U of Alberta shutters Jewish studies program due to cuts, low enrolment

With the retirement of two professors at the University of Alberta this year, Jewish studies will no longer be taught at the Edmonton university.

The two tenured professors, Ehud Ben Zvi and Francis Landy, will not be replaced because of ongoing budget cuts, said Andrew Gow, director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Religious Studies.

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