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Nola Goodwin/The Hoya | Author Orit Avishai, a professor of sociology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Fordham University, discussed her book “Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel” during a Feb 20 book talk hosted by the Center for Jewish Civilization (CJC).

Author Talks Queerness, Ethnography Within the Jewish Orthodox Community

By Nola Goodwin, Hoya Staff Writer February 23, 2024

The author of a book examining the evolving relationship between the queer community and Orthodox Judaism shared insight about her ethnographic research and writing process at a Feb. 20 event. Orit...

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

Rabbi, Colleague of Pope Joins GU Interfaith Tradition as Member of Jewish Studies Faculty

By Sophia Lu September 29, 2022

Longtime friend of Pope Francis and leading contemporary facilitator of Catholic-Jewish interreligious dialogue Rabbi Abraham Skorka joined Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization (CJC) this fall...

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Discussion on the Holocaust and Genocide

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Discussion on the Holocaust and Genocide

By Noelle Cook January 28, 2022

CW: This article references/discusses genocide and  sexual  violence . Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown’s Center for Jewish Civilization...

PROFILE: Rabbi Rachel Gartner’s Mission To Invigorate the GUish Community

PROFILE: Rabbi Rachel Gartner’s Mission To Invigorate the GUish Community

By Dylan Schneider October 30, 2020

For the first time since she joined the Georgetown University community in 2011, Rabbi Rachel Gartner’s annual “Welcome Back” Shabbat on Aug. 28 did not occur in person on Georgetown’s campus....

@CJC_INFO/TWITTER | The Center for Jewish Civilization hosted a panel that discussed political polarization and its impact on rising antisemitism.

Antisemitism Aggravated by Political Polarization, Panelists Say

By Amy Li September 6, 2019

The polarization of political discourse is a concerning trend in a time where there are growing antisemitic sentiments in the United States, panelists said at a dialogue about American Jews in the...

NATALIE ISE/ THE HOYA As incidents of antisemitism persist in the United States, Georgetowns Center for Jewish Civilization continues to attract more students

Center for Jewish Civilization Nears 100th Member

By Grey Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Ash November 14, 2018

As a Jewish student at Georgetown University, Sam Appel (COL ’20) was not interested in taking classes within the minor offered by the the Center for Jewish Civilization when he arrived his freshman...

Former ADL Director Attributes Rise in Anti-Semitism to Trump

By Alexandra Bowman October 15, 2018

President Donald Trump’s election in 2016 inspired a growth of anti-Semitism, said American Defamation League National Director Emeritus and Holocaust survivor Abraham Foxman at an event Oct. 10 in the...

Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams argued the United States cannot stabilize the Middle East by supporting authoritarian regimes Monday.

Former Deputy National Security Adviser Advocates Middle East Policy Restraint

By Will Cassou October 25, 2017

The United States cannot stabilize the Middle East by supporting authoritarian regimes, argued former Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams in a Monday discussion of his newest book. During...

Speaker Calls for Unified Response to Anti-Semitism

By Ben Goodman March 17, 2017

A collective response is needed against the recent worldwide swell of anti-Semitism, according to former United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ira N. Forman in an event hosted...

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Anti-Semitic graffiti was found near the Makóm Jewish gathering space in Leavey Center.

Jewish Community Looks to 272

By Yasmine Salam October 14, 2016

As members of Georgetown’s Jewish community gathered for Rosh Hashanah services Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, Andrew Meshnick (COL ’17) delivered a sermon on a seemingly unrelated topic: the community’s...

Students Protest CJC Panel

By Tara Subramaniam September 13, 2016

A group of around six students protested during and after a panel discussion on the politics and policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held by the Center for Jewish Civilization in Gaston...

Follow the Jewish Studies Program Model

By The Editorial Board March 1, 2016

This week, Georgetown launched the new Center for Jewish Civilization, a significant expansion to the already existing program, buffered by a $10 million donation dedicated to Holocaust research. The Jewish...

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