Consortium for Jewish Studies Across the Americas
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JOTA is pleased to announce the formation of Consortium for Jewish Studies Across the Americas (CJSA). CJSA will promote interdisciplinary research and the study of Jewish experiences in Latin America within the broader hemispheric context of the Americas, including North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The consortium is led by University of Florida’s Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies (USA), Brandeis University’s Initiative on the Jews of the Americas (USA), the University of Cologne’s Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies (Germany), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism (Israel), Universidad Hebraica’s Jewish Studies Program, and the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University (Canada).
Led by Raanan Rein, Dalia Wassner, Matthias Lehmann, Aviad Moreno, Daniel Fainstein, and David Koffman, the consortium plans to hold an annual meeting, rotating between the partners of this consortium, sponsor joint research projects, encourage cutting-edge publications, and support graduate students. Our first meeting will be held at UF’s Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies in February 2026.