Congrats to 2023-24 fellow Samantha Cooper!

Looking forward to my book talk 'Scandal on the Dance Floor: Mixed Dancing and Jewish Modernity' at 2 pm on May 1, hosted by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Stanford Press AOA

katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/scandal…

The Katz Center is pleased to partner with the Philadelphia Athenaeum for this second program in a series on Jews in the arts--free and in person, May 1st at 2pm!

Happening now! katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/cold-wa…

Join us on Thursday for a Zoom webinar with Anna Holzer-Kawalko:

'Cold War and Cultural Restitution: Postwar Transfers of Jewish Libraries from the Soviet Bloc to Israel'

katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/cold-wa…

On Tuesday 4/9, Katz Center fellow Oren Cohen Roman will be speaking at West Chester University.

'I Stand at the Window and Sing': Literary Depictions of Jewish Women Making Music

On Sunday April 7, Penn's Jewish Studies Program (PennJewishStudies) is hosting 'Confronting Antisemitism: A Symposium on Its Past and Present.'

Details and registration: web.sas.upenn.edu/confronting-an…

Starting March 19, we are hosting a 3-session mini-course featuring Edwin Seroussi titled 'Singing the Haggadah.'

Come learn about the history and evolution of inserting songs into the order of the Passover seder!

Info + registration:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/mini-co…

For the first issue of 2024, JQR debuted a new cover design!

In this blog post, we take a trip down memory lane and revisit JQR covers of yore, from the journal's founding in 1889 to the present.

katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog…

Postdoc opportunity: ERC project 'Local Law under Rome' at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Concert/lecture TONIGHT at the Weitzman NMAJH!

'Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro'

katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/wild-bu…

As part of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies series “Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom,” Sigal Ben-Porath of Penn GSE talked about “Campus Free Speech after October 7.”
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Excited to cohost this event at the Weitzman next week!

Tickets available here:
katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/wild-bu…

In case you missed it, you can watch 'The Jewish Catalog Turns 50: Revolutionary Manifesto of DIY Judaism,' with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, Joshua Teplitsky, and Beth Wenger here: vimeo.com/917355707

Weitzman NMAJH, Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, Brandeis Library, Brandeis University, PennJewishStudies

📣JQR 114.1 is now out!

Inside you'll find articles on Talmud, Kabbalah, Hasidic literature, the Alliance Israélite Universelle, an 18th c. Jewish convert/Dutch translator, and Palestinian Arab knowledge production on Zionism.

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katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog…

Tonight we are cheering on Katz alum Melissa Klapper (fellowship year 2020-21) as she competes in the Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy!

Catch her tonight at 7pm EST 👇
jeopardy.com/watch

Did you know that Katz cohosts an annual lecture with the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies?

The 2023 lecture is now on YouTube!

Elisheva Carlebach, 'The Naked and the Hairy: Material Memory and Jewish Record-Keeping in Early Modern Europe'

youtu.be/JeelcPiBtYA?si…

Earlier this month, PennJewishStudies hosted a webinar featuring Derek J. Penslar, “The 1948 War in the Eyes of the World: From the Local to the Global.'

Did you miss it? Never fear! Check it out on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=SGh7rh…