Home

Undergraduate students interested in the cultural, historical, and societal development of Judaism are encouraged to consider the Jewish Studies minor.

The Jewish Studies program is fortunate to have instructors from eight different departments throughout the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at UCSB: the Department of Classics, the Department of English, the Department of Film and Media Studies, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, the Department of History, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Religious Studies.

Featured News & Events

More News

News

Talking Torah Despite Deep Differences: The Greatest Glue Between Us is an Ancient Book - Abigail Porgrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer

Hillel and Shammai did it. So did Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua, Rashi and the Tosafists, and other rabbinic rivals stretching back centuries and reaching into the present.

Haredi Women in the Arts in the Digital Age: Contradictions and Paradoxes of a 21st-Century Phenomenon – Jessica Roda (UC Los Angeles)

Have you had a glimpse of the mesmerizing music videos of ultra-Orthodox women celebrities, Bracha Jaffe and Devorah Schwartz, captivating over half a million viewers on YouTube, or the myriad of films and Yiddish plays crafted by Hasidic girls in Montreal and New York?

Modern Permutations of an Ancient Antisemitic Myth: The Blood Libel during the Holocaust (UC Berkeley)

This talk traces the endurance and permutation of the traditional ritual murder accusation against Jews during World War II, in particular in the German-occupied territories of the Soviet Union.

Undergraduate students interested in the cultural, historical, and societal development of Judaism are encouraged to consider the Jewish Studies minor.

Featured News & Events

Talking Torah Despite Deep Differences: The Greatest Glue Between Us is an Ancient Book - Abigail Porgrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer

Haredi Women in the Arts in the Digital Age: Contradictions and Paradoxes of a 21st-Century Phenomenon – Jessica Roda (UC Los Angeles)

Modern Permutations of an Ancient Antisemitic Myth: The Blood Libel during the Holocaust (UC Berkeley)

Links and Resources