Ayelet Wenger draws lines between Rabban Gamliel’s slave Tevi and Aesop’s trickster heroes
Steve Weitzman sees the Center as a steadying presence in the current maelstrom.
JQR’s latest forum looks at the Jewish recipe
The TOC in Brief
Steven Weitzman speaks with fellow Uri Erman about the intersection of opera and the fraught experience of assimilation for 18th and 19th c. British Jews.
Announcing a New Lecture Series for Spring 2024
Announcing the publication of a new online open-access mini-course on Hebrew Paleography by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
What did Hebrew modernism look like in the often-overlooked spaces between the shtetl and the big city?
Concerning the events of October 7, 2023 and their aftermath
The new gift will establish funds for the study of Jewish history and culture in the land of Israel, and for the study of antisemitism
An essay in JQR explores early modern Jewish vernacular translations of scientific texts
Reflections on Menachem Keren-Kratz’s essay on Joel Teitelbaum in the current issue of JQR
Highlights and New Additions
This year’s programs highlight the depth and diversity of Jewish musical traditions
