UPCOMING EVENTS

APR 17
Annual Student Recognition Event
7 p.m. | Memorial Union, room 202 (Alumni Lounge) | Arizona State University, Tempe campus
reserve your place online at jewishstudies.asu.edu/students or by calling 480-727-5151
Join us for a dessert reception and evening of celebration, as we recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2010-2011 Jewish Studies award recipients. Each student will give a brief presentation of their research and share their experiences funded by endowments generously established by Jewish Studies donors.

IN THE NEWS
IsraPulp collection offers unique look into Israeli culture

By Danielle Grobmeier for The State Press | January 5, 2012 at 8:50 pm

Over the past eight years, an ASU librarian has compiled the largest collection of Israeli pulp fiction outside of Israel. The IsraPulp collection, comprised of more than 350 magazine-style publications printed on brittle paper, is housed in the special collections area of Hayden Library.

Not only does the IsraPulp collection house a variety of popular pulp fiction genres, but it offers a rare, concentrated look at Israeli pulp fiction in a series of subcultures, said Rachel Leket-Mor, an ASU librarian who specializes in religious studies, philosophy and Jewish studies. full article