The Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies

Classroom

"I have rarely been as challenged to go beyond my preconceived assumptions than when taking Professor Golbert's class on Holocaust History and Memory."

—Elyssa Gage, student

Leston B. Pearson once stated, "Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace." With this in mind, classroom learning is the cornerstone of the Glazer Institute’s efforts to reach students, change perceptions, and expand worldviews. Currently offering courses such as Religious and Cultural Life Cycles around the World; Holocaust History, Memory, and Representation; and Jewish Cultures around the World, the Glazer Institute continues to broaden its curricular component through faculty grants, study abroad and scholarship opportunities. Aided by the Glazer Institute, Pepperdine’s Seaver College hopes to expand these core courses into a comprehensive academic program of Jewish Studies attuned to the distinctive nature of a steadfastly Christian university. The scope of Jewish Studies remains interdisciplinary by nature and thus taught by Seaver faculty from a wide range of departments, including religion, history, film studies, political science, and international studies. Two faculty members supported by the Glazer Institute teach some of these courses and extend the reach of the Glazer Institute to the entire student body through special events, photo exhibitions, and film festivals that address issues of God, genocide, isolation, and immigration.

Students decorate a Sukkah with Rabbi Judith HaLevy of the

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue for Sukkot 2010.