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Film screening and discussion to celebrate writer Kahanoff
Writer Jacqueline Kahanoff was born in 1917 to a French-speaking Jewish family in Cairo, and came of age intellectually in New York City and Paris.
Panel examines Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust
As a young child in World War II Poland, Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann and members of his family spent 15 months hiding in an attic, kept safe from the Nazis by a Ukrainian couple
Yiddish course offers ‘laboratory’ for studying cultures
The College of Arts and Sciences has expanded its language offerings by launching a Yiddish program.
Minor in Jewish studies
Cornell University undergraduates with an interest in Semitic languages, the Hebrew Bible, medieval and modern Hebrew literature and film, ancient, medieval and modern Jewish history, Holocaust studies, Jewish ethnography, world Jewish literature, and Yiddish culture are invited to complete a minor in Jewish studies.
Start by taking one of these courses:
- JWST 2644 - Introduction to Judaism
- JWST 2651 - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- JWST 2676 - Holy War, Crusade and Jihad in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam