Announcing the fellows!
2021–22 Fellowship Theme: Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures
It is with tremendous excitement that we announce the incoming fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year, focusing on the theme of Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures.
About Us
Jewish History, Texts, Cultures, Ideas, and Experiences
Katz Center research spans all periods of Jewish history, from distant antiquity through to the present day; it reaches into every part of the globe where Jews have lived, and it is grounded in a wide range of disciplines and approaches.
JQR 111.1 now available.
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review
The oldest English-language journal in the field of Jewish studies has a new issue, available online and in print. See the Table of Contents on our blog.
In partnership with Penn’s Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
New Virtual Course
Changing Minds: Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar is taught by Fabrizio Lelli, Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Salento.
A letter to the University of Pennsylvania community during a difficult time
A Personal Message from Penn's President
"This is a generation-defining moment. And like every such moment that has gone before, it is not only the crisis itself but also how we respond that matters most."
