Faculty
Hilary Falb Kalisman gave a talk as part of the History of English Language Education (HELE) Webinar series, sponsored by the AINET Association of English Teachers, The E.L.T. Archive, HELE-India Group, HELE Society and Warwick
Elias Sacks published "Can God Reject the Jewish People?: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik, Supersessionism, and Modern Jewish Thoughtâ€� in theÌýJournal of Textual Reasoning. The article exploresÌýthe first verse-by-verse Hebrew
Nan Goodman was awarded the Kayden Book Grant for her forthcoming book,ÌýJewish Messiahs Abroad: American Encounters with the Sabbatian PastÌý(Oxford University Press, 2026).Ìý
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.Ìý
Gregory Grobmeier received the AY25/26 teaching award for German and Slavic Languages and Literatures (GSLL) faculty.
Under the leadership of Elias Sacks, a team from CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï received a $299,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar program to support "Restoring Trust: Humanistic Perspectives on Academic Freedom, American
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
Samira K. Mehta appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven HistorySamira Mehta served as the faculty advisor for, and appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History.ÌýThe series will air in February and the trailer can be found here.Ìý
Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions in The Conversation.Read her article here:Ìý"Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for AmericanÌýJews"
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 PhotographyÌýbrings together