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Gralla Fellows Program
c/o Ellen Smith
MS 054, Dept of NEJS
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454
781-736-2998
781-736-2070 (FAX)
Grallaprogram@aol.com
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Brandeis:
NEJS: Gralla Fellows
Program
Gralla Fellows Program
The Gralla Fellows Program, now in its seventh year of operation under the
auspices of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department at Brandeis
University, Waltham, Massachusetts, seeks to enhance the quality of religion
journalism by providing journalists in the early and mid-stages of their
careers with an intensive four-day program of instruction in Jewish Studies
at Brandeis University. Focus is on the American Jewish religion “beat.”
Faculty features leading scholars, community leaders, and senior journalists
conducting seminars, lectures, tours, and workshops on issues of key concern
to journalists working on religion stories with Jewish content or context.
The program is designed to enhance journalists’ knowledge of Judaism,
American Jewish life, and trends relevant to religion reporting. The program
is offered in two tracks, for religion journalists
and for journalists in the Jewish press.
Topics include “front burner” stories; Jewish history, religion,
and culture; changing American Jewish life and institutions; Israel-America
and Israel-Diaspora relations; interfaith issues; and researching and
reporting new story ideas. Specific topics planned to be covered this
year include (but are not limited to) American Jews and American Politics;
American Jewish-Christian relations; American Jewish-Muslim relations;
covering sensitive religion topics; an overview of Jewish texts; new ways
of covering Jewish holidays; the 350th anniversary of Jews in America;
visits to area synagogues and Boston’s historic Jewish districts;
trends in Jewish museums and memorial sites; Jewish education; Jewish
medical ethics; the historical, cultural, and organizational background
of the American Jewish community; current trends in Judaism and spirituality
and much, much more.
Page last updated
on 2/23/2004
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