To read our latest Annual Review, as well as earlier newsletters, visit our Publications page. If you’d like to receive hard copies of our newsletters, please join our mailing list….
CJS 2020-2021 Annual Review newsletter is available online
Jewish Studies Spring 2023 Courses Page is now Live!
Not sure which Jewish Studies course you’d like to take? Contemplating what would be your best choice of language to study? For a complete listing, visit our Spring 2023 Courses webpage: https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/academics/courses/courses-spring-2023/…
Congratulations Miriam Udel!
Congratulations Miriam Udel! The CJS is happy to share that our alumna, Yiddish studies scholar Miriam Udel, has been named the new director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University.Dr. Udel is an associate professor of Yiddish language, literature and culture at Emory University. Read about her appointment in the Atlanta Jewish…
Recording Available | Louise Glück: A reading and Conversation
The CJS is happy to present a recording of the 2022 Annual Doft Lecture presented by Louise Glück. The event, held on November 15, 2022, was also covered by The Harvard Gazette….
Henry Rosovsky dead at 95
Henry Rosovsky was an economic historian and innovative administrator who twice served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and acting president of the University. He passed away Nov. 11 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Read The New York Times article to learn about Rosovsky’s contribution to Black and Jewish Studies at…
Dr. Phil Alexander: “Sounding Jewish in Berlin: Klezmer Music and the Contemporary City”
A book talk hosted by the Jewish Music Forum Thursday, December 8 at 12pm ESTFree and open to the public The CJS is happy to share this event on behalf of Samantha Cooper, 2022-2023 Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica and Associate Executive Director of the Jewish Music Forum, A Project of the American Society for…
Dr. Samantha Cooper | “Sounding Jewish” Podcast
The CJS is proud to co-sponsor the Sounding Jewish Podcast by Dr. Samantha M. Cooper What does Jewish identity sound like, and why have scholars from around the world devoted their careers to studying it? The Sounding Jewish Podcast features host Dr. Samantha M. Cooper in conversation with global musicologists, ethnomusicologists and sound studies scholars who…
Opportunities for Yiddish students
The CJS is happy to share these opportunities offered by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA: The Steiner Summer Yiddish Program offers college students and recent graduates, ages 18-29, an opportunity to take a full year of Yiddish-language courses (worth up to six college credits) in seven weeks, tuition-free, at the Yiddish Book Center. The 2023 Program runs June…
Harvard’s Medieval History Workshop presents Deeana Klepper:
Deeana Klepper: “Christians and Jews in Late Medieval Guides for Parish Priests: Local Approaches and Lived Religion.” Tuesday, November 29, 5:00pm | Robinson Lower Library The Medieval History Workshop is honored to welcome Deeana Klepper, Professor of History and Religion at Boston University, for her paper entitled “Christians and Jews in Late Medieval Guides for Parish Priests: Local Approaches and…
Harvard’s first Ladino course to be offered in Spring 2023
For Harvard Students: LADINO16: Beginning Ladino (S2023): Learn Ladino through music, film, and literature Be part of Harvard’s first-ever course in Ladino language instruction. A hybrid of a literature seminar and a traditional language course,Beginning Ladino examines the linguistic legacy of the Sephardic Jews who brought their unique variety of Iberian Romance to othercountries after being…