Interfaith Living Is a Core Value
Living the interfaith life is not a paradox for Professor Holli Levitsky. It is how she grew up, near a monastery in the Detroit area, and it is what she teaches in BCLA. As…
Literature and Faith in the Holy Land
In Judaism, tikkun olam and tzedakah are grounding religious values. These ideals, which roughly translate as “repairing the world” and “charity,” also served as the framework for “Literature and Faith in the Holy Land,”…
Interfaith Conference Brings Jewish and Latter-day Saint Scholars Together in Israel
Photo above by: Ben Dorrough Latter-day Saint and Jewish Scholars recently gathered in Israel for the sixth semi-annual Jewish-Latter-day Saint Academic Dialogue. Participants included LMU’s Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies Holli…
“Betrayal or Salvation? Religious Conversion During the Holocaust”
Doris Bergen, The Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at University of Toronto, delivered a keynote lecture on religious conversion during the Holocaust at the 2019 Annual Interfaith Forum. Founded in…
Yossi Klein Halevi Speaks About Finding Common Ground at Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration
On October 30, 2018, more than 200 people gathered at LMU to commemorate Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass, and this year’s event was significant for many reasons. We marked the 80th anniversary of…
Law Professor’s Novel Explores His Mother’s Escape from Nazis
Reporter Grace McCauley is a first-year journalism major. Stan Goldman was left with many questions after his mother, a Holocaust survivor, passed away. One of them being, how did she manage to get free?…
Q&A With Playwright and Jerome Fellow Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
We recently caught up with Sofya Levitsky-Weitz ’12, an alumna of LMU who majored in Theatre Arts and minored in Jewish Studies. She was awarded the prestigious Jerome Fellowship, which provides funds and services…
