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In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech

November 7, 2025November 7, 2025Sara Wood

A sudden change in leadership at Indiana University’s Jewish studies program has erupted into a bitter internal feud, pitting a new interim director against faculty and students who say he is undermining academic freedom and reshaping the program’s direction amid national tensions over Israel and campus speech. The turmoil began with the abrupt replacement of […]

U of Oregon cuts spare Judaic studies faculty who had raised alarm

September 9, 2025September 10, 2025Sara Wood

A round of layoffs at the University of Oregon that Judaic studies professors had feared would affect their program appears to have spared them entirely. No tenured or tenure-track faculty or degree programs will be affected as part of the latest round of budget cuts intended to address a $29 million deficit, university administrators announced […]

Jewish Studies faculty at U of Oregon rally to protect their jobs from feared budget cuts

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025Sara Wood

Dozens of Jewish studies scholars from across the world have kicked off the fall semester by sending an unusual letter to leaders of the University of Oregon, one with a stinging accusation. “Why don’t UO’s administrative leaders want UO students to learn about Jews?” the scholars wrote to Oregon’s president, provost and board of trustees […]