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.
People
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