Student Spotlight: Reese Whitely

Sunday March 1, 2026

Professor Raanan Rein of Tel Aviv University will join the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies as the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies in August 2025.

Scholars Convene for Inaugural CJSA Colloquium

Thursday February 19, 2026

The Incredible Odyssey of the Spanish-Speaking Jews of Northern Morocco

Thursday January 8, 2026

New Volume Jewish Latin America

Tuesday December 16, 2025

Raanan Rein Joins the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies

Tuesday September 16, 2025

Professor Raanan Rein of Tel Aviv University will join the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies as the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies in August 2025.

Shorstein Center’s Roy Holler Presents at International Conference on Israel Studies

Tuesday September 9, 2025

This week, Professor Roy Holler will present mutual research conducted  with fellow Shorstein Center Professor Iris Cohen at the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Israel Studies, held at the University of Haifa. The Association for Israel Studies conference is the world’s leading scholarly gathering on Israel, bringing together researchers and educators from around […]

The Aftermath of the Second World War Keynote

Tuesday September 9, 2025

Dr. Natalia Aleksiun, the Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies and Interim Director of the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, will deliver the keynote address this week at the distinguished international conference Year Zero: The Experience of 1945 – Endings, Transformations, and Renewal, held in Vienna. The lecture, entitled “When the Great Day Comes: Polish […]

Free Speech, Antisemitism, and campus Life: A Conversation with Dr. James Loeffler

Thursday August 28, 2025

On September 4, the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies will welcome Dr. James Loeffler, Professor of Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins University and frequent contributor to The Atlantic. Dr. Loeffler is a leading scholar whose work bridges Jewish history, law, and human rights. His talk, “How Charlottesville Changed America: Free Speech, Hate Speech, and […]

Jewish Studies at UF: a commitment to culture, history and community

Monday July 28, 2025

“Kehillah” is the Hebrew term for the organized Jewish community — a group with shared values, traditions and belonging. In Jewish civilization, community is a responsibility. Click to read the full article.

Gift positions UF as global leader in Latin American and Caribbean Jewish history

Tuesday May 27, 2025

Bruce Greenberg gives back in a big way, ensuring the rich histories of centuries-old Jewish communities live on.

Always Political? The Holocaust in the Postwar and Modern Age, with speaker Jeremy Black

Thursday February 20, 2025

Join us on February 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora for this lecture by Jeremy Black.

On February 18th, at 5:30 PM, UF Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Florida Hillel will open the exhibition October Seventh: A Space of Anguish, Loss, Anger, Memory, and Sorrow.

Monday February 10, 2025

14th Annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival

Monday February 10, 2025

February 23–March 18, 2025
All events are free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come first served basis.

Jews in the Red Army in World War II: A Talk by Oleg Budnitskii

Monday February 3, 2025

Join us on February 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Judaica Suite.

2024-2025 Samuel Bud Shorstein Writing Award Applications Open

Sunday February 2, 2025

Entries for awards should be submitted by April 25, 2025