Recent News

	Tuesday, October 27, 2009 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Gary Kenzer speaks on "The Media and Israel: Finding Common Ground" [More Information ]
	Tuesday, February 10, 2009 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Judith Baskin speaks on "Women and the Holocaust: Controversy and Conclusions" [More Information ]
	Tuesday, February 17, 2009 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Pan Guang speaks on "Jews in China" [ More Information ]
	Thursday, November 13, 2008 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Eliezer Rivlin speaks on "Current Affairs in Israel as Israeli Elections Approach". . . [ More Information ]
	Aug. 7, 2008 The Shadow of Death: Letters in Flame -- New book published by Prof. Moshe Pelli on literature of the Holocaust. [ More Information ]
	Judaic Studies offers eight courses in the Fall 2008 semester. . . [ Click here for details. ]
	March 27, 2008 Judaic Studies Mourns the passing of Joseph Wittenstein, member of the Advisory Board . . . [ More Information ]
	Pelli elected President of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in the USA. The association is the professional organization of professors and instructors in colleges, universities and seminaries . . . [ More Information ]
	January 29, 2008 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Dr. Ephraim Kam speaks on "Sources of Instability in the Middle East". . . [ More Information ]
	Jan. 5, 2008 Haskalah and Modernity -- New book published by Prof. Moshe Pelli. [ More Information ]
	October 30, 2007 UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series: Prof. Sander Gilman speaks on "Multiculturalism and the Jewish Experience". . . [ More Information ]
	August 15, 2007 UCF Judaic Studies Program has been very active on the international scene in the past few months and in the last academic year. . . [ More information ]
	August 10, 2007 Jeffery Golub, Judaic Studies Program Assistant, was selected to be the 2006-2007 UCF Employee of the Year. [ More information ]
	Nov. 20 and 21, 2006 Dr. Uzi Avner presents a lecture entitled The Desert Roots of Ancient Israel and a seminar, Standing Stones in the Desert. [ More information ]
	Jan. 18, 2006 Prof. Pelli publishes three scholarly books on Hebrew Enlightenment. It is the culmination of several years of research in rare-book collections throughout the world. [ Details and ordering information ]
	Jan. 30 and 31, 2006 Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy presents a lecture entitled Eve's Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition and a seminar, In the Footsteps of Job: Women Challenging God in Judaic Literature. [ More information ]
	Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 2005 Dr. Curt Leviant lectures on The Golem: Myth and 'Fact' and 350th Anniversary of Jews in America. [ More information ]
	April 3-5, 2005 CONFERENCE: Sacred Text, Sacred Film? Are there moral imperatives for filmmakers and producers of popular media to promote inter-religious understanding? Three distinguished speakers will address this and other questions. . . [ More information ]
	Oct. 17, 2004 UCF honors Abe & Tess Wise The University of Central Florida held a luncheon to honor Tess and Abe Wise upon the establishment of the newly endowed professorship in Judaic Studies named after them. [ More information ]
	Feb. 26, 2004 Professor Moshe Pelli, director of UCF's Judaic Studies program, was appointed last month as the "Abe and Tess Wise Professor of Judaic Studies." [ Read the Press Release in the College newsroom ]