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The Center for Jewish Studies sponsors Visiting Professors and Lecturers in a variety of academic disciplines to supplement our course offerings in Jewish studies.
We also host several research scholars each year:
- Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica: a group of scholars (from post-doctoral fellows to senior faculty) in a particular field of Jewish studies for a semester or a year to conduct full-time research at Harvard
- Alan M. Stroock Fellows for Advanced Research in Judaica: for Post-doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars to conduct research at Harvard. Some scholars who apply for the Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica are offered the Stroock Fellowship to join the Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica cohort. This fellowship may also be used to support Scholars at Risk.
- Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow: for an active congregational rabbi to spend a semester conducting full-time, independent research at Harvard
- Visiting Scholars, Associates, and Research Associates in many areas of Jewish studies to come to Harvard to conduct independent research at Harvard
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
Justin Cammy
Professor of Jewish Studies and of Comparative Literature, Smith College
Visiting Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations – Fall 2025
Hasia Diner
Professor Emerita, Departments of History and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies,
New York University; Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History.
Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard Divinity School – Academic Year 2025-26
Moshe Halbertal
Gruss Professor of Law, NYU
Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Weinstock Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law, Harvard Law School – Spring 2026
Kathryn Hellerstein
Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures (Yiddish), University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Professor in Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature – Spring 2026
Susannah Heschel
Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College
Joseph Engel Visiting Professor
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations & Harvard Divinity School – Academic Year 2025-26
Jessica Marglin
Professor of Religion, Law and History, University of Southern California
Visiting Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations – Academic Year 2025-26
Jules Riegel
Lecturer on History and Literature, Committee on Degrees in History & Literature, Harvard University
Gerard Weinstock Visiting Lecturer, Department of History – Spring 2026
– For courses offered by our Visiting Faculty, please see the Academic Courses page.
Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica:
2025-2026 Theme: Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
Silver Fellow (Spring 2026)
Rabbi Jonathan Zolty
Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellow
Current Visiting Research Scholars
Romy Neumark
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Teaching Assistant, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,
Fellow,
Academic Year 2025-2026
Oz Tamir
Hebrew University of Jerusalem