Founded in 1991, the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies brings together a variety of disciplines to study and interpret Jewish and ancient Israelite history, religion, literature, politics, society, and culture. The center offers a broad selection of courses at all levels, which are cross-listed with other departments, including Classical and Near Eastern Studies, English, Gender and Women's Studies, German/Nordic/Slavic Studies, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology.
The Jewish Studies major offers students an in-depth study of 3,500 years of Jewish civilization. The program is interdisciplinary in nature and aims to provide students with a broadly based, rigorous liberal arts education in the field. While learning about Jewish history, religion, language, and culture, students also develop skills in critical thinking, reading, writing, and research—skills that are valuable to a range of career paths.
MICHAEL BERNARD-DONALS
Chaim Perelman Professor of Rhetoric and Culture and Nancy Hoefs Professor of English and Jewish Studies
michael.bernarddonals@wisc.edu
AMOS BITZAN
Frances and Laurence Weinstein Assistant Professor of History
abitzan@wisc.edu
JEFF BLAKELY
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Archaeology
jblakely@wisc.edu
TERYL DOBBS
Professor of Music Education
tdobbs@wisc.edu
IVAN ERMAKOFF
Sewell-Bascom Professor of Sociology
ermakoff@ssc.wisc.edu
CHAD ALAN GOLDBERG
Professor of Sociology
cagoldberg@wisc.edu
SARA GUYER
Professor of English
guyer@wisc.edu
JEREMY HUTTON
Professor of Classical Hebrew Language and Biblical Literature
jmhutton@wisc.edu
MARK LOUDEN
Alfred L. Shoemaker, J. William Frey, and Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics
mllouden@wisc.edu
TONY MICHELS
George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History
aemichels@wisc.edu
STEVEN NADLER
William H. Hay II Professor & Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities
smnadler@wisc.edu
ANNA PARETSKAYA
Lecturer in Sociology
aparetskaya@wisc.edu
CARA ROCK-SINGER
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
crocksinger@wisc.edu
DOUGLAS ROSENBERG
Professor of Video/Performance/Installation, Art Department
rosend@education.wisc.edu
JORDAN ROSENBLUM
Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies
jrosenblum@wisc.edu
NADAV SHELEF
Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Israel Studies and Professor of Political Science
shelef@wisc.edu
JUDITH SONE
Lecturer of Hebrew
jsone@wisc.edu
ADAM STERN
Assistant Professor in German, Nordic, & Slavic and Jewish Studies
adam.stern@wisc.edu
SCOTT STRAUS
Professor of Political Science and International Studies
sstraus@wisc.edu
JEANNE SWACK
Professor of Musicology
jswack@wisc.edu
URI VARDI
Professor of Cello
uvardi@wisc.edu
SUNNY YUDKOFF
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and German, Nordic, and Slavic
yudkoff@wisc.edu
MARINA ZILBERGERTS
Lipton Assistant Professor of Jewish Literature and Thought
zilbergerts@wisc.edu