The B.A. in Jewish Studies will prepare students for graduate study in general areas such as Religious Studies, History and Political Science, and in more specific programs in theological, rabbinical and cantorial schools. Students will also be prepared to enter Jewish-focused centers of higher education such as the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago.
With the language requirement, Jewish Studies offers a BA - there is no BGS degree in Jewish Studies.
The Majors Marketplace website now features Jewish Studies degree options!
Dr. Renee Perelmutter will be the first Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Jewish Studies Program! Dr. Perelmutter is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Slavic. She will begin her position as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Fall 2017 semester.
Dr. Gal Levy, former Visiting Israeli Professor at KU, has won first prize for best article in Hebrew from the Israeli Political Science Association. The article looks at the post-protest protest in Israel and Dr. Levy gives acknowledgments to the KU Jewish Studies Program. Dr. Levy currently teaches at the Open University in Israel.
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