Johnna Jones

Johnna Jones

Johnna Jones is currently in her final semester at Vanderbilt Law School! She will be taking the Tennessee Bar in July. She also just completed her second season as a Tennessee Titans Cheerleader!...
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Aria Tsoulouhas

Aria Tsoulouhas

During Aria’s first semester as an undergraduate, she enrolled in JS 120, A History of Judaism, taught by Professor Dov Weiss. At the time, she had a rudimentary interest in the academic study of...
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Yom HaShoah Workshop

Even as a fourth-generation Jewish Texan, S.L. Wisenberg has always felt the ghost of Europe dogging her steps, making her feel uneasy in her body and in the world. At age six, she’s sure that she hears Nazis at her bedroom window and knows that after they take her away, she’ll die without her...
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Antisemitism on the American Campus

  May 1, 2024 9 AM-6:45 PM Levis faculty center 300 register here with NetId or livestream here   Sponsored by the Israel Studies Project, the Program in...

HEBR 201 & 403: Elementary and Intermediate Modern Hebrew

HEBR 201 Elementary Modern Hebrew I Credit: 5 hours Instructor: Ilit Morchaym Acquaints students with the fundamental principles of the Hebrew language. Develops all four language skills; reading, writing, listening and speaking. Grammar and comprehension are exercised through the textbook, the audio-visual materials and the computer. Easy stories will be used during the term to strengthen reading comprehension. Participation in the language laboratory is required. Open to Freshmen.  ...
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Minority Groups and the Israeli Peculiarity

May 14, 2024 1PM CST Online event. Register here.   The State of Israel is a...
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Sefardita: A Journey from Anthropology to Fiction

THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2024 Ruth Behar 4:00pm Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory, Urbana View on Map   EVENT DESCRIPTION In this presentation, Ruth Behar will discuss her recent turn from anthropology to writing coming-of-age...
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Ben Lerner

This event, part of the Greenfield Lynch Lecture Series, will take place April 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM in Levis Faculty Center 210.   Ben Lerner is the author of eight books of poetry and prose as well as several collaborations with visual artists. His new book of poetry, The Lights, was just...
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Jews in Arabia: From the Great Revolt to the Rise of Islam

This lecture will take place Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 4:00-5:30 PM in Levis Faculty Center 422.   The least known Jewish community in the ancient world is the network of Jews who populated the Arabian Peninsula during the years between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. and the...
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