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Transformative gift from the Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation secures future of Hebrew studies at U of T

December 10, 2025

A transformative gift from the Larry and Judy Tanenbaum Family Foundation is helping to secure the future of Hebrew studies at the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies.

‘It touches everything in your life’: A&S alum Loren Freid on his brother’s legacy and advancing Holocaust education

February 04, 2025

When Loren Freid lost his brother Michael Freid to cancer in 2018, he was determined to establish a personal and meaningful legacy to fulfil his sibling’s dream of becoming a full-time philanthropist.

New Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism will be a hub for scholarly inquiry and interdisciplinary collaboration 

January 17, 2024

A new lab at the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies (CJS) in the Faculty of Arts & Science will be a hub for scholars from across disciplines to examine the persistence of antisemitism in a global context.  

From panacea to propaganda: Wars, Diaspora & Music takes a look at music in times of war

December 05, 2023

In the 1990s, Simon Bikindi, an ethnic Hutu, was Rwanda’s most popular musician: at one point, a United Nations official dubbed him the “Rwandan Michael Jackson.” A sometime wedding singer, Bikindi’s lyrics often told of love stories and his country’s beautiful landscape.

Sara-Jane Vigneault on working with personal objects and stories to share Holocaust survivors' experiences

July 06, 2023

A teddy bear belonging to Holocaust survivor Marianne Constantine is one of the many donated objects Arts & Science alum Sara-Jane Vigneault has handled as a curator at the Montreal Holocaust Museum since earning her master’s degree in history through the Centre for Europea

The evening opened with an Indigenous performance by John Hupfield and Deanne Hupfield, while Yiddish Glory’s Isaac Rosenberg looks on.

Arts & Science's global impact celebrated with supporters, alumni and community

April 28, 2023

Imagine exploring outer space to better understand Earth’s place in the universe, traveling back through the history of Black dance in Canada, experiencing the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity, and saying hello to a hologram of renowned Canadi

The cover of this Red Haggadah from the National Library of Russia, features a search for leavened bread, which is forbidden on Passover

In the Media: The Soviet ‘Red Passovers’ Where Jews Gave Thanks for Communism, Atlas Obscura

April 05, 2023

In the 1920s and ’30s, the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union campaigned for Jewish people to abandon religion in favor of a secular Jewish identity.

Igor Shchupak standing in front of Anna Shternshis who is seated in a book-lined office

With help from a determined professor, new funding allows Ukrainian scholars to continue their studies

March 22, 2023

When historian Igor Shchupak fled his hometown of Dnipro shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of last year, he could take very little with him. But he did remember his laptop.

Anna Shternshis standing in front of a bookcase

‘Putting people front and centre’: Historian Anna Shternshis keeps Holocaust survivors' stories alive

January 27, 2023

For University of Toronto historian Anna Shternshis, understanding the past means connecting with people’s stories — or, in the case of her research, their songs.

‘For Ukrainians, it’s a war of survival’: PhD candidate Oksana Dudko on returning home to help and keeping the conversation alive

August 30, 2022

By February 24, 2022, signs of pending Russian aggression against Oksana Dudko’s home country of Ukraine had been mounting for months.

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