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We, the undersigned Jewish Studies faculty and affiliate faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, join together to condemn the Trump Administration\u2019s executive order banning immigration from seven countries\u2014also known, for good reason, as the \u201cMuslim ban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our experience as Jewish Studies scholars and teachers compels us to speak out against the demonization of members of another religion\u2014a phenomenon all too familiar in Jewish history. Some of the most powerful texts we teach instruct us to welcome the stranger and look after others, from all religious, ethnic, and racial backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that some of us are but a generation removed from our own families\u2019 experience in the Holocaust deepens our outrage at this administration\u2019s efforts to slam doors against innocent refugees seeking the shelter of America\u2019s freedoms enshrined in our Constitution. The fact that the ban was issued on International Holocaust Memorial Day, an occasion to remember the extremes to which racism and xenophobia can lead, adds cruel irony to the turmoil unleashed by the decree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our two institutions currently host hundreds of students, faculty, and staff from the seven nations targeted by this executive order. These people enrich our campuses, they broaden our understanding, and their talents and hard work contribute to the international reputation the University of Wisconsin has earned. We are proud to call them our students, colleagues, and friends. We implore you to consider the ways that not only these immigrants contribute to our scholarship and service, but to learn from the ways immigrants have done so throughout this country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Baum, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hebrew Studies and Jewish Studies Deputy Director, Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joel Berkowitz, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature Director, Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amos Bitzan, Weinstein Assistant Professor of Modern European Jewish History<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Brenner, Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shira Brisman, Assistant Professor, Art History<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rabbi David Brusin, Senior Lecturer, Hebrew and Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Buff, Professor of History; Director, Comparative Ethnic Studies Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teryl Dobbs, Professor of Music Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ivan Ermakoff, Professor of Sociology<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chad Goldberg, Professor of Sociology<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeremy Hutton, Professor of Classical Hebrew Language and Biblical Literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lauren Lauter, Mosse\/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies Administrative Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tracey Mason, Financial Specialist, Mosse\/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steven Nadler, William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tasha Oren, Associate Professor of English and Media Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anna Paretskaya, Lecturer, Sociology and Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jordan Rosenblum, Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simone Schweber, Michael and Judy Goodman Professor of Education and Jewish Studies Director, Mosse\/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadav Shelef, Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Israel Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lisa Silverman, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judith Sone, Associate Director, Mosse\/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marc Tasman, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Coordinator, Digital Arts and Culture Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sunny Yudkoff, Assistant Professor of Eastern European Jewish Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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