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Congratulations to Robyn Ann Langley, the first SMU Jewish Studies minor

Congratulations to Robyn Ann Langley, the first Jewish Studies minor. She was recently honored at a reception on Friday, May 13th hosted by the SMU Jewish Studies program and faculty advisor, Shira Lander. Robyn is a Fashion Media major in the Meadows School of the Arts and triple minor in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, both housed in […]

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Twentieth Nate and Ann Levine Lecture in Jewish Studies

Event date: April 5, 2016 Time: 7:30 pm “Imagining a Vibrant Future for American Judaism.” Dr. Arnold Eisen is one of the world’s leading experts on American Judaism and the Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He will discuss and debunk the recent forecasts of gloom and doom when it comes to the future of […]

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#MustangsGiveBack is March 24! Support a Dedman College project and make a real difference for students

What will you support at SMU? Make a gift on March 24, 2016 and be a part of Mustangs Give Back, our one-day giving challenge. Below is a list of Dedman College projects: 1. Support Dedman College Scholars for a semester.  Help us fund one semester for a Dedman College Scholar student next year! CLICK […]

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Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin

DATE: March 1, 2016 TIME: 5:30 pm LOCATION: Dedman Life Sciences Building 110 Siona Benjamin, a painter originally from Bombay now living in the U.S., will discuss her work and how it reflects her background of being raised as a Jew in a predominantly Hindu and Muslim India. Her paintings combine the imagery of her […]

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Jewish Studies Presents Judeo-Spanish Culture Week, January 24-31

For Immediate Release January 20, 2016 Contact: Shira Lander, 214-768-2157, jewishstudies@smu.edu Dallas, TX– Southern Methodist University will celebrate Judeo-Spanish culture with a series of festive events and lectures the week of January 24-31. Highlights include a screening of Flory’s Flame, a documentary about the life and music of renowned 90-year old Sephardic composer and performer Flory […]

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Jewish Studies presents: A Week Celebrating Judeo-Spanish Culture

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Jewish Studies is officially a Minor

SMU Daily Campus Originally Posted: December 8, 2015 Students may now declare a minor in Jewish Studies as of the Fall Semester 2015.  Senior finance major Trish Weisberg came into SMU as a religious minor and declared a Jewish Studies minor after she decided to learn more about her own faith. “I’ve really enjoyed it. […]

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Nov. 10, Lunch and Lecture by Yehuda Leby-Aldema, “Not By Words Alone”

Event Date: November 10, 2015 Event time: Noon-1:30p.m. Israeli artist Yehuda Levy-Aldema’s presentation visually explores biblical texts beyond the traditional written word. A native of Jerusalem, Levy-Aldema has been working in a variety of media since 1982, when he graduated from Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts. His most recent work in the Ukraine, at […]

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Rick Halperin, Embrey Human Rights, holocaust survivors shared stories last month at SMU

Texas Jewish Post Originally Posted: April 30, 2015 DALLAS — Rosa Blum and Bernhard Storch recounted their nightmarish World War II experiences in great detail before a packed Southern Methodist University audience last week. Blum, 86, of Dallas, is an Auschwitz survivor. Storch, 93, of New York, was imprisoned in a Soviet labor camp before […]