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Yonatan Malin published “Listening to Klezmer Music with Schema Theory” in the Journal of Music Theory. Research for the article began in a 2018 Archive Transformed residency, hosted by David Shneer z”l, and the article draws on
Samira K. Mehta appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven HistorySamira Mehta served as the faculty advisor for, and appears in two of the segments of Black and Jewish in America: An Interwoven History.The series will air in February and the trailer can be found here.- Samira K. Mehta publishes piece on Jewish Christmas traditions in The Conversation.Read her article here:"Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for AmericanJews"
In August, Prof. Pegelow Kaplan published his latest book with SUNY Press, co-edited with Prof. Ofer Ashkenazi (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem). Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photographybrings together
Hilary Falb Kalisman has received a Hoover Institution Library & Archives Scholar Research Support Grant to conduct research on standardized testing in Iraq as well as American educational aid to the Middle East.
Elias Sacks recently published five articles in volume 23 ofThe Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception(EBR), the first comprehensive research tool to fully explore the history of interpretation and reception of- Yonatan Malin was awarded aRoser Visiting Artist Grantto bring the singerAnthony Mordechai Zvi Russellto campus for a Yiddish song residency this fall. Russell will be joined by accordionist and composer
- Thomas Pegelow Kaplan received a faculty fellowship from CU's Benson Center to support a student research initiative in collaboration with the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin and the Open
- Elias Sacks recently taught a four-session course on Modern Judaism for theWexner Heritage Program, a multi-year educational experience focused on Jewish learning and leadership training for volunteer leaders in communities
- Samira K. Mehta has been awarded the American Jewish Archives Rabbi Joachim Prinz Memorial Fellowshipfor research in the 2025-2026 academic year.