Announcements
Associate Director
Jonathan Boyarin
Jonathan Boyarin, who joined
Carolina’s Department of Religious
Studies in 2007 as the Leonard and
Tobee Kaplan Distinguished Professor
of Modern Jewish Thought, has been
appointed associate director for the
Center. He will work with Jonathan
Hess on long-range planning for the
Center, curriculum development,
fund raising and public outreach.
Hebrew Bible Through the Ages
For Professor David Lambert, studying the Hebrew Bible
means much more than simply reading the ancient text. He
extends his study to explore how the Bible is interpreted
through the ages, and how different cultural assumptions alter how people approach the Bible. Read More
Levin
Family Creates New Endowment
for Jewish
Studies Faculty
Seymour M. Levin, ’48 and Carol Cole
Levin of Greensboro, N.C., have recently
expanded their support of the Center by
establishing a new faculty endowed chair
in Jewish Studies.
Undergraduate Research Awards
T. Fielder Valone, Jr., class of 2011, is
the first recipient of the Elsie Kaplan“Mother” Shapiro ZBT Undergraduate
Research and Travel grant in Jewish
Studies and Joseph “Trey” Meeks, class of 2010, received an undergraduate research
award from the Carolina Center for Jewish
Studies and the Department of Religious
Studies.
Eli N. Evans '58 Receives Honorary Degree
Eli N. Evans '58, writer, philanthropist and chair of the Advisory Board for the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on May 10 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s spring commencement.
Full story
Jewish Studies events to explore Klezmer dance,
genocide, more
Klezmer dance, genocide, evangelical support of Israel and Jewish-American cooking are among topics to be explored in community events sponsored by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full story
Jewish Studies Professorship Named for Stuart Eizenstat '64
A $1.5 million distinguished professorship in Jewish studies will be named in honor of alumnus Stuart E. Eizenstat '64, who served as the lead investigator for Holocaust reparation agreements and deputy secretary of the treasury during the Clinton administration. David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C., has pledged $500,000 to help establish the UNC professorship. Full story
Lectures for spring 2008 probe music, the South, more
Jewish music, Zionist ideology and Jewish merchants in the post-Civil War South are among topics to be explored in a spring lecture series at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Full story
Jewish studies to recruit rising faculty star with $1 million gift
A $1 million gift to the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies will allow the center to recruit a rising faculty star in modern Hebrew literature and Israeli culture in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The gift is from two Charlotte families: Lori and Eric Sklut, and Lori's parents, Leon and Sandra Levine. Full Story
Screening of film on Jewish baseball star opens fall 2007 lectures
The life and times of America’s first Jewish baseball star will be the topic of a film screening and discussion Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. at UNC-Chapel Hill. The event kicks off the fall 2007 lecture series of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. Full Story
UNC Hires Professor of Modern Jewish Thought
The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that Jonathan Boyarin will join UNC's faculty in the fall as Kaplan Professor of Modern Jewish Thought in the Department of Religious Studies. This distinguished professorship is named in honor of Leonard and Tobee Kaplan, who made a generous gift to establish the position. Full Story
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Karen M. Gajewski, communications director
919-962-1509 kgajewski@unc.edu
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Resources
Duke University Center for Judaic Studies
Jewish Studies Film Guide - UNC University Libraries
Academic Guide to Jewish History
Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory
Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East
Jewish Life in Western North Carolina: UNC-Asheville's Ramsey Library special collections website
History at Hand -- A People's Memory: A History of Jewish Businesses in Asheville, 1880-1990
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition, available through Davis Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
