UCF

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UCFs Judaic Studies 1984 - 2004
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Judaic Studies Website
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Statement of Purpose
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Judaic Studies Cooperates with Other College
Programs

• Liberal Studies
• Womens Studies
• Religious Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Burnett Honors College

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Judaic Studies Enriches the Intellectual,
Cultural and Academic Life on UCF Campus and in
the Community
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1986Nobel LaureateI.B. Singer Accepts Honorary
Degree From UCF President Colbourn
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Singers Poster
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I.B. Singer Lectures to Students and the Community
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Reading from His Unpublished Works
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I.B. Singer with UCF Faculty
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I.B. Singer Strolling on Campus
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1988Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel Awarded Honorary
Degree from UCF
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Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel with UCF President
Colbourn
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Elie WieselBuilding a Moral Society What
Ancient Masters Could Teach Our Generation
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News Release for Elie Wiesel
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1988 Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel

• Meeting with the Community at the Holocaust
  Memorial Researchand Education Center in Maitland

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Elie Wiesel's Exhibit at the UCF Library
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Judaic Studies Brings International Exhibit to
Orlando
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1990 ExhibitIn the Footsteps of Columbus
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Newspaper Coverage of In the Footsteps of
Columbus
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1993Amb. Zalman Shoval

• Israel's Ambassador to Washington, Addressed the
  Topic"Vision of Peace in the Middle East"

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1995 10th Anniversary of Judaic Studies
Holding International Conference with

• 70 Speakers
• 120 Participants

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The International Conference on University
Teaching of Hebrew Language and Literature at UCF
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Israeli AuthorsLecture at UCF
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1986 Amos Oz, Israeli Author, Speaks on

• Israel Peace and War
• Israel Through Its Literature

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Amos Oz with President Colbourn on Campus
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1988 Israeli AuthorA.B. Yehoshua Speaks with
Students Following His Lecture
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A.B. Yehoshua with Students Visiting Exhibit on
the Holocaust at UCF Library
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1991 Israeli AuthorAharon AppelfeldSpeaks on

• "The Arts and the Holocaust

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Noted Scholars Participate in the Distinguished
Lecturers Series
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1987 In Collaboration with the Holocaust
Memorial Resources and Education Center -
Professor Yehuda Bauer Comes to UCF for Lectures
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1997 Professor Yehuda Bauer Speaking Informally
with UCF Students and Faculty
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1991 Dr. G. Sheffer with Faculty in Background
- Picture of a Colleague...
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2001Dr. Lawrence Schiffman, Noted Dead Sea
Scrolls Expert with UCF Faculty
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Dr. Lawrence Schiffman

• Spoke On
• Scholars, Scrolls, and Scandals The Dead Sea
  Scrolls Controversy

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2001Dr. Henry Feingold Spoke OnThe American
Jewish Experience and Did American Jewry Do
Enough During the Holocaust?
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Dr. Henry Feingold at a Reception After His
Lecture
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2002Dr. Daniel Pipes, Noted Terrorism Expert,
Spoke on

• The Terrorist Threat Today
• America's Response to Terrorism

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2002Dr. Frank Peters Speaking onHoly War in
the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions
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2002Dr. Jane Gerber, City University of New
York -Jews and Arabs Their Encounters in
History
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2003Dr. James StrangeLectures On

• Bible and Archaeology Unearthing the 'Truth'?
• Biblical Narrative and Archaeological Contexts
  The Case of Abraham and David

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2004Hershel ShanksSpoke on

• Biblical ArchaeologyLooting and Forgeries
• The Dead Sea Scrolls

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Judaic Studies Courses

• Jewish Civilization
• Hebrew Bible
• Modern Hebrew Language Literature
• Jewish Culture Jewish History
• Dead Sea Scrolls Modern Jewish Experience
• The Holocaust Literature of the Holocaust
• Judaism
• Biblical Archaeology
• Romantic Love in the Bible
• Great Minds That Shaped Jewish History

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Judaic Studies Enrollment 1997- 2002
Number of Students
Academic Year
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Students Minoring in Judaic Studies and Community
People Awarded Certificates inJudaic Studies
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Certificate Awarded
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Judaic Studies Staff and Students at Work
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Study Abroad in Israel
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Judaic Studies Academic Committee of Faculty from
the Following Departments

• Philosophy
• English
• Sociology and Anthropology
• Foreign Languages
• History
• Health Professions
• Rosen College of Hospitality Management

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Judaic Studies Faculty

• Prof. Moshe Pelli, Ph.D., Director of the Program
• Dr. Kenneth Hanson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• Rick Sherwin, MA
• Dora Avni, MA

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Thanks to Abe and Tess Wise for Establishing The
Endowed Professorship in Judaic Studies
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Thanks to All Those Who Support the Pursuit of
Education in Judaic Studies
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• Avie Abramowitz
• David and Judy Albertson
• Roy Patricia Ambinder
• Victor Ronit Eyal
• Siegmund Marilyn Goldman
• Alex Sheila Greenspoon
• Sy Israel
• Hal Victoria Kantor
• Marc Harrietta Katzen
• Hy Harriett Lake
• Barry Miller

• Jordan Miller
• Sherman Miller
• Eli Ina Porth
• Gerald Beth Rutberg
• Stephen Judy Schreiber
• Marvin Sonia Shey
• Seymour Weiner
• Barbara Weinreich
• Abe Tess Wise
• Zelig Bobbi Wise
• Robert and Judith Yarmuth
• Robert L. Zlatkiss

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