Jewish Studies major Katy Swartz '13 selected as 2013-14 Fulbright Fellow to Bulgaria. Congratulations!

Jewish Studies major Carole Chalfin-Renard '13 has been accepted to the MA program in Language, Culture and History in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London.

Jewish Studies major Emily Dennen '13 has been accepted to Brandeis University's Masters in the Art of Teaching graduate program, with a concentration in Jewish Education. Emily will be doing her teaching practicum right here in Northampton at Lander~Grinspoon Academy.

Justin Cammy, associate professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative, received a postdoctoral fellowship at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem in spring 2014. He will be working on a critical edition of a memoir of the Vilna Ghetto. Cammy will also be a visiting scholar at the Goldreich Center for Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Tel Aviv University in 2013-14.

New Faculty -- Welcome!
The Program in Jewish Studies is delighted to welcome two new faculty members to Smith in fall 2013.

Joanna Caravita, who received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, is our new lecturer in Hebrew language.

Miri Talmon, Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies, is at Smith this year to teach courses on Israeli film and culture.