Friends of Judaic Studies

The Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies is now in
its second decade. Public lectures, in collaboration with other UT
departments and the Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Holocaust Conferences,
book discussions, as well as cultural experiences such as trips to the U.S.
Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., have helped to educate on
campus as well as in the Jewish community and the community at large.
Your support can help to make our program better and stronger. If you
wish to make a contribution, the following funds are available:

• Judaic Studies Lecture Fund, Religious Studies
• Judaic Studies Chair Endowment, Religious Studies
• Judaic Studies Support Fund, Religious Studies
• Abraham and Rebecca Solomon and Ida Schwartz Distinguished Lecture Fund for Judaic Studies, Religious Studies
• Dr. Ruben Robinson Memorial Fund, Religious Studies
• Manfred and Fern Steinfeld Professorship Endowment in Judaic History, History Department
• The Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Scholarship in Judaic Studies

To make a donation to one of these programs, please contact Dr. Gilya Gerda Schmidt.

To help educate our citizenry about Judaism and make a donation to the university, please make a donation today.  Thank you.

Contact Information

Gilya Gerda Schmidt, Ph.D.
Chair, Judaic Studies Program
Professor and Head of Department of Religious Studies
501 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0450

Phone: 865-974-6985
Fax: 865-974-0965
Email: gschmidt@utk.edu