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…
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) will be hosting these events in the coming weeks: Amira Haas: “Is Activism Futile?: The Case of Israel” Friday, October 13, 2023, 4:00pm to 6:00pmHarvard Faculty Club, Library, 20 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 The 2023 Hilda B. Silverman Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the CMES Middle East Forum and the Religion and Public Life’s…
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…
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….
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…
