uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sisisky Undergraduate Fellow Ava Sukoff just completed a summer internship at the Lilian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/sisisky-fell... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026UVA Jewish Studies Alumna Deborah Barer recently published "Going Off Script: Improvisational Judgment in the Talmud" (Oxford University Press, 2026): jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UVA Jewish Studies to appoint forensic archaeologist Kevin Colls as Professor of Practice in 2027. Learn more about Dr. Colls and his incoming field school for Holocaust Archaeology: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 021
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Professor Caroline Kahlenberg recently delivered a colloquium to Jewish Studies students and faculty about Jewish students at the University of Beirut in the early 20th century, and the lessons their experiences can teach us today. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-ca... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Fall 2026 UVA Jewish Studies newsletter is here! Catch up with our slate of fall events, get to know our faculty, undergraduate, and graduate fellows, and find out about all our new initiatives and announcements: drive.google.com/file/d/1mFDJ... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Congratulations to English and Jewish Studies Professor Caroline Rody on the publication of her new book: "Writing the Great House: Transformations of a Topos Across World English Fiction." Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-ca... 011
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Congratulations to Professor Sophia Solomon on the publication of her co-authored article: "Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Maccabiah Games." Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-so... 020
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026UVA Jewish Studies and the Miller Center will host is pleased Ghaith al-Omari and Ned Lazarus for a November 4th discussion of the impact of the U.S. midterm and Israeli elections on the future of peace in the Middle East. Register today: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/israel-pales... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Visiting PhD Fellow Katie Brown spoke on her dissertation research at the first UVA Jewish Studies Friedman Family Graduate Fellows Dinner of the semester. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/visiting-phd... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Cornell University's Dr. Jonathan Boyarin will discuss his recent translation of Mordekhai Lipson's collected anecdotes of Eastern European Jews on October 12th. Learn more and register: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/upcoming-pub... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Congratulations to University of Mary Washington Professor and UVA Jewish Studies alumna Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich for being awarded the Fred and Maria Devinki Memorial Fellowship at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/alumna-jenni... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Earlier this month, Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies Liz Alexander and Friedman Family Graduate Fellow Abigail Snyder published a short article in the Fall 2026 issue of "Biblical Archaeology Review." Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-li... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Registration is open for the next Difficult Pasts Symposium: "Ethics & Aesthetics of Telling Difficult Histories," hosted at Queens University Belfast from October 5-6. Learn more and register: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/registration... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026UVA Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that Holocaust Archaeologist and Genocide Investigator Caroline Sturdy Colls will assume the newly established Donald Black Chair in Holocaust Studies beginning in August of 2027. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 041
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Welcome back Jewish Studies Hoos! Last week, we hosted our annual welcome reception for our faculty, fellows, staff, and friends. Read all about it: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Learn about our new Jewish Studies Alumni Seminar: "Discovering the Book of Job" jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/about-our-ne... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is now accepting applications for the Fall 2027 Visiting PhD Student Fellowship. Apply today: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/call-proposa... 011
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 25/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is pleased to welcome the UVA School of Education's Commonwealth Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Education Leadership, Foundations, and Policy Sara Rimm-Kaufman as an affiliated faculty member: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 020
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 24/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the establishment of the Donald Black Chair in Holocaust Studies. Learn more about Dr. Black's legacy and his hopes for the chair: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/announcing-u... 020
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 21/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that Alanna Cooper, the Abba Hillel Silver Chair of Jewish Studies at Case Western Reserve University, is our inaugural Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence for the 2026-27 school year. Get to know Dr. Cooper: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 18/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies will host the Hebrew Bible Scholars in Virginia Series for UVA faculty and students this fall. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/announcing-h...jewishstudies.as.virginia.eduAnnouncing the Hebrew Bible Scholars in Virginia SeriesThis fall semester, UVA Jewish Studies will host several Hebrew Bible scholars from across the Commonwealth of Virginia to present their unique research 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is pleased to welcome photographic artist and Framingham State University's Professor Emerita of Art Leslie Starobin as the 2026-27 Distinguished Artist-in-Residence: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Alumni Jewish Studies graduate fellow Sarah Denne recently co-authored an article in "Frontiers in Psychiatry" with UVA Arts & Sciences Dean Christa Acampora. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/alum-fellow-... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Call for Proposals: UVA Jewish Studies is now accepting applications for the Distinguished Artist/Writer/Musician-in-Residence Fellowship for the 2027-28 academic year. Learn more and apply: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/call-proposa... 032
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026UVA Jewish Studies is now accepting applications for the Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship for the 2027-2028 academic year. Learn more and apply: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/call-proposa... 012
