Jewish Studies USC Columbia

01/20/2026

Join us for our annual Solomon-Tenenbaum Lecture on Feb. 24! British historian Jonathan Israel will deliver a talk on the Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza, Jewish ethics, and their relevance on Jewish life today. If you'd like to attend, please register here:

The Solomon-Tenenbaum Visiting Lectureship in Jewish Studies is presented to the USC faculty, students and community at large.

02/02/2024

Come join us this Monday evening for a conversation about the intersections of Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Antisemitism on College Campuses with Dr. Jeffrey Herbst, President of the American Jewish University. He'll be in discussion with Joel Samuels, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at USC. Feb 5 at the Law School auditorium, 6 PM. Registration preferred.

10/24/2023

Join us for the Yaschik Lecture in Jewish Studies next Thursday evening! Dr. Clive Webb (University of Sussex, UK) will present a talk on the impact of the Holocaust on the American Civil Rights Movement. Not to be missed!

08/22/2023

Our first event of the Fall 2023 semester. Come join us!

08/18/2022

First day of a new class at UofSC: "Shalom Y'All: Jewish History in the American South. Engaging History Through Objects." What started out as an NEH Summer Institute at the College of Charleston (thank you Dale Rosengarten and Shari Rabin!) is now a new upper-level history course. We'll be looking at Jewish cookbooks, 18th c. miniatures, the lunch counter (as a space of encounter during the Civil Rights Movement), synagogues, vinyl record covers, and lots more!

05/18/2022

Hi all -- this coming Fall semester I'll be teaching a new course at USC called "Shalom Y'all: Jewish History in the American South" (HIST471). Help spread the word!

03/02/2021

Join us to hear this wonderful writer and researcher talk about children during the Holocaust and the importance of the diaries they left behind. Follow the livestream by clicking here: https://www.facebook.com/AnneFrankCenterforMutualRespect