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Convening of Faculty: Jewish Studies in a Climate of Antisemitism
Proposal abstract :
A gathering of Jewish Studies faculty members will explore the impact of increased antisemitism on campus on both their educational practice and their own experience as educators. The educational impact of university professors has always gone beyond the content of the courses they teach and included a relational/developmental aspect; the past year has brought this to the fore for those teach Jewish religious and theological studies. During the 2023-2024 school year, Jewish studies faculty found themselves facing classrooms of students whose college experience was suddenly marked by overt antisemitism. They worked to bridge their roles as course instructors with a need to provide support to their students in this shifting climate. This raised important questions: How do Jewish studies faculty balance functioning as academic educators with a more pastoral role as they and their students increasingly confront antisemitism on campus?
Learning Abstract :
Our Framing Question is: How do Jewish studies faculty balance their roles as academic educators with a more pastoral stance as they and their students – and they themselves - increasingly confront antisemitism on campus? Our goal is to address neither the politics nor policies related to antisemitism on campus; rather, we will home in on the experience of educators of Jewish theology, thought, and history.
A gathering of Jewish Studies faculty members will explore the impact of increased antisemitism on campus on both their educational practice and their own experience as educators. The educational impact of university professors has always gone beyond the content of the courses they teach and included a relational/developmental aspect; the past year has brought this to the fore for those teach Jewish religious and theological studies. During the 2023-2024 school year, Jewish studies faculty found themselves facing classrooms of students whose college experience was suddenly marked by overt antisemitism. They worked to bridge their roles as course instructors with a need to provide support to their students in this shifting climate. This raised important questions: How do Jewish studies faculty balance functioning as academic educators with a more pastoral role as they and their students increasingly confront antisemitism on campus?
Learning Abstract :
Our Framing Question is: How do Jewish studies faculty balance their roles as academic educators with a more pastoral stance as they and their students – and they themselves - increasingly confront antisemitism on campus? Our goal is to address neither the politics nor policies related to antisemitism on campus; rather, we will home in on the experience of educators of Jewish theology, thought, and history.