Dear Editor: The Impact of Advice Columns in the Yiddish Press
What draws people to advice columns? Is it the advice, entertainment value, or even just…
Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies
Antique and New Passover Texts Bring the Holiday to Life
After a series of lectures on Haggadot with guest speakers, Magda Teter, Ph.D., the Shvidler…
New York Public Library and Fordham Announce Fellowship in Jewish Studies
Fordham University’s Jewish Studies program and the New York Public Library (NYPL) have announced a…
Fordham and Columbia Announce 2017 Fellowship
Fordham University’s Jewish studies program and Columbia University’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies have…
New Jewish Studies Minor Launched
A new interdisciplinary minor in Jewish studies launches this fall, to be taught by faculty…
Easter-Passover Exhibit Examines Jewish-Christian Relations
A new exhibit at Fordham Libraries takes an unvarnished look at Easter and Passover through…
Judaica Scholars to Discuss Jewish Culture in Art and History
A lecture series sponsored by the Jewish studies program is bringing some of the foremost…
Integrating Jewish History into General History
If Jews were integrated into European society, culture, economy, and politics, can historians justify confining…
Rejecting Hatred: 50 Years of Catholic Dialogue with Jews and Muslims
It has been 50 years since Nostra aetate, the Vatican II declaration that changed the…
Scholar Shares Little Known History of Hebrew Texts
When Magda Teter, PhD, was young, her father made her aware of the Jewish establishments…