Call for Applications | The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at UPenn 2024–25 fellowship The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies is pleased to announce that its 2024–25 fellowship year will be devoted to supporting new research at the intersection of Jewish studies and the study of health, medicine, and…
Yom Kippur 2023
Gmar Chatimah Tovah from the CJS!May you and yours be written in the book of life. The Center will be closed on Monday, 9.25.2023, in observance of Yom Kippur.We will reopen our office on Tuesday, 9.26.2023 at 9:00 A.M….
Adam Afterman: Kabbalistic Neoplatonism: Divine Emanation and Mystical Integration
Center for the Study of World Religions List Lecture in Jewish Studies with Adam Afterman: Kabbalistic Neoplatonism: Divine Emanation and Mystical Integration Thursday, September 28, 2023, 5:30 – 7pm42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Dr. Afterman will address the profound impact of Neoplatonism on Kabbalah, the medieval trend of Jewish mysticism. While its impact on the development…
Happy Jewish New Year!
The Center for Jewish Studies would like to wish all of you a happy, healthy new year! L’Shanah Tova! The CJS office will be closed on Monday, September 18, in observance of Yom Kippur. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 19 at 9:00 AM….
The CJS welcomes students back to the Harvard campus
The Class of 2027 and returning students started the 2023-2024 academic year today! Our language instructors are excited to welcome their new and returning students. If you have not had the chance yet, come check out Modern Hebrew, Yiddish or other languages taught by the Department of Near eastern Languages and Civilizations….