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Announcing our 2023-2024 Starr, Stroock, and Silver Fellows

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Please join us in welcoming our 2023-2024 Fellows. The Starr and Stroock Fellows are recent Ph.D. recipients working on topics in Jewish Migration in the 16th -21st centuries. The Faculty co-hosts for this cohort are: Stroock Fellows: Starr Fellows: Silver Fellow:…

CJS announces recipients of 2023 Harry and Cecile Starr Prizes in Jewish Studies

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The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Harry and Cecile Starr Prizes in Jewish Studies. Starr Prizes are awarded in each of the following categories: the best doctoral dissertation in Jewish and Hebrew Studies and the best dissertation in the field of Jewish and Hebrew…

CJS announces recipients of 2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies

The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies. The Weinstein Prize, which is given to the Harvard University student(s) who submits the best undergraduate essay in Jewish studies, was established by Lewis H. Weinstein ’27, LL.B. 1930….

UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies: Fifth Annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies | online, June 22, 2023

The UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies will host its fifth annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference in Israel Studies online on June 22, 2023. This virtual conference is open to undergraduate students (bachelor’s degree programs) from any campus in the United States and abroad, who may be interested in presenting their work on any topic related to modern Israel…

Annual Doft Lecture: An Evening with Tony Kushner | Media Coverage and Recording Available

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The CJS is happy to present a recording of our Annual Doft Lecture, “An Evening with Tony Kushner.” Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter, playwrite and activist Tony Kushner joined fellow Pulitzer Prize honoree Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Department of English, Harvard University, for a memorable conversation.The event took place at the Sanders Theatre…

Happy Passover

The Center for Jewish Studies wishes all of our friends and colleagues a happy and healthy Passover!…

Shaul Magid: “Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory.”

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The Center for the Study of World Religions is hosting our annual Albert & Vera List Lecture in Jewish Studies on Monday, April 3rd, 2023. Guest speaker Shaul Magid of Dartmouth University will be presenting Judeopessimism: Antisemitism, History, and Critical Race Theory.  The event will take place at 5:30pm – 7:00 PM at the CSWR. It is FREE…

2023 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies for Undergraduate Students

Take advantage of this upcoming opportunity, and apply via CARAT: We are pleased to announce that the CARAT application portal has opened for The Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize which is awarded for an outstanding essay in Jewish studies by a Harvard undergraduate. This is a $2,500 prize. REMINDER: The deadline for applying to the Weinstein Prize is Monday, April 3, 2023. Entries must not exceed 25…

Harvard Judaica Publishes Two New Undergraduate Theses

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New Harvard Judaica Student Research Papers are now available online or in print. Latest papers feature prize-winning undergraduate research into ancient Babylonian Jewish naming practices and into the influence of the USA on Israeli economics in the 20th century: For further details see the Harvard Judaica Newsletter….