Jewish Studies Spring 2024 Courses Page is now Live!

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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….

Julis – Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law | The Gaza Crisis: An Initial Assessment of the Emerging Legal Issues

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….

POSTPONED | The Israeli Protest Movement: Is ‘Jewish and Democratic’ Really Possible?”: A conversation with Professors Shaul Magid and Derek Penslar

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…

Upcoming Events at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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…

Extended: Call for Applications | Jews and Health

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…

Yom Kippur 2023

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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….

Adam Afterman: Kabbalistic Neoplatonism: Divine Emanation and Mystical Integration

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…

Happy Jewish New Year!

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The Center for Jewish Studies would like to wish all of you a happy, healthy new year! L’Shanah Tova! The CJS office will be closed on Monday, September 18, in observance of Yom Kippur. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 19 at 9:00 AM….

The CJS welcomes students back to the Harvard campus

The Class of 2027 and returning students started the 2023-2024 academic year today! Our language instructors are excited to welcome their new and returning students. If you have not had the chance yet, come check out Modern Hebrew, Yiddish or other languages taught by the Department of Near eastern Languages and Civilizations….

Modern Hebrew and Yiddish draw interest at Harvard College Academics Fair

NELC Language table at 2023 Academic Fair

The NELC languages table attracted a great showing at Harvard College’s Academic Fair today! Modern Hebrew and Yiddish preceptors, Ran Bechor and Sara Feldman, engage with the excited students who are starting the academic year in a few days. Browse all Fall 2023 Jewish Studies courses at Harvard on our Courses Page Good luck, Mazel…