Jewish Studies Program

Summer '22 Update

After directing Jewish Studies since its inception in 2015, Dr. Shira Lander will be leaving SMU to serve as the Senior Jewish Educator for Johns Hopkins University Hillel in Baltimore Maryland. The program will continue under the auspices of the Religious Studies Department. For more information, please contact that department's undergraduate advisor, Dr. John Lamoreaux.

Spring '22 Update

SMU is holding events in person this semester! Please see our events page for the most recent announcements, include Judeo-Spanish Culture Celebration #9 and the spring Ann and Nate Levine Lecture. Webinar links are provided on the events page.

The recording of this fall's Ann and Nate Levine Lecture "Online Antisemitism: The New Hate Frontier," co-sponsored with ADL Texoma, can be viewed here.

Shira Lander, PhD
Director