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Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies

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SUPPORT THE ELIE WIESEL CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES ON BU GIVING DAY

The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies is an academic interdisciplinary center of BU’s College of Arts and Sciences with thirty-one core and affiliated faculty. We are named for Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Laureate for Peace and a member of the BU faculty for nearly 40 years. Our Center builds on Professor Wiesel’s unique legacy of teaching the Humanities in a Jewish key. Elie Wiesel modeled for us how to make the richness of the Jewish tradition relevant for teaching and research in the Humanities and beyond. We now offer a major in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies, as well as a minor in Jewish Studies.

We are creating a fund in memory of Prof. Michael Grodin, MD, a world-renowned specialist in Jewish bioethics, medical ethics during the Holocaust, and several other fields. The fund will go towards supporting students in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies, a program he helped create. If you would like your donation to go towards this fund, please note that in the comments box on the donation page. Thank you.

YOUR IMPACT

Here are some of the things we do with donor support:

  • We hire and place faculty in Israeli Studies, to teach courses in Israeli history, politics, culture, and society.
  • We offer a post-doctoral fellowship in Jewish Studies and/or Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies that supports resident faculty and academic programs while putting BU on the map as a center of advanced Jewish Studies.
  • We support students enrolled in the interdisciplinary program in Jewish Studies with travel/research grants, study abroad in Israel, and merit scholarships.
  • Through the Jewish Cultural Endowment, we support student, faculty, and staff initiatives that bring new programs to campus.
  • We fund widely-noted annual lectures and events, including the Elie Wiesel Memorial Lectures, the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lectures, the Leo Trepp Memorial Lectures, and the Leon and Alice F. Newton Family Lecture. Your funding keeps these events free and open to the public!

  • TOGETHER, WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE

    This year, Boston University celebrates 10 years of Giving Day. That’s 10 years of supporting students, championing our teams, fueling discoveries, inspiring artists, building community, and investing in tomorrow. Support the cause that makes you #ProudtoBU by making your gift on BU Giving Day!

    Thanks To Our Recent Donors!