Sign In / Sign Out
Navigation for Entire University
Jewish Studies
Novel coronavirus information
Spring 2021 update | FAQ page | Class flexibility for students | Novel coronavirus updates
Explore all facets of Jewish life
A modern approach to interdisciplinary Jewish studies
Our unique academic program and research center hybrid serves as an intellectual resource for all aspects of the Jewish experience, from philosophical and political viewpoints to the study of Judaism. Through undergraduate and graduate courses, research conferences, public lectures and more, we’re committed to fostering critical inquiry and scholarly entrepreneurship as we disseminate accurate information about Jewish culture and enhance the quality of Jewish life in the Phoenix metropolitan area and around the world.
As a part of our program and center, our community of students, faculty and staff understand knowledge is inseparable from identity and it transforms the present and future. Come learn with us today and help create a better tomorrow for Jewish communities.
Jewish Studies faculty COVID-19 responses
Can the coronavirus make society more ethical?
On April 20, 2020, Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Director of Jewish Studies participated in this online philosophy confab, where economists and philosophers say ethical questions should be at center of coronavirus conversation, urge government intervention in rental market. read Professor Tirosh-Samuelson's paper [PDF]
Caring for Creation: Ancient Wisdom in Time of Crisis
Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson considers how the COVID-19 crisis compels us to reconsider our relationship with the natural world and notes how an ethic of creation care can inform future action on global climate change.
Is There a Czech Balm in Gilead ?
In this piece, Jewish Studies affiliate faculty member, Lincoln Professor of Ethics & Religion, Martin Matustik considers how human greatness and cataclysms equally propel history. When the history is written of the development of medications used to combat HIV, Ebola, SARS, MERS, and, with hope, COVID-19, it will lead back to laboratories and the pioneering work of a Czech biochemist, Antonín Holý (d. 2012) and what became known as “Holý’s molecules.” Remdesivir, discovered at Gilead Sciences by Holý‘s student, is currently among the most promising medicines for COVID-19.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10019.68641
You may also view related images on Professor Matustik's online album.