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UCF Judaic Studies Program established 1984.For more than 25 years, the Judaic Studies Program at UCF has enhanced Judaic knowledge, scholarship, and awareness in Central Florida. The program offers an interdisciplinary Minor in Judaic Studies and a Certificate in Judaic Studies. Judaic Studies forms an essential component of the university curriculum because the roots of western culture, civilization, and major world religions lie in ancient Jewish thought and practice, as manifested in the Hebrew Bible and subsequent writings.

Moshe Pelli Publishes New Book

Prof. Moshe Pelli, Abe and Tess Wise Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies and director of the UCF Interdisciplinary Program in Judaic Studies, has published his new book in Israel. Titled “Atarah Leyoshnah: Restore Judaism to Its Pristine Splendor,” the book deals with the struggle of the early Hebrew Maskilim (enlighteners) in Germany in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century to rejuvenate and redefine Judaism to be what this writer terms “the Haskalah (Enlightenment) Judaism.” [Read More]


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Norman Berdichevsky: "Do You Speak Esperanto? A Created, Modern International Language and the Revival of Hebrew"

Feb 19, 12:00pm

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Moshe Pelli

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Atarah Leyoshnah: Hama’avak Litzirat Yahadut Hahaskalah [Restore Judaism to Its Pristine Splendor: The Struggle to Establish ‘Haskalah Judaism’]. Hakibutz Hameuchad, Israel, 2012. 512 pp.; bibliography, index, English abstract.

Moshe Pelli

Haskalah and Beyond: The Reception of the Hebrew Enlightenment and the Emergence of Haskalah Judaism, University Press of America: 2010, 267 pp., bibliography, index.

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The Passing of Dr. Dora Avni

I am saddened at the news that one of our former instructors, Dr. Dora Avni, passed away yesterday in Israel.
Dora Avni taught our Hebrew courses for many years, and enriched our program with her enthusiasm, dedication, professionalism, and her love for Hebrew and for Israel.

She continued her graduate work and a few years back she earned a Ph. D. Dora was a dear friend and loyal colleague, who will be remembered by hundreds of students who enjoyed her courses and by her friends at UCF and in the community.

I sent a notice to our faculty about her passing.
On behalf of our program, the Judaic Studies Academic Committee and Judaic Studies Advisory Board, I offered the traditional condolences to her husband, Elan, and to the family: May you be consoled with all the bereaved of Zion and Jerusalem.

Moshe Pelli

Ps Her husband Elan’s email: EA814@aol.com

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