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International Fellowship Program

The Sound and Music of Jewish Life

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The 2023–24 fellowship year is devoted to the study of sound and music as a part of Jewish life, including fellow's research on the Jewish voice in different religious and social settings, the use of song as a way of conveying the news, early efforts to develop a Jewish sign language, the contemporary orthodox female music industry, and many other exciting projects at the forefront of Jewish life past and present.

Blog

New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2024
March 5, 2024
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2024
by The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

JQR’s Cover: An Incomplete History
March 5, 2024
JQR’s Cover: An Incomplete History
by Natalie B. Dohrmann

JQR gets a facelift

Q&A: Katz Center fellow Samantha Cooper on Jews and the Met
January 22, 2024
Q&A: Katz Center fellow Samantha Cooper on Jews and the Met
by Samantha M. Cooper, Steven Weitzman

Q&A: Katz Center fellow Samantha M. Cooper argues that Jews were essential to New York’s Early Opera Scene