Faculty
- Director Elias Sacks' review of Randi Rashkover's book "Nature and Norm: Judaism, Christianity, and the Theopolitical Problem” has been published in Modern Theology. You can access the review here.
- Beverly Weber has a new co-written article in the special issue of Feminist Formations: Time, Urgency, and Collaboration in the Corporate Թ. Read her article “Decolonizing Time, Knowledge, and Disability on the Tenure
- Samira K. Mehta recently published the article "Protestants and the pill: How US Christians helped make birth control mainstream." Professor Mehta’s current project, God Bless the Pill? Sexuality, Contraception, and
- Samira K. Mehta was quoted in a new article about sustainability and faith-based food practices. You can read the article here: Faith-based foodies don’t stop at kosher or halal in search of sustainable eating
- To the Program in Jewish Studies Community:I hope that this email finds you healthy and safe. As the 2021-2022 academic year comes to a close, I’m writing to share the news that, in January 2023, I'll be leaving the Թ
- Samuel Boyd shares his research on the Bible and its legal material in response to a sermon by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, in which Kirill suggested the violation of “God’s law
- Samuel Boyd recently published the article "Why Translating 'God's Law' to Government Law isn't Easy," based on his research on the Bible and its legal material.
- Eyal Rivlin, co-creator of the Nonbinary Hebrew Project, will discuss the project and hold a Q&A session for Hebrew instructors at the upcoming free online conference “Gender-Inclusive and Nonbinary Hebrew: Innovations and
- Nan Goodman has been selected to be a Fellow for Fall 2022 at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the Թ of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, she’ll be working on her current book as part
- Samira K. Mehta was interviewed on MSNBC in a segment on anti-semitism in the US and the controversy surrounding Deborah’s Lipstadt’s recent nomination by the Biden administration. You can find the clip here.