This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali

Jan. 21, 1912: Birthday of Konrad Bloch, who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how cholesterol is synthesized in the body and the relationship of its blood levels ...
Jewish ExponentOpinion

Opinion: Poland, Jewish Memory and the Hard Work of Truth

Explore the complexities of Poland today and its relation to Jewish history and memory in a post-Holocaust context.
The Forward

Ashkenazi Jews, there’s 1,000 years of history you’ve been missing

Many Ashkenazi Jews assume their ancestors came straight from ancient Israel to Germany and Eastern Europe. But that leaves out a huge, often overlooked chapter. When their ancestors left Israel, they ...
Brandeis University

Yiddish and East European Jewish Literature and Culture

The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies offers undergraduates the opportunity to earn a minor in Yiddish and East European Jewish Culture. The broad objective for the minor is for students ...