08/17/2019 - The Program in Jewish Culture & Society is pleased to announce that Johnna Jones has been awarded the F

08/05/2019 - The Program in Jewish Culture & Society is delighted to welcome Liat Maggid Alon as an Israel Institute Visiting scholar for the 2019-2020 academic year.

08/01/2019 - 2019 Winners Diana Sacilowski

05/15/2019 - 2018-2019 Filler Award Winners Yoav Margalit

12/04/2018 - Following Pope John Paul II’s visit to Cuba in 1998, Fidel Castro Ruz

10/29/2018 - On Friday night, several members of the UIUC faculty and staff joined students and community members for a

10/26/2018 - We are now halfway through our 21st Century Jewish Writing and the World series.

10/26/2018 - The series that has become “Mad Creative” is the first in what I hope will become an HGMS

10/04/2018 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill.

09/26/2018 - On the occasion of Yom Kippur, WILL Radio’s “The 21st” hosted an episode reflecting on religion

09/24/2018 - As Director of the Program in Jewish Culture & Society, I attended the convocation ceremony for n

09/02/2018 - The Program in Jewish Culture & Society partnered with Illini Hillel on September 2nd to co-host the fi

08/21/2018 - During her undergraduate days at Illinois, Meirav Malter had a common problem faced by curious people: She wanted to study pretty much everything.

08/17/2018 - Dov Weiss, Assistant Professor of Religion, recently discussed his award-winning book, "Pious Irreverence", on the "Judaism Unbound" podcast: 

05/01/2018 - The Fred S. Bailey Fellowship for Community Leadership, Service, and Activism supports University of Illinois Urbana campus graduate and professional students who have shown passion, creativity, innovation, and commitment through community organizing, activism, and/or service in one or more of the following areas: social justice, environment, global engagement and/or interfaith cooperation.