He is also a longtime observer of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. From his home in Jerusalem, where he is currently ...

Info Session Handouts and Recordings This page contains links to the most recent handouts from and/or recordings of selected information sessions held by the Linguistics program as part of its ...

Academic Calendars and Deadlines Summer 2025 classes will be offered in multiple modalities: traditional on-campus classes in Waltham, online remote Zoom-based courses, and online asynchronous courses ...

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June 12, 2025 The Summer 2025 edition of Brandeis Magazine delivers fascinating stories, including how a Brandeis graduate played a key role in preserving Notre-Dame Cathedral’s iconic sound in the ...

In the run-up to the presidential election, BrandeisNOW asked faculty to provide analysis and insight into some of the most pressing issues facing the country. This is part of the series. Over the ...

March 30, 2022 By Joseph Dorman Every Passover, Jews set an extra cup of wine on the dinner table and open the door for the enigmatic prophet Elijah, hoping he will enter. An evolving symbol of hope ...

For some 1,000 years, many Jews have observed the same ritual every Yom Kippur Eve — waving a chicken over their head. The practice is called kapparot (atonements) in Hebrew and "shluggen kappores" in ...

A severe, prolonged drought created an agricultural crisis that swept all of the Maya kingdoms into history. That's the popular narrative for the fall of the ancient Maya.

After the Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Perspectives A Conversation with Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch and Shai Feldman Organized and edited by Ramyar D. Rossoukh, Assistant Director for Research, and Naghmeh ...

After the Israel-Hamas War: Palestinian Perspectives A Conversation with Yezid Sayigh and Khalil Shikaki Organized and edited by Ramyar D. Rossoukh, Assistant Director for Research, and Naghmeh ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. An anti-Semitic hoax more than a century old reared its ugly head again as the Republican National Convention was underway last week. Surely no ...