A WORLD LEADER IN JEWISH STUDIES SHEPPING NACHES DISCUSSING TIMELY TOPICS Just in time for the new year, our colleague Dr. David Koffman has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor. Mazal tov! Our annual Leonard Wolinsky Lectures on Jewish Life and Education ooked at "Jews as Refugees" and featured distinguished speakers Yael Braudo-Bahat of Tel Aviv University, Sharon Delmendo of St. John Fisher College, and Olga Gershenson of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. vido COMINGS AND GOINGS This year we said le-hitraot to Prof. Yael Braudo Bahat, of Tel Aviv University, who spent this past year as our Visiting Professor of Israel Studies and impressed us all with her enthusiasm, Also leaving us were our two Acting Coordinators, Irit Printz and Debbie Lupton. We are grateful to them for ensuring the smooth running of our Centre during Julie Feinberg's maternity leave. Brukhim ha-ba'im to Julie Feinberg, who returns as our Centre Coordinator, and to Prof. David Koffman who will serve as our Centres Associate Director this year Professers Baudo Bhat Gershenson and Deinenda, wih Mira Adier and Prof Dan der CELEBRATING JEWISH LITERARY CREATIVITY Once again this year, the Koschitzky Centre was the centre of Jewish literary creativity in Canada, as we hosted both the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards and the CJN Young Writers Awards. Thanks to our partners and donors who have made these events possible, and congratulations to all the deserving winners Canadian ewish Literary Awaris he 2017 Cadian Jewish Eiderary Awards Winners orl Geo Gt Baram and CIN Edor Toni Goldstein wth he CN PrU Wine UPCOMING EVENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY In addition to our undergraduate Honours Major in Jewish Studies, our Jewish Be sure to check our website and the CJN for notices about upcoming events Among the programs on tap for this year are a symposium on "Israel at 70: Critical Teacher Education Program, and our Graduate Diploma in Jewish Studies, York Perspectives on Diaspora Relations, Identity&Antisemitism" a concert lecture about Leonard Cohen, and a screening of the 1924 silent classic "Moon of Israel with live piano accompaniment University now offers an undergraduate minor and an ordinary degree in Jewish Studies. In addition, we welcome lMetime learners! For more information, please check our website: www.cjs.yorku.ca The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies 8A Jewish Studies BEd Jwish Teacher Education MEd Jewish Education Specialty MAPD (by Separtment York University Undergraduate Certicate Graduae Digloa York Univer styHoew Universi Y Graduate Diploma in Jewish Studies for Educators Carl $ Ehrlich Dect David Kattman Assodate Dineto Sydney Eisen, Founding Director Sara R. Horowitz, Graduate Coordinato Jle Feinberg Centre Coordinator YORKII To stay informed of Centre events, awww.facebook.com/cJSYorkU contact us at: [email protected] 416-736-5823 cjs.yorku.ca