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Adventures in Jewish Studies is a podcast produced by the Association for Jewish Studies, the largest learned society and professional organization representing Jewish Studies scholars world...
In this episode, scholars and translators discuss Yiddish popular fiction known as "shund," serialized in Yiddish newspapers around the turn...
Guest scholar James Loeffler looks at the different forms of anti-Zionism and its overlapping relationship with antisemitism, and considers...
Guest scholar Pamela Nadell talks about antisemitism in America. She looks at how the definition of antisemitism has changed over time, how...
Guest scholar Sara Lipton discusses antisemitism in medieval Europe. From the Nazis in the 20th century to current alt-right movements, many...
Guest scholar Magda Teter discusses structural antisemitism, or the laws, policies, institutional practices and entrenched norms which singl...
Jewish food is no longer confined to what you'd find on a deli menu. Bourekas, shakshuka, adafina, jachnun, and harira have claimed their pl...
Every year on Purim, Jews around the world stage shpiels, or plays, that not only feature people in costumes, but cross-dressing as well. Th...
The Jewish life cycle includes rituals and customs to mark major rites of passage – birth, coming of age, marriage and parenthood. Likewise,...
In this episode, host Erin Phillips and guest scholars Zachary Baker, Philip Keisman, and Devin E. Naar discuss four Jewish newspapers from...
The quest for a homeland, to journey from bondage and persecution, has been inherent to Jewish history for as long as it's been told. In thi...
In this episode, host Avishay Artsy and guest scholars Noah Feldman, Susannah Heschel, and Shaul Magid consider what makes someone Jewish by...
The yarmulke has become an almost universal symbol of Judaism; however, Jews around the world cover their heads and hair in many different w...
As a listener of Adventures in Jewish Studies , we hope you'll also listen to the new AJS podcast, Critical Sources . Critical Sources featu...
A century ago, Jews were at the center of the American garment industry and at the forefront in the battle for those workers' rights. In thi...
A sharp rise in antisemitic incidents has led to increased calls for mandatory Holocaust education. In this episode, host Avishay Artsy spea...
This episode of Adventures in Jewish Studie s explores the lives of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews who settled in what are now the states of G...
Throughout the world, Jewish diaspora communities set out on pilgrimages to visit holy sites in search of wisdom, healing, and blessings. Bu...
Kabbalah, one of Judaism's most sacred schools of thought, has served as a wellspring of Jewish faith, a portal to mystical knowledge, and a...
While the Talmud famously forbids sorcery, Jewish history is full of examples of what many today might refer to as "magic." In this episode,...
In this episode, host Erin Phillips and guest scholars Max Strassfeld and S.J. Crasnow explore how gender is constructed in Judaism. They cr...
Kol Nidre is recited at the beginning of evening Yom Kippur services, and serves as an emotional and dramatic opening to the Day of Atonemen...
In this episode of Adventures in Jewish Studies , we're looking at the intersection of Jewish studies and disability studies. Guest scholars...
Are bugs kosher? What about CBD/THC edibles or Impossible Pork? Can entirely new substances - like lab grown meat - be categorized and certi...
Following World War II, Jewish Honor Courts in Europe and criminal courts in Israel handled accusations of collaboration by Jews who were be...
We are currently in a sabbath, or shmita year, a biblically-mandated year of rest where fields lay fallow and debts are forgiven. From nearl...
The story of Israeli pop music is a story of constant evolution, a reflection of Israel's complex and ever-changing history. From its pre-st...
For decades, the rate of intermarriage among American Jews has been rising. Among many traditionally-minded Jews and Jewish organizations, t...
The first American bat mitzvah took place on March 18, 1922. As the 100th anniversary of this first bat mitzvah nears, guest scholars Carole...
For this episode, we joined forces with Theatre Dybbuk to co-produce a special episode exploring Henry Ford's publication of The Internation...
If most of what you know about the history of Jews in Persia comes from the Book of Esther, when the wicked Haman (boo!) tried to massacre t...
"If you harm the environment, you harm yourself." This mini-episode of the Adventures in Jewish Studies podcast series asks the question "Is...
Since the 1930s, around 70% of American Jews have consistently voted Democrat. However, in earlier decades, the Jewish vote was spread widel...
For many people, the narrative about Black-Jewish relations goes something like this: In the 1960s, there was a strong alliance between the...
Since the 1920s, American Jewish kids have spent many summers at Jewish summer camp. But how and why did sleepaway camp become such a staple...
On Shavuot, a Jewish holiday celebrating the people of Israel receiving the Torah from God at Mt. Sinai, we the read the Book of Ruth, the s...
The Passover Haggadah is among the most popular and fascinating texts in the Jewish liturgy. There's a Haggadah for every for sensibility an...
This episode of the Adventures in Jewish Studies podcast explores the world of Jewish languages, and features guests Sarah Bunin Benor, Alan...
Do you love The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ? Our latest podcast episode focuses on the life of 1950s Jewish American female comedian Jean Carroll...
Since the period of the late 2nd Temple, starting in the 2nd century BCE, messianic figures began appearing in Roman-controlled Judea. The i...
The season one finale of Adventures in Jewish Studies tackles the challenging and complex issues of Jewish identity, whiteness, and anti-Sem...
50 years ago, Philip Roth's wildly controversial and hugely successful novel Portnoy's Complaint was published. A bestseller, the novel – wr...
Between 1948 and 1954, several thousand babies born to Mizrahi immigrants to Israel were separated from their parents and were claimed by As...
Where do Jews come from? That's the big question we're asking in the second episode of the Adventures in Jewish Studies podcast, and we're t...
Download the transcript. In the inaugural episode of Adventures in Jewish Studies , host Jeremy Shere explores the New York Jewish food trad...
Adventures in Jewish Studies is a podcast produced by the Association for Jewish Studies, the largest learned society and professional organ...