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Israel Studies Experts
The University of Maryland has established a new area of study devoted solely to Israel.
The university's Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies (ARHU) is creating the Institute for Israel Studies, scheduled to open in the fall of 2010. Prof. Yorim Peri will be the director, as well as chair of the Israel Studies Dept.
Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can comment on a wide range of issues related to Israel. Please feel free to contact them directly.
Number of experts found: 10
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Adele Berlin
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Robert H. Smith Professor of Bible
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English and Jewish Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Biblical Studies
Ancient Israel
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301 405 3821
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aberlin@umd.edu
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Nathan A. Fox
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Distinguished University Professor
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Human Development
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Expertise Key Words:
The effects of experience on brain development in infants and children. Cochlear implants and their impact on deaf children. Social and Emotional development of young children. The effects of violence on elementary school children. Bullying. Media and its impact on moral values among young people.
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301 405 2816
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fox@umd.edu
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Jeffrey C. Herf
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Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
Modern European and German intellectual, political and international history; memory and politics in Europe after 1945; Nazi propaganda and anti-Semitism during World War II and the Holocaust; old and new elements in contemporary terrorism; facing difficult pasts in comparative perspective.
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301 405 7667
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jherf@umd.edu
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Miriam Isaacs
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Visiting Associate Professor
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Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Yiddish Language and Culture including theater and film, Sociolinguistics, multiculturalism, fantasy and the supernatural in Yiddish literature, Holocaust and post-Holocaust literature.
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Expertise Credentials:
Dr. Isaacs specializes in Yiddish language and culture, and sociolinguistics. She is currently working on a book about the range of Yiddish culture and its uses as a tool of empowerment in the Displaced Person's camps in Germany, Austria and Italy in the immediate aftermath of World War II. She continues her scholarship on Yiddish language among Hasidic Jews. Her most recent article, "Languages Sometimes in Contact: Components in Yiddish Hasidic Children's Literature," has appeared in Yiddish After the Holocaust (2004), published by Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Boulevard Press. Dr. Isaacs has been teaching at the University of Maryland since 1995. Her teaching includes basic Yiddish language and literature in the original and in translation, as well as courses on Yiddish theater and film, fantasy and the supernatural in Yiddish literature and on Holocaust and post-Holocaust literature.
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Web Site(s):
 Meyerhoff Center Home Page
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301 405 0264
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misaacs@umd.edu
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Address:
0142 Holzapfel Hall
College Park, MD 20742
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Degrees:
PhD, MA, Linguistics, Cornell University
Ph.D, Linguistics, Cornell Univ.
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Language(s):
Yiddish
French
German
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Yelena Luckert
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Librarian III
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Libraries
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Expertise Key Words:
Collection Management Librarian for History, Jewish Studies, Slavic Studies and Women's Studies.
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301 405 9365
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yluckert@umd.edu
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Yoram Peri
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Director of The Gildenhorn Institute & Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies
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Meyerhoff Program & Center for Jewish Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Israel, Middle East; Foreign and International Relations, Economics - the Economy and Trade. Communications; Military Relations
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 9413
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yperi@umd.edu
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Marsha L. Rozenblit
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Professor
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History
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Expertise Key Words:
Modern Jewish History;
History of the Jews in Central Europe;
Jewish Social History in Modern Times;
Jews in Europe;
Jews in the United States;
Modern Austrian History;
History of Central Europe;
Habsburg Monarchy
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301 405 4289
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mrozenbl@umd.edu
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Paul L. Scham
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Visit Asst Prof, Executive Director of Gildenhorn Inst. for Israel Studies
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Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Middle East Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Middle East peace process, Hamas-Israel relations,
Israeli and Palestinian historical narratives, Israeli history, Israeli politics and society,
History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Home phone
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Cell phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 9412
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202-363-6094
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202-701-3500
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pscham@umd.edu
paulscham@gmail.com
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Saul Sosnowski
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Associate Provost for International Affairs; Director
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Office of International Programs
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Expertise Key Words:
Latin American Fiction and Essay, Literary Criticism, Latin American-Jewish Literature and Cultures
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301 405 4772
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sosnowsk@umd.edu
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Eric Zakim
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Assistant Professor
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School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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Expertise Key Words:
Israeli culture, Israeli politics, Israeli history, Zionism, Mediterranean culture, modern music, film theory, Holocaust literature, Holocaust film, Holocaust representation.
The intellectual history of Zionism and the relationship between politics and culture in Israel.
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Contact Information:
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301 405 4250
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zakim@umd.edu
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