Center for Jewish Studies

Remembrance Event Reimagines How to Tell a Vital Story

How do you keep alive the memory of something as consequential as the Holocaust when almost everyone with firsthand knowledge of it is gone? This was the challenge that a panel of experts which included scholars, journalists like Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent, PBS NewsHour, and a Holocaust survivor and educator—addressed at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus on Jan. 26.

A class meets in Special Collections in the Walsh Library to examine Judaica.

The future of Jewish studies is unfolding at Fordham University, where the study of Jewish history, culture, and traditions is nourished by a diversity of programs and courses, the University’s Catholic and Jesuit identity, and the incomparable resources available in New York City

The Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham has been phenomenal—for my scholarship, for scholarly community, and for a feeling of unlimited possibilities.

Because of its partnerships, our intellectual conversations and our publications have expanded exponentially. The center has transformed my experience at Fordham, as an anthropologist and a Jewish studies scholar.

—Ayala Fader, Ph.D., professor of anthropology, Fordham University

Public Events

Sep Sun

‘The Light of the Revival: Stained-Glass Design for Restituted Synagogues of Ukraine’ by Eugeny Kotlyar Walsh Library

Sep Wed

An Exhibition: ‘Banned! A History of Censorship’ Walsh Library

Oct Wed

Black Studies and Jewish Studies in Conversation: ‘Memory, Heritage, and Material Remains’ 1:00 pm Zoom

Oct Tue

Screening and Panel Discussion: Egypt: A Love Song 12:00 pm Zoom

Oct Tue

Black Studies and Jewish Studies in Conversation: Shared Past/Divided Present—Museums and Public History 6:00 pm Bateman Room (2-01B), Fordham Law School

Nov Sun

Guided Tour: ‘Banned! A History of Censorship’ 3:00 pm Walsh Library

Dec Sun

Guided Tour: ‘Banned! A History of Censorship’ 8:00 am Walsh Library

“I was a poor Jewish kid from Liberty, New York, and Fordham provided financial aid that allowed me to attend college,” said University Trustee Henry Miller, FCHR '68, at the opening of the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Room named in honor of the donor's generousity and commitment to the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, often translated as “repair the world."

Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies co-hosted a virtual lecture series that discussed how the current crisis is affecting academia and is co-sponsoring a fellowship program for Ukrainian scholars. The center is collaborating with three organizations: the American Academy for Jewish Research, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, and the Lviv Center for Urban History in Ukraine.

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Banned! A History of Censorship

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Jewish Studies before Jewish Studies @Fordham: Interview with Elisabeth Tetlow

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Jewish Studies before Jewish Studies @Fordham: Interview with Rabbi Dr. Barat Ellman

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Remembrance Event Reimagines How to Tell a Vital Story

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University Unveils the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Room