Songs of War and Peace
Join us for an evening of Israeli music that spans over 70 years, tracing the nation’s history through iconic songs of conflict and reconciliation.
Always Political? The Holocaust in the Postwar and Modern Age, with speaker Jeremy Black
Join us on February 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora for this lecture by Jeremy Black.
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14th Annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival
February 23–March 18, 2025
All events are free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come first served basis.
Jews in the Red Army in World War II: A Talk by Oleg Budnitskii
Join us on February 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Judaica Suite.
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2024-2025 Samuel Bud Shorstein Writing Award Applications Open
Entries for awards should be submitted by April 25, 2025
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Samuel Bud Shorstein Writing Awardees 2023-2024
Research paper co-winner: Alex Boutin-Johnson Major: English and French major Winning submission: “Instruments of Alterity in the Dreyfus Affair” written for the class “The Dreyfus Affair” taught by Dr. Gayle Zachmann. Alexander explains the paper: “The Dreyfus Affair” was an incident at the turn of the 20th century involving allegations and imprisonment of a Jewish […]
One Year After October 7: What Have We Learned?
Join the University of Florida’s Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies on October 21 as it visits South Florida to assess the effects of October 7 on the Jewish world, one year after the Hamas attacks. The featured speaker will be Dara Horn, author of People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present (2021).
Natalia Aleksiun Receives Major Fellowship
During the 2024-25 academic year, Prof. Natalia Aleksiun (the Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies in UF’s Shorstein Center) will hold the Dalck and Rose Feith Family Fellowship at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania. The Katz Center is one of the world’s most prestigious research centers in the field of Jewish studies.
Remembering Rwanda & Lessons Learned: Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
September 30, 2 – 5 p.m. in the Smathers Library Judaica Suite
Dr. Or Honig to Teach Israeli Diplomacy and Intelligence
Dr. Or Honig is joining the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies as an Israel Institute Visiting Scholar. He will teach courses on Israel focusing on Israeli diplomacy and security concerns, and he will be with the center for the next three academic years. His courses will be cross-listed with Political Science.
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New Volume by Shorstein Center Author
Professor Yaniv Feller, a professor of Judaism and Modern Jewish Thought and Philosophy at the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, has published a new book titled Covenantal Thinking: Essays on the Philosophy and Theology of David Novak with the University of Toronto Press.
Dr. Armin Langer discusses the recent rise in antisemitism
Dr. Armin Langer, an associate at the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, has published two recent articles on antisemitism and extremism. The first, “Antisemitic Myths on the Web Amidst Global Crises of the Early 2000s,” is part of a research study by the European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention (EICTP) that covers […]
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Rachel Gordan wins Fellowship Year at Harvard for 2024-25
Professor Rachel Gordan, the Bud Shorstein Professor for American Jewish Culture and Society in the Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, has been honored with a fellowship at Harvard University for academic year 2024-25. It has been a fine year for Gordan. Her award-winning book ˆPostwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American appeared with Oxford University […]
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New Book! Postwar Stories by Rachel Gordan, Bud Shorstein Professor of American Culture and Society
The Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies is proud to announce the appearance of Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American by Oxford University Press.
13th Annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival, March 5-27, 2024
Join us at the Hippodrome State Theater for our annual film festival
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Three Faces of Antisemitism
Please join us on February 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Keene Faculty Center for a talk with author Jeffrey Herf. Part of the Forum for Fairness in Discourse Series on Understanding the New Antisemitism. Made Possible by Audrey Adams and Jon Morris.
Fighting Hatred in the Heartland: Hubert Humphrey’s Battles Against Antisemitism and Extremism in Mid-Century Middle America
Join us on January 31 for a talk by Professor Samuel Freedman.
Peace, Politics and Propaganda: An Insider’s Look at the Challenges Facing Israel on the Military, Media and Political Battlefields.
Join us on February 7 for a talk by Gil Hoffman.
Walkers in the City: Jewish Street Photographers of Midcentury New York
Join us on Monday, January 22 for a talk by Professor Deborah Dash Moore. Walkers in the City showcases the distinctive urban vision that working-class Jewish photographers produced on New York City’s streets and in public spaces in the middle decades of the 20th century.
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Why I Majored in Jewish Studies
Blair Wales, UF Class of 2023 and University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2026, answers important questions about choosing a Jewish Studies major.
A Biologist with a Jewish Studies Minor?
During my first UF advising appointment almost three years ago, I was given an ultimatum: add a minor or graduate early.
Jewish Studies Center Receives New Name
A transformative gift from Samuel R. “Bud” Shorstein advances the Center’s mission.
Antisemitism on American Campuses: Where Does it Come From, and Where is it Going?
Join us on Nov. 7 for a talk featuring Jeffrey Greenberg, a UF alumnus and the American Jewish Committee’s Director of Campus Affairs, which studies and documents antisemitism on US campuses.
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The Past and the Future of Social Protest: Lessons from Nazi Germany and Beyond
Join us for discussions between students and faculty at UF Hillel on Tuesday, October 17 at 4 p.m.
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