Key Takeaways
- • Brandeis University's "America and its Jews at 250" course has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), part of its Celebrate America! Chairman's Grants program.
- • The NEH grants provide up to $25,000 to cover the cost of related programming.
- • The open-classroom course, running through the end of the semester, is co-organized by Flora Cassen, Lavine Family Director of the Brandeis Center for Jewish Studies, and Dalia Wassner, associate research scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies.
- • The course also received support from the Beacon and Shapira Foundations of Pittsburgh.
- • The course spans topics including the early republic, immigration and integration, American Jewish literature and culture, Jews and civil rights, contemporary antisemitism, and political polarization.
Summary
Brandeis University has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for "America and its Jews at 250," an academic course highlighting the Jewish experience in American history. The award comes through the Celebrate America! Chairman's Grants, an NEH initiative marking the nation's 250th anniversary this year. The grants provide up to $25,000 to cover the cost of related programming, according to the university's announcement.
The course is designed as an open classroom that brings together Brandeis students, the broader public, and an online audience. It is co-organized by Flora Cassen, Lavine Family Director of the Brandeis Center for Jewish Studies, and Dalia Wassner, associate research scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. It runs through the end of the semester.
Course topics cover the early republic, immigration and integration, American Jewish literature and culture, Jews and civil rights, contemporary antisemitism, and political polarization. In addition to the NEH funding, the course has received support from the Beacon and Shapira Foundations of Pittsburgh.
The university notes that views expressed in the course do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The course is designed as an open classroom that brings together Brandeis students, the broader public, and an online audience. It is co-organized by Flora Cassen, Lavine Family Director of the Brandeis Center for Jewish Studies, and Dalia Wassner, associate research scientist at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. It runs through the end of the semester.
Course topics cover the early republic, immigration and integration, American Jewish literature and culture, Jews and civil rights, contemporary antisemitism, and political polarization. In addition to the NEH funding, the course has received support from the Beacon and Shapira Foundations of Pittsburgh.
The university notes that views expressed in the course do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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