Modern Hebrew Beginner’s students practice vocabulary while enjoying a scavenger hunt and breakfast. Preceptor Ran Bechor and TFs Tzippora Klapper and Gilad Mills designed a fun filled activity for the Mod-Heb BA students.Class participants received clues and returned photos using their phones, and ended a fun-filled hour with a hearty breakfast, where they brushed up…
Interested in taking a course in Jewish studies? Stop by our office to grab a course booklet, or visit our website Courses page. Have a wonderful semester!!!…
On October 22, Harvard Yiddish Studies visited the new permanent exhibition at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. It was great to see all the amazing stories the center has to tell, from linotype and fraying book bindings to the words and voices of Yiddish celebrities past and present. And some of us left…
The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2024-2025 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica The Starr fellowships for 2024-25 will be available to scholars working on topics related to Ancient Jews in and against Empires. Application Deadline: Friday, January 5, 2024 For detailed information on how to apply visit our Fellowships and Prizes page….
The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2023-2024 Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship. Applicants must be active congregational rabbis who have demonstrated serious intellectual and academic ability, interest and energy in the pursuit of Jewish scholarship. For detailed information on how to apply visit our Fellowships and Prizes page. Application Deadline: Friday, January…
Attention Graduate and Undergraduate Harvard students! The CJS is pleased to announce that the application process has opened for the 2024 J-term and Spring research and study fellowships. For detailed information on how to apply visit our Fellowships and Prizes page. The deadline for submitting your application, project proposal, itemized budget, and letter of recommendation (should be uploaded by…
Arthur and Lilly. The Girl and the Holocaust Survivor Thursday, November 2, 20236:00 – 7:30 pm Eastern Time (US)Hybrid In-Person Event and Zoom WebinarRapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University What do a 75-year-old Los Angeles based rocket engineer and an eleven-year-old schoolgirl from Austria have in common? Not much at first glance, but Arthur and…
Spring 2024 course registration is about to start, and Crimson Carts open on October 16! Not sure which Jewish studies course t take? Can’t find out what’s available? Looking for a language class? Browse the new our Spring 2024 Courses webpage to see a complete list of Harvard’s Jewish studies course offerings….
The Gaza Crisis: An Initial Assessment of the Emerging Legal Issues, including: Hostage-taking, Intentional Targeting of Civilians, International Laws of War In light of the recent tragic events, we have decided to revise our program on the Israeli Judicial Overhaul scheduled for tomorrow night at Harvard Law School. We will meet as planned in Wasserstein 1010 at 7pm….
This Event has been postponed. The Israeli Protest Movement: Is ‘Jewish and Democratic’ Really Possible?”: A conversation with Professors Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Shaul MagidProfessor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and Visiting Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at Harvard University, and Derek PenslarWilliam Lee…
