Northeastern Jewish Studies Blog
A Blog for Northeastern University Jewish Studies Faculty, Students, and Community
Student Projects in Northeastern's Jewish Studies Use Digital Tools to Explore and Exhibit Boston's Complex Jewish History By Simon Rabinovitch. Last spring I reported on the NUJS Blog about a new class in the works that would use Boston's Jewish history as a subject for learning how to use digital history tools, and digital history… Continue reading Mapping Boston’s Jewish History
By Simon Rabinovitch. This past fall I taught for the first time Northeastern's introductory course to Jewish religion, history, and culture (JWSS/PHIL 1285) and took the students to a couple of spots in Boston relevant to Jewish history in the city. We strolled down the street from where our class met, to the Columbus Avenue… Continue reading Digital History of the Jews of Boston
By Simon Rabinovitch. The most important research center for studying the history, culture, literature, politics, religion, and society of Eastern European Jewry is today located in New York City. The idea to found a Jewish historical and ethnographic archive and a Jewish research institute (and eventually a museum) devoted to the study of Eastern European… Continue reading Learning about and through the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
