Welcome to The Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies

The establishment of Emory University’s Institute for Jewish Studies in February 1999 gave institutional recognition to the university’s strength in the study of Jewish life and culture, and signaled Emory’s intention to become the premier site for Jewish Studies in the southeastern United States.

Dedicated to fostering the continued development of Jewish studies on the Emory campus, the Institute for Jewish Studies is the natural outgrowth of carefully laid groundwork. In recent years, Jewish Studies has flourished, as evidenced by new faculty appointments, including endowed chairs, new graduate and undergraduate degree programs, endowed lecture series, and enrichment funds to support student and faculty travel and study.

Faculty Highlights

NEW BOOKS BY TIJS FACULTY

Jeffrey Lesser with Raanan Rein (eds.) published Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans, in Lyman Johnson (series ed.) “Dialogos” (University of New Mexico Press, 2008).

Marina Rustow published her first book, Heretics and the Politics of Community: The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate (Cornell University Press, 2008)

Ofra Yeglin published the book “Love” and “Gold” Poems: The Complete Sonnets of Lea Goldberg, a critical edition of previously unpublished primary sources (Sifriat Poalim – Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishers Ltd., 2008).

Hazel Gold, Associate Professor of Spanish and Jewish Studies, has been selected to spend 2008-09 as a Senior Fellow in residence at the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, where she will be completing her manuscript, "Writing as Postscript: Epistolary Discourse in Modern Spain".
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Eric Goldstein, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History, has also been selected to receive a prestigious Center for Humanistic Inquiry fellowship for 2008-09 for his second book project, "Turning A Page: How Yiddish-Speaking Immigrants to America Were Transformed Through Reading."
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News & Events

Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Graduate Seminar Series

Mediterranean Archaeology Lecture Series

The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies hosts the Southern Jewish Historical Society at the Emory Conference Center Hotel
November 1-3, 2008

Artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock visit Emory for a public lecture and classroom sessions
November 11-12, 2008

The Tam Institute is sad to announce that Ginger Goldhammer - Holocaust survivor, longtime resident of Atlanta, celebrated VA volunteer, and stalwart supporter of our Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory - passed away on June 9th, 2008 at the age of 101. For more on Ginger's long and interesting life, please visit Prof. David Blumenthal's home page.

JS Welcome Back Luncheon Pics
September 26, 2008

JS Awards Ceremony Pictures
April 15th, 2008

Eric Goldstein wins 2008 Sami Rohr Prize Choice Award

Jacob Wright wins Templeton Award for Theological Promise and Faculty Distinction Fund Award