Alanna Cooper

Professor Cooper is planning the American Jewish Historical Association Biennial Scholars Conference, which will be held at CWRU and in University Circle, May 31 – June 2, 2026.  She was also featured in the short film, “The Windows on Rue Saint Dominique,” which was screened at the Cleveland Jewish Film Festival with Prof. Cooper in conversation with the filmmaker after the screening.

Jay Geller

Professor Geller has a forthcoming article in the Zeitschrift des Vereins für Hamburgische Geschichte [Journal of the Association for Hamburg History], entitled “Die Synagoge des Israelitischen Tempelverbands zu Hamburg. Ein Wahrzeichen des modernen Judentums in der späten Weimarer Republik” [The Synagogue of the Israelite Temple Association of Hamburg: A Landmark of Modern Judaism in Late Weimar Republic].

Nadav Linial

Professor Linial’s third volume of poetry, Eruv, was published during the summer of 2025 with Catharsis Publishing House and has received glowing reviews in the literary supplements of the renowned Israeli newspapers Haaretz and Yediot Achronot, as well as a couple of online magazines and podcasts. He served as guest editor for the 29th issue of Ho! This thematic issue was dedicated to world mythologies and it includes poetry, prose, essays and translations.

Barbara Mann

Professor Mann’s translations of poems by Israeli poet Yael Statman appeared in a special issue of Nashim, vol. 45 (2025).  She has a forthcoming article in the journal AJS Perspectives, entitled “Hebrew, Letterpress and the Humanities,” and forthcoming article in Material and Visual Cultures of Religion (MAVCOR), entitled “‘The book is small so it can be hidden’: Leia Kreimer’s Tiny Book from the Vapniarka Concentration Camp.”

Are you curious about language and enjoy working with your hands? Want to learn a new technical skill that is also a creative art – and get paid? Come join our team in the new Gutenberg annex, CWRU’s very own letterpress studio, located on the ground floor of Bellflower
House, and the Guilford Exchange, our new space devoted to translation and foreign language learning in the basement of Guilford House.
We are inviting applications to serve as NGA’s Hebrew Fellow. As an nga hebrew fellow, you will be trained to work on press, in both hebrew and latin type, and to assist faculty and other students with course work and extracurricular projects.You will also learn to work independently and with studio staff to create your own unique letterpress prints.

Fall stipend: $2500
Time commitment: At least six hours per week
Application deadline: September 12, 2025

For further information, email Professor Mann at Barbara.Mann@case.edu

Please join us this fall for our monthly “Hebrew Culture Table.” In these meetings, we will discuss short Hebrew texts, in translation (poems, short stories), explore Israeli art, and talk about contemporary Israeli culture – using the text as an opportunity to delve into central aspects of Israeli society, its history and social makeup. No prior knowledge of Hebrew is required. Refreshments will be provided.

Guilford House Parlor
Wednesdays
12:00 – 1:00 pm

September 17th

October 22nd

November 19th

Please contact Dr. Nadav Linial with questions at: Nadav.Linial@case.edu