Israel Studies

Watch Dr. Stein Kokin's launch of his virtual mapping project detailing settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian region from 1840 to 2023! Thank you to @Israel_Studies for co-organizing & to @UCLAHist, @GeographyUcla, & @UCLA_DH for co-sponsoring the launch. youtu.be/QO-M5bT_NNQ?si…

Register now and join us online this Monday!

Register to join us and @israelstudies on 4/28 for the virtual project launch of Dr. Daniel Stein Kokin's "All the Points / Kol ha-Nekudot / Kull al-Nuqaṭ: Interactive Online Mapping of Settlement in the Israeli-Palestinian Region (1840-2023)" mailchi.mp/brandeis/regis… #Brandeis

Congratulations to our own Prof. Yuval Evri, whose "Modern Arab-Jewish Thought" was named one of the @BrandeisU class of 2025’s favorite courses! thejustice.org/.../the-class-…... Learn about Prof. Evri and the rest of our engaging and innvovaitve faculty: brandeis.edu/israel-center/…

You still have 11 days to apply to the Institute for Advanced Israel Studies, a hybrid fellowship at #Brandeis. The 2025-26 theme is Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora. See our call for proposals for details and apply by May 31:

Brandeis (& other) undergrads interested in Israel Studies, check out this opportunity:

3/3 - Dr. Mordecai Miller @bengurionu, an Institute for Advanced Israel Studies 2024-25 fellow, received honorable mention for best dissertation in Israel Studies. #Brandeis

2/3 - Dr. Ian McGonigle @MaynoothUni, a Summer Institute for Israel Studies fellow, received honorable mention for the Gad Barzilai Early Career Award #Brandeis

1/3 Congratulations to two scholars affiliated with the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at #Brandeis on receiving honorable mention this year by the @aisisraelstudi1 for their work:

Check out the new @TelAvivReview episode: "Wikipedia and the Politics of Knowledge," with two of our Institute for Advanced Israel Studies 2024-25 fellows, scientist Dr Rona Aviram @WeizmannScience & journalist Omer Benjakob @haaretzcom tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-r… @Gilad_Halpern

3/3 "Scientific Knowledge as Identity Construction and Presentation in Public Discourse" doi.org/10.1007/978-3-… Congratulations, @onlyabri! #Brandeis

2/3 "Segmented Assimilation Theory and the Ethiopian Jews Case in Israel" doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

1/3 Congratulations to Dr. Abrham Gebremichael @onlyabri, Schusterman Center Visiting Scholar 2024-25, on the publication of not one but two (!) chapters in "The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems." @Palgrave, May 2025. They are:

Register now for Monday's virtual book launch, "New Directions in Israeli Media: Film, Television, and Digital Content" from @UTexasPress. The book includes a chapter by our own Dr. Shayna Weiss, "The New Black: Haredi Jews on Israeli Television." 12 PM ET tinyurl.com/MondaysBookLau…

Join us May 8 as we conclude the Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series 2025 with "Sephardic Public Figures in the Argentine and Brazilian Left: Revisiting an Entangled History" tinyurl.com/sephmod5-8-25 Speakers: Silvina Schammah Gesser & Michel Gherman @UCalgaryArts @CSIC #Brandeis

Looking for a quick but informative read? Our own Dr. Shayna Weiss, quoted in @J_Insider's "Songs of the fallen set the tone for Yom HaZikaron" jewishinsider.com/2025/04/yom-ha… contextualizes this national tradition in Israeli history, and culture, and highlights recent societal shifts

Join us May 12 for a virtual book launch, "New Directions in Israeli Media: Film, Television, and Digital Content" @UTexasPress. The book includes "The New Black: Haredi Jews on Israeli Television" by our own Shayna Weiss. Learn more & register: tinyurl.com/May12BookLaunch #Brandeis

Please consider sharing this fellowship opportunity with your members: @aisisraelstudi1, @infoeais @jewishstudiesass, @ASMEASCHOLARS, @The_EAJS

Apply for the 2025-2026 Institute for Advanced Israel Studies Fellowship! Our theme will be Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora. View our call for proposals, learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/howtoapply2iai…. Deadline to apply: May 31. #Brandeis #diasporastudies #migration

Join us TODAY at 12:30 PM ET on Zoom to learn from @Annie1922 and Aviad Moreno. Register at brandeis.zoom.us/meeting/regist…. In partnership with @UCalgaryArts. @CSIC #Brandeis