Jewish Studies - Indiana University

Indiana University

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University is one of the nation's leading research centers of Jewish Studies, and runs one of the largest educational programs, granting more degrees in Jewish Studies than any other secular university in the U.S. One of the oldest Jewish Studies programs (40 years old in 2012–2013), the program offers an undergraduate major (with a Jewish sacred music curriculum in conjunction with the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University); certificate (8 courses); a minor in Hebrew; an undergraduate and graduate minor in Yiddish Studies (via the Department of Germanic Studies); a master's degree; and a PhD minor. Our alumni hold major positions in Jewish professional and academic fields. Nestled within a major research university, the Program offers an intimate learning environment with the type of personal attention normally associated with small liberal arts colleges. Our distinguished faculty (13 core faculty members, 3 Hebrew lecturers, and 9 affiliated faculty members) include leading experts in Biblical studies and ancient Judaism, Jewish history, Jewish art and culture, Holocaust studies, and Hebrew and Yiddish languages. The program offers more than 50 courses in Jewish Studies each year. Generous funding is available for incoming freshmen, continuing undergraduates, and graduate students. The Program also has a longstanding collaboration with Indiana University Press, a leading publisher of Jewish Studies academic books and journals.