Hanukkah creates opportunities for families to celebrate their heritage – especially in the kitchen.

‘Untraditional’ Hanukkah celebrations are often full of traditions for Jews of color

Dec. 19, 2022

Multicultural Jewish families and Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table.

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Research & Innovation Office names newest Faculty Fellow cohort

Dec. 9, 2022

The Research and Innovation Office has announced the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 17 faculty members from departments and research institutes spanning the campus.

Simchat Torah celebrations in Netanya, Israel, in 2013.

Simchat Torah: A Jewish holiday of reading, renewal and resilience

Oct. 14, 2022

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.

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There is no one ‘religious view’ on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

June 24, 2022

Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.

Protestant Christians have been debating – and more often than not, supporting – modern contraceptives since they first appeared.

Protestants and the pill: How US Christians helped make birth control mainstream

May 26, 2022

Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.

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Seventeen students are named 2022 Van Ek Scholars

April 28, 2022

The award, considered one of the College of Arts and Sciences' highest honors, is given to students for academic achievement and service

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Patriarch of Russia Kirill and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (in background), at a monastery outside Moscow in 2017.

Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout ‘God’s law,’ but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn’t work

April 22, 2022

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, preached a sermon on March 6, 2022, in which he suggested the violation of “ God’s law ” provided divine license for the war against Ukraine. In particular, Kirill pointed to Ukrainian acceptance of gay rights and the promotion of gay...

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Why translating ‘God’s law’ to government law isn’t easy

March 17, 2022

The relationship between certain interpretations of the Bible and public life in the U.S. continues to be in the headlines. During the March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2022, the Bible featured prominently, with passages from the books of Jeremiah and Proverbs, among others, on...

An ornament on a Christmas tree reads, "Happy Hanukkah."

To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the ‘December Dilemma’

Dec. 21, 2021

Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families—but thoughtful communication makes a difference

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‘Jews of Color’ initiative gets $250k boost

Dec. 20, 2021

Henry Luce Foundation funds a three-year partnership between the Program in Jewish Studies and University Libraries to ‘recover, study and elevate’ voices of Jews of color.

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