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What is Hanukkah?

UCF Associate Professor of Judaic Studies Ken Hanson shares the significance of the eight-day celebration and its customs.

UCF Adjunct Professor and Rabbi Shares Insight on Jewish High Holy Days

Rabbi Sanford Olshansky, who teaches Judaic studies shares the traditions of Rosh Hashanah — the first of the Jewish High Holy Days spanning 10 days — and Yom Kippur, which marks the end of the observance

UCF Professor Brings Online Classes to Life with Custom TV Shows

With the help of UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning, a Judaic studies professor transports online students to the Middle East.

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