bigot-Golblum

Explore a radical re-reading and reinterpretation of this seminal Jewish holiday.

Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Explore the photography of Israeli photographer, Adi Nes, and his arresting series on Biblical characters set in contemporary Tel Aviv.

Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Explore contemporary Israeli art post October 7th.

Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Examine the image of the \"New Jew\" that Zionism sought to create.

Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Explore classical and contemporary Zionist thought and Israeli identity through visual art.

Dr. Channa Pinchasi

Explore music, poetry, satire, and religious texts that expose the complex, conflicting set of voices which make up contemporary Israel.

Dr Sarah Bunin Benor

Explore the history and future of global Jewish languages, and learn how Jews are engaging creatively with these languages today.

Dr. Ronnie Perelis

The powerful tradition of the sensual and spiritual poetry of the Hebrew poets of Sefarad continues with interesting re-interpretation ...

Dr. Raquel Ukeles

The challenges of building an inclusive collection for a national library that operates in a complex political environment, especially ...

Dr. Saba Soomekh

From personal stories to hard historical facts, delve into the fascinating history of Persian Jewry, and learn about the reality today.

Dr Ronnie Perelis

Take a thrilling journey into the turbulent history of Crypto Jews.

Dr Ronnie Perelis

Using Jewish texts, art and poetry, Dr. Perelis explored the unique time in history that gave rise to Sephardic Jewish culture.

Dr. Channa Pinchasi

What are the tensions between the ancient Hebrew language and the Israeli vocabulary of a digital era.

Dr. Anna Shternshis

Yiddish is on the rise. Discover what is going on with the Yiddish language today.

Dr. Anna Shternshis

How Yiddish plays, folklore and music depicted what it was like for Jewish refugees to live in Central Asia.

Anna andy Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Psoy Korolenko bring to life long lost Yiddish songs of World War II. 

Prof. Galeet Dardashti

Various forms of Israeli music offer a  unique political and cultural lens for the study of Israeli identity over the past several decades.

Prof. Galeet Dardashti

The changes in Israeli music over the country’s short history illuminate significant historical and social developments. 

Prof. Eric Goldman

 Part II examines current films and several of the television dramas that are being streamed across the globe.

Prof. Eric Goldman

Part I explores a changing and evolving Israel by analyzing select mainstream narrative films beginning with the first feature movies.

Rabba Yaffa Epstein

How the story of Queen Esther teaches us about how we attain, and wield power, and authority today.