Blog

Feb
7
February 07, 2023
Katz Center Fellows Shine in the National Jewish Book Awards
by
Miriam Saperstein

The Jewish Book Council recently announced the winners and finalists of the 2022 National Jewish Book Awards, with many Katz Center scholars included among them.

Jan
24
January 24, 2023
A Hebrew Schoolteacher’s Notebook and Other Rare Manuscripts
by
Louis Meiselman

Penn Libraries’ Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian gives a tour of some newly cataloged manuscripts, including an early twentieth-century schoolteacher’s notebook from India, a rare medical text, and an eighteenth-century Yemeni prayer book.

Jan
23
January 23, 2023
Q&A: Gender and Jewish Philosophy with Sarah Zager
by
Anne Oravetz Albert, Sarah Zager

Meet the instructor of our upcoming online mini-course.

Jan
18
January 18, 2023
Jewish Quarterly Review
Legal Theory and Jewish History
by
David Myers, The Jewish Quarterly Review

JQR convenes a forum exploring interconnections between history and legal theory in Jewish studies

Jan
17
January 17, 2023
Penn Alumni Gift of Historic Jewish Marriage Contracts to Penn’s Judaica Collections
by
Arthur Kiron

This gift from the Moldovan family collection features rare ketubot

Jan
11
January 11, 2023
Jewish Quarterly Review
Bonnie Blankenship Retires after Nearly 5 Decades of Service
by
Natalie B. Dohrmann

Bonnie, who made the Jewish Quarterly Review run smoothly since 1984, stepped down in December.

Dec
21
December 21, 2022
Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Emmanuel Bloch on Shifting Conceptions of Modesty in Jewish Legal Codes
by
Emmanuel Bloch

Steven Weitzman talks with Emmanuel Bloch about modesty norms in Jewish legal texts.

Dec
16
December 16, 2022
Online Teaching Resources
by
Anne Oravetz Albert

The Katz Center has a trove of lecture videos useful for teaching

Dec
9
December 09, 2022
New Faces at the Katz Center

The Center welcomes five new staff members.

Dec
7
December 07, 2022
Supporting Jewish Studies in Ukraine
by
Steven Weitzman

Supporting Jewish studies scholars in Ukraine amidst war

Nov
21
November 21, 2022
Jewish Quarterly Review
Point/Counterpoint: Jewish Activism in 1944 and the Bombing of Auschwitz
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

In this JQR forum, two scholars debate how fateful decisions were made.

Nov
16
November 16, 2022
Jewish Quarterly Review
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Fall 2022
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

Nov
3
November 03, 2022
Jewish Marriage Contracts Animate Shalom Sabar’s SIMS-Katz Lecture
by
Natalie B. Dohrmann

Jewish marriage contracts offer a glimpse of the complex identities of everyday Jews living in Islamic lands.

Sep
16
September 16, 2022
Hasidic Education in New York: A Clash of Law, Politics, and Culture
by
David Myers

A forum featuring scholars of the Haredi Research Group

Aug
9
August 09, 2022
Jewish Quarterly Review
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Summer 2022
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in brief.