The Program in Jewish Studies at Rice is delighted to welcome our new Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Postdoctoral Fellow Mendel Kranz.  Dr.

The Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University is delighted to welcome Dr. Ofra Amihay as the newest member of our faculty. Dr.

As a longtime contributor to the Rice community, Raymond Brochstein was also a steadfast supporter of the Program in Jewish Studies.

Included among the coursework for Joshua Furman’s Jewish Food: Religion, Culture and Consumption from the Bible to Bagels is a

The Program in Jewish Studies is pleased to announce some changes in our leadership that will take effect July 1, 2021.

The Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University is pleased to announce that Dr. Tamar Sella will be joining our faculty this summer as the second new Samuel W.

The Program in Jewish Studies at Rice is delighted to welcome our new Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Postdoctoral Fellow Daniella Farah.

The two groups are working together for the first time to propel narratives of musicians with roots in Syria, Israel and Venezuela.

by David N. Myers and Todd Presner

On Nov. 4, Guy Sharett, presenter of the Streetwise Hebrew podcast, took students on a linguistic tour of Tel Aviv.

Associate Program Director Melissa Weininger writes about the eponymous film based on popular Israeli writer Etgar Keret's short story "Outside" in Moment Magazine.

This is a really exciting moment … we're beginning to change the way that Texas Jewish history is preserved and studied.