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Jewish Studies at Ithaca College is led by the coordinator, Rebecca Lesses, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, and a steering committee.

Jewish studies is an inherently multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field. At Ithaca College, Jewish studies focuses on Jewish communities worldwide, not just those in the United States and Israel. We strive to teach students about Jewish cultural diversity, approaching the history and culture of the Jewish people from a variety of perspectives, with attention to different theoretical framewor

ks and with reference to other cultural groups and sociopolitical systems among which Jews have lived. The study of Jewish cultures includes analysis of religious beliefs and practices, philosophy, literature, folklore, visual arts, music, and the media. A comparative approach, which emphasizes the interaction and comparison of Jews with other peoples who have lived as minorities in diverse cultural contexts, can shed light on larger issues of ethnicity, race, gender, social inequality, and multiple constructions of cultural identity.

04/14/2026

Join us this Thursday, April 16th, at 12pm in the Clark Lounge for a talk by professor Mike Richardson “Holocaust Tourism and Mediated Memorial Practice”

04/03/2026

Join us for a talk by Professor Mike Richardson on April 16th at 12noon in the Clark Lounge: Holocaust Tourism and Mediated Memorial Practice

12/16/2025

12/05/2025

Join us for a phenomenal staged reading of Diane Samuel's play Kindertransport next Saturday, December 13th at 1:30pm in the Hoerner Theatre, Ithaca College. Free and Open to the Public!

10/09/2025

Join us on October 13th at 7pm for a talk by UNC professor Martin Shuster who will discuss Jewish historiography in the t.v. series Transparent.
The talk will take place at Ithaca College in Textor 103.
Free and Open to All

10/30/2023

* Deli Sandwiches, Prepared Foods, Meats & Groceries
* Only Kosher butcher and market in Western New York
* Serving Rochester since 1950

10/26/2023

Jewish Studies courses offered at Ithaca College in Spring 2024.

11/29/2022

Exciting Jewish Studies course being offered next semester:

04/07/2022

The Ithaca College Jewish Studies Program and the School of Music present “Mediterranean Encounters: Judeo-Islamic Soundscapes,” a concert and pre-concert talk by Dr. Samuel Tjorman Thomas. This event will take place on Sunday, April 10, in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the Whalen Center for Music on the Ithaca College campus. The concert begins at 7:45 pm and the pre-concert talk at 7 pm. Both events are free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Lesses, Coordinator of Jewish Studies, at (607) 793-8807 or [email protected]. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact her, and we ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

03/17/2022

Please come in support of peace in Ukraine.

03/16/2022

Israeli Black Panthers: Struggle for Human Rights
Cornell Jewish Studies Event March 22, 2022

In-person attendance is open to current Cornell employees and students. The public may attend virtually via Zoom. Reuven Abergel, a Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist, is a co-founder and former leader of the Black Panther movement in Israel and has been a social and human rights activis...

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Ithaca, NY
14850

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+6077938807

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https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/jewish-studies

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