By Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan —- Paula E. Hyman, distinguished Yale University historian of European Jewry, served as president of the American Academy for Jewish Research from 2004 to…

By Michael A. Meyer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion —- A long-time Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Ben Zion Wacholder passed away in Roslyn Heights, New York,…

By Marc Bernstein, Michigan State University —- Ze’ev (William Michael) Brinner, professor emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and long-time Fellow of the American Academy…