Happy Thanksgiving! The Center for Jewish Studies will be closed for the holidayfrom Wednesday-Friday.We will reopen on Monday, November 27 at 9:00AM…
Happy Thanksgiving
Registration Frustration? Consider a Modern Hebrew or Yiddish Language Class This Semester
Spring registration is in full swing! Please consider signing up for modern Hebrew and/or Yiddish language classes offered by NELC.More information can be found on our Courses page…
Modern Hebrew Vocabulary Practice is FUN!
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…
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE SPRING 2024 SEMESTER!!!
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!!!…
Harvard Yiddish Studies visits the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
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…
2024-2025 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica application process now open
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….
2024-2025 Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship application now open
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…
J-term and Spring 2024 fellowship application process now open
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…
Brandeis University Center for German and European Studies Presents: “Arthur and Lilly. The Girl and the Holocaust Survivor”
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…
Jewish Studies Spring 2024 Courses Page is now Live!
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….