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Congratulations to Jewish Studies affiliated faculty member Benjamin Rous on 10 years as the Charlottesville Symphony music director. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/affiliated-f... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Watch our latest video interview with Alumna Graduate Fellow Alexa Luborsky (MFA '25) about her experience researching collective memory of landscape among genocide survivors at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/alumna-fello... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Last spring, recent graduate Eli Bardash took some time to reflect on his UVA Jewish Studies experience in the classroom, at special events, and as a member of the inaugural Undergraduate Fellows cohort. Read about his experiences: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/recent-gradu... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Our YouTube channel is home to dozens of videos from leading scholars across fields like Holocaust Studies, Rabbinic Law, Jewish Philosophy, and so much more. Explore our content, newly updated with video chapter markers for easier navigation: www.youtube.com/@universityo... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes and UC-Davis Professor Sven-Erik Rose have been selected to co-lead the seminar on “Ethics in the Midst of Atrocity” at HEFNU's 2026 Lessons and Legacies Conference in Chicago. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 10/07/2026This October, UVA Jewish Studies will co-sponsor another event in the "Difficult Pasts" international symposium at Queens University Belfast. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 020
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Everyone knows and loves the "great houses" of literature — from Pemberley to the House of Usher. But how does Jewish fiction interpret and adapt the "great house" for its own purposes? Watch English Professor Caroline Rody's colloquium presentation: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/watch-caroli... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes will give a paper on gender and Holocaust narratives at the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies in London later this month: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Professors Caroline Kahlenberg, Caroline Rody, and Jennifer Geddes were recently recognized for their outstanding mentorship by the graduating class of 2026. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/several-jewi... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026UVA Jewish Studies would like to thank the Mark J. Friedman family for their endowment of the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows Program. Their generosity secures the future of graduate Jewish studies scholarship at UVA: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/mark-j-fried... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026UVA Jewish Studies would like to thank Susan and Mark B. Sisisky for their endowment of the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Fellows Program. Their generosity secures the future of undergraduate Jewish studies scholarship at UVA: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/susan-and-ma... 030
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Jewish Studies and Religious Studies Professor Liz Alexander recently published a Father's Day tribute in Charlottesville's The Daily Progress. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-li... 030
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Get to know our Fall 2026 Visiting PhD Fellow Katie Brown and her research on the Roman practice of Noble Death during the period of Second Temple Judaism. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/meet-fall-20... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Three UVA Jewish Studies Professors and one Friedman Family Graduate Fellow recently published articles in the GlobalEurope Journal on Eurovision, with topics ranging from Israel's engagement with the contest to the diplomacy of participation and more! jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Last April, Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes gave a presentation on the Holocaust, entitled “‘…for three lines in history’: Why Reading Holocaust Testimonies Matters,” to the Richmond Jewish Women’s Club. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Learn more about the inaugural Undergraduate Jewish Studies Conference we hosted back in March with the College of William and Mary and the University of Maryland: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/jewish-studi... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026UVA Jewish Studies will host an Alumni Seminar this fall — an online class that opens up lifelong liberal arts education to alumni and the broader public. Jewish Studies Professor Martien Halvorson-Taylor will lead the first seminar on the book of Job. jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...jewishstudies.as.virginia.eduUVA Jewish Studies Announces New Alumni Seminars Beginning Fall 2026In Fall 2026, UVA Jewish Studies will pilot the first UVA Alumni Seminar, an online class that opens up lifelong liberal arts education to UVA Alumni and 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Catch up with UVA Jewish Studies' spring events and news in the Summer 2026 issue of our newsletter. Learn about our new alumni seminars, read about former director James Loeffler's Grob Lecture, check out our first Undergraduate Fellows conference, and more: mcusercontent.com/60983c125af3... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Just after graduation this year, several Jewish Studies faculty attended the second Annual Writing Retreat in nearby Short Pump, VA. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...jewishstudies.as.virginia.eduUVA Jewish Studies Attend Writing RetreatSpending the entire day holed up in a hotel room may not appeal to everyone, but then it’s common knowledge that university professors are an odd lot. The 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Get to know our Fall 2026 Visiting PhD Fellow Bilal Akar and his research on the political implications of Kurdish Jewish dancer Leila Bederkhan's performances. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/meet-fall-20... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Congratulations to Sigal Yona, the inaugural UVA Jewish Studies Visiting PhD Fellow, for successfully defending her dissertation at the University of Ghent! You can learn more about Sigal and her dissertation on 20th century Tel Aviv movie-going here: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/former-visit... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Recent Jewish Studies graduate Grace Theriot was awarded the Levin Family Prize for the outstanding research she conducted as the inaugural UVA Undergraduate Fellow in Holocaust Studies. Learn more about Grace and watch her discuss her research: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/sisisky-unde... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 26/05/2026On Friday, May 15, UVA Jewish Studies bid a fond farewell to 18 graduating fellows. Learn all about the ceremony and our graduates: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s... 000
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Congratulations to former Friedman Family Fellow Helen Byler Buckwalter on her appointment as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Religion at James Madison University! jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/former-fello... 010
uvajewishstudies.bsky.social @uvajewishstudies.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Congratulations to Professor Caroline Rody for receiving the Promethean Society Annual Teaching Award for her "excellence in teaching and outstanding contributions" in the English Department. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-ca... 010
