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Center for Jewish Studies News

The newly established Judaism, Science and Medicine Group (JSMG) is making headlines!

• Group combines studies involving Judaism, sciences by Jessica Testa, The State Press
  

• Scholars from around the world organize to bridge Judaism with science appearing in ASU News and on Newswise.com

Articles by Group Members

• A Revolution in Science and Religion October 2009, Sh'ma by Howard Smith

If you wish to become a member of the group, please contact the Center for Jewish Studies.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 8, 2009
"On the Cutting Edge - Today's Jewish Woman: Back by Popular Demand"
Jewish Women’s Symposium
8:45 a.m. | Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus
registration form (PDF)

Returning for its 5th year and featuring favorite speakers from previous years. Co-sponsored by the Bureau of Jewish Education, Brandeis National Committee, Hadassah Valley of the Sun, Jewish Studies at ASU, National Council of Jewish Women, Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center, Womens Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix

November 10, 2009 | 7 p.m.
"The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe"
Film and discussion commemoratingthe 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht
Temple Emanuel
5801 South Rural Road, Tempe

Free and open to all. No reservations required.

For hundreds of years, the Jews of Eastern European rural communities built their houses of worship from wood. Narrated by Theodore Bikel, this award-winning film tells the story of those synagogues, the life that surrounded them before World War II and their fate in the past 50 years.

promotional postcard (PDF)

Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies