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JUS Alumn Receives MA from UCLA Congratulations to one of our amazing JUS Alumni, Amanda Bauer!
Amanda Bauer recently received her MA from the University of California Los Angeles in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Her MA thesis is titled, “A Preliminary Catalogue: Female Plaque Figurines in Late Bronze Canaan” (2021).
She completed her BA at the University of Arizona in 2017, with a dual-major in Anthropology and Judaic Studies. Her senior thesis... Read more Tue, 12/14/2021 - 14:11 |
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Alumn Becomes Certified Cantor Emily Ellentuck who received her Minor in Judaic Studies and her Major in Elementary Education from The University of Arizona just recently became a certified Cantor through the Cantors Assembly internship program. Emily has worked for M’Kor Hayim since 2009- first as a cantorial soloist, then as cantorial intern (after joining the Cantorial Intern of the Cantors Assembly “CICA”... Read more |
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New book by Prof. Daniel Asia, "Observations on Music, Culture, and Politics"
Daniel Asia
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Digging Abel Beth MaacahDigging Abel Beth Maacah5 Questions for the Dig Directors of Abel Beth Maacah
Megan Sauter April 12, 2021
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/digging-abel-beth-maacah/?mqsc... Nava Panitz-... Read more Thu, 04/15/2021 - 08:18 |
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Arizona’s long-awaited Holocaust education bill finally gets its momentArizona’s long-awaited Holocaust education bill finally gets its momentBy Matthew Kassel
Last week, Alma Hernandez, a Democratic state legislator from Tucson, introduced her long-awaited Holocaust education bill to the Arizona House of Representatives. The bill, which is likely to... Read more Tue, 01/19/2021 - 09:51 |
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Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
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Retired doctor turned Rabbi shares joy of Jewish knowledge with Tucson Judaism has always been a large part of Howard Schwartz’s life, but only after moving to Tucson did he truly fall into his role as a teacher of Jewish beliefs. The doctor turned rabbi uses his time post-retirement volunteering at different synagogues to give lectures on Judaism, and has become an integral part of the local Jewish community.
Schwartz, 83, was raised in the Bronx, New York, and didn’t follow the path to the rabbinate that his father and uncles,... Read more Mon, 07/20/2020 - 15:36 |
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New Book by Professor David Graizbord
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Local scholar finds wisdom in Mi Shebeirach, the Jewish prayer for healing The last few weeks have been difficult, as our entire world has changed in response to the coronavirus. There have been times recently when I have been overwhelmed by fear and sadness and grief. At other times, I have savored the quiet of a slowed-down life and been awed by the generosity and compassion of people stepping up to take care of each other in so many different ways.... Read more |
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We Remember Professor Shlomo Aronson (z”l) Shlomo Aronson (z”l) was The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies in The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies from 2007-2009. Born in Tel Aviv in 1936, Aronson was Professor of Political Science at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He had a diverse and successful professional life. His book Hitler the Allies and the Jews (Cambridge University Press, 2004) received the Israeli Political Science Association Award for outstanding book in English, as well as... Read more |
