The Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University is one of the largest, oldest, and most vibrant Jewish Studies programs in the country.

One secret to our success is our highly accomplished faculty (enhanced by 6 endowed chairs) specializing in ancient Judaism, Yiddish and East European Jewish culture, Jewish culture in Muslim countries, Hebrew language and literature, and Holocaust Studies, among many other areas of inquiry. Approaching Jewish culture from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives-anthropology, history, literature, linguistics, philosophy, political science, and religious studies-our faculty is distinguished both by its cutting-edge scholarship and by its commitment to providing students with an outstanding education.

No less important to our success is our students themselves. In 2003-2004, almost 1,700 students (including 87 Jewish Studies majors, 75 Jewish Studies area certificate students, and 35 Hebrew minors) enrolled in more than 50 Jewish Studies courses. Many of our students are among IU's best and brightest, going on to highly successful careers in education, community leadership, business, and the arts. Our students benefit from close contact with faculty, a caring and highly professional undergraduate advisor, a wide array of scholarships and internships specifically ear-marked for Jewish Studies students, and study-abroad programs. What may be the greatest opportunity of all, however, is the chance to be part of a community with other bright and highly motivated students, Jewish and non-Jewish, engaged in the study of a rich, complicated, and variegated civilization. If you are a student thinking about where to go to university, there are few places that can offer the range of intellectual, cultural, social and professional opportunities in Jewish Studies that IU can.

We also offer a graduate minor for Ph.D. students. Students who pursue the minor are eligible for one of our graduate fellowships and may also participate in a newly instituted graduate student colloquium. As of now, IU is already a first-rate place to pursue graduate studies in East European Jewish culture, Yiddish, Sephardic studies, and Holocaust studies, and we have plans to expand and improve our graduate curriculum.