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Middle East Dialogues: A Talk with Micah Goodman

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The Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School invites you to a talk with: Dr. Micah Goodman, Israeli scholar, author, philosopher, and current Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem Join the HKS for a conversation between MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud and Dr. Micah Goodman, Israeli scholar, author, philosopher, and current Research Fellow…

Jewish Odesa: Negotiating Identities and Traditions in Contemporary Ukraine | Marina Sapritsky-Nahum

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The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) invites you to a book talk: Jewish Odesa: Negotiating Identities and Traditions in Contemporary Ukraine A book talk by Marina Sapritsky-Nahum, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London. Wednesday, May 7, 5:00-6:30 pm CGIS-Knafel Building, 2nd Floor Room K-2621737 Cambridge Street…

Annette Yoshiko Reed Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

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The CJS extends its congratulations to Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed for this wonderful achievement! Professor Reed, Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and a member of the CJS’s Executive Committee, was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship along with two other Harvard professors: Christopher Muller, Professor of Sociology, and Katarina…

Harvard Judaica Publishes New Undergraduate Thesis

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The CJS congratulates Julia Tellides ’24 for the publication of her thesis in the the Harvard Judaica Collection Student Research Papers Series. Julia’s paper, Defending “The Jerusalem of the Balkans”: Resilience and Disempowerment in Interwar Jewish Thessaloniki is available digitally and in print upon request. For further details see the Harvard Judaica Newsletter….

Upcoming CMES Events

Forwarded: Upcoming Events at the CMES Unpacking Israel’s Current Political Landscape | Lihi Ben Shitrit Lihi Ben Shitrit, Henry and Marilyn Taub Associate Professor of Israel Studies; Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; and Director, Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University Monday, April 28, 2025, 4:30pm to 6:00pmCMES, Rm 102, 38 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA…

“The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes” | Film Screening and After-Talk

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“The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes” | Film Screening and After-Talk April 23, 2025, 6:00 pm, Emerson Hall 105 Dear members of the CJS community,Please see the forwarded message below: The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes unearths secret recordings of Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust’s Final Solution, which definitively…

No Monument: Babyn Yar as Site of History, Memory, and Politics | Victoria Smolkin

No Monument: Babyn Yar as Site of History, Memory, and Politics | Victoria Smolkin Victoria Smolkin is Associate Professor of History, Wesleyan University.Moderated by Anna Bisikalo, PhD candidate in modern Eastern European History at Harvard University. April 16, 2025 5:00PM – 6:30PMCGIS-Knafel/North Building, 2nd Floor, Room K-262 For more details go to the HURI event page. This…

UPDATE: Digest issue resolved.

We are happy to report that the technical issue we experienced has been resolved. We value your interest in the Center for Jewish Studies and appreciate your continued support. The CJS team. On March 24, 2025, we posted this message: The CJS apologizes for the multiple email digests our subscribers received this weekend. The Digest…

April-May Events Sponsored by CJS

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The CJS is sponsoring and co-sponsoring the following events during the months of April and May. Please check each individual event page for more detailed information. We look forward to seeing you! April 2, 20256:00 pm Transmitting Indigenous, Vulnerable, and Endangered Languages | A Symposium April 10, 20255:30 pm “The Star of David and the…

Apologies to our Digest Subscribers

The CJS apologizes for the multiple email digests our subscribers received this weekend. The Digest is automatically generated by the website, and we are working closely with WordPress, the site platform, to remedy this issue as soon as possible. We thank you for your loyalty and patience while we work on this matter….