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News / Jewish Studies Center

August 25, 2022
Hunter College Welcomes 12 Students Whose Education, Lives Impacted by War

Hunter is welcoming 12 students whose lives were turned upside-down by the war between Russia and Ukraine, allowing them to restart their educations.

December 13, 2021
Hunter's Hebrew Program Students Win Awards for 2021 Writing Contest

Our students occupied all three places in the Intermediate level and 2nd 3rd places in the Advanced language level.

July 1, 2021
Holocaust Artifacts Unpacked: The Backpack

How does a father’s backpack tell the story of protecting his family? Elek and Livia Brust and their daughter, Eva, survived the Holocaust in ...

May 24, 2021
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

Leah Garrett chronicles the incredible story of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive WWII special-forces unit.

March 8, 2021
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

Hunter College's Jewish Studies Center presents Talia Lavin, author of "Culture Warlords" in conversation with Jessie Daniels.

February 11, 2021
Hunter’s Colum McCann Wins 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction

With “Apeirogon,” McCann, a Distinguished Lecturer of Creative Writing, becomes the second Hunter professor to have won this prestigious prize.

December 1, 2020
Hunter's Hebrew Program Students Win Awards In Writing Contest

Five Hunter College students earned awards in an international writing contest held in Israel for Hebrew learners.

May 20, 2020
Hunter@Home - X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

Dr. Leah Garrett, award-winning scholar, professor and director of Jewish Studies at Hunter College, discusses her new book project.

May 1, 2020
Hunter College Students Awarded Prestigious Fellowships and Scholarships

Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab has announced that multiple students have been awarded prestigious fellowships and scholar opportunities.

November 19, 2019
Q&A: How Should Jewish Studies Address Anti-Semitism?

A year into the job, Garrett, the author of four books — including 2015 National Book Award Finalist “Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented ...

Read the Full Q&A on Forward

November 9, 2019
Anonymous Donation Funds Jewish Studies Center’s Lunch Series

The Jewish Studies Center is happy to announce the acceptance of a generous donation that will fund its Lunch Lectures series for the spring semester.

October 15, 2019
"Who Will Write Our History" Film Screening

Leading Jewish historian Dr. Samuel Kassow visited the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute for a screening of the award-winning documentary.

Watch the Discussion and Q&A of “Who Will Write Our History” on Livest

September 30, 2019
Leah Garrett Speaks at International Conference About Jewish Soldiers ...

Leah Garrett, Director of the Jewish Studies Center, was invited to speak in Warsaw at a conference on "Jews Against Nazi Germany During WW II."

Learn More About the Conference

July 30, 2019
Hunter's Leah Garrett Gives a Serious Talk About Mad Magazine

Listen to Leah Garrett, director of Hunter's Jewish Studies Center, talk about how Mad Magazine influenced Postwar America.

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