Tag: Jewish studies

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 […]

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 […]