The Davis Center Hosts Professor Maxim Shrayer | Immigrant Baggage: Scenes from a Translingual Life The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies hosts author and Boston College professor Maxim D. Shrayer as he reads from and discusses his new book, Immigrant Baggage. Monday, March 20, 2023, 4 –5:30pm EST See more details about this talk….
The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing | Recordings Available for all sessions
The CJS is happy to present recordings of “The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing” NOW AVAILABLE: Speakers: Zev Harvey, Paul Franks. Speakers: Talya Fishman, Jay Harris Speakers: Tamara Morsel Eisenberg, Moshe Halbertal…
Recordings Available | The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing
The CJS is happy to present recordings of “The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing” NOW AVAILABLE: Speakers: Zev Harvey, Paul Franks. Speakers: Talya Fishman, Jay Harris The event was held on January 19, 2022….
Recording Available | The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing
The CJS is happy to present a recording of “The Legacy of Isadore Twersky: Twenty-Five Years After his Passing” | MORNING SESSION: 10:30AM – 12:00PMThe Unity of Maimonides: Philosophy and/versus Halakhah Speakers: Zev Harvey, Paul Franks. The event was held on January 19, 2022….
The CJS welcomes Aleksandra Kremer to its Executive Committee
The CJS extends a warm welcome to Alexandra Kremer, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the newest member of our Executive Committee.Her main area of research and teaching is Polish literature and culture, with special interests in modern poetry, sound studies, cultural history, visual arts,…
Harvard Students Curate Exhibition of Haggadot from Harvard Library
Visit the Loeb Music Library from now until April 17 to view ancient, funny, breathtaking and moving Haggadot from the Harvard Judaica Collection. Harvard Haggadot is a flash-curated exhibition showcasing the Judaica Collection’s unique resources presented by Harvard students. The group met in January, right before the start of the Spring semester and embarked upon an…
Summer 2023 Prizes and Fellowships for Study and Research in Jewish Studies for Graduate and Undergraduate Students
Take advantage of these upcoming opportunities, and apply via CARAT:…
Rabbi Jeff Sultar: Does A Golem Count in a Minyan?
Join Rabbi Jeff Sultar for Lunch and Learn Shabbat, Feb. 11, 12:00 PM at Harvard Hillel (Pot Luck: Bring a non-meat dish to share) Also on Zoom: https://hebrewseniorlife.zoom.us/my/rabbijim While a golem — an artificially-made human being — may never have physically existed, the legend has lived on in the imaginations of people for thousands of…
“Pearl of Warsaw” Klezmer Band: Live at the HMANE
On Monday, January 31, we hosted a klezmer party featuring Harvard Ph.D. candidate in historical musicology Uri Schreter, klezmer educator Rebecca MacInnes of the band Mamaliga, and Isabel Frey, a visiting scholar from the University of Music & Performing Arts in Vienna. The program focused on Jewish tunes from Poland, including “Pearl from Warsaw,” from…