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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.

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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Fall 2023
November 29, 2023
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Fall 2023
by The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

Q&A: Katz Center fellow Uri Erman asks how British opera both aided and undermined the acculturation of Jewish vocal artists in the 18th and 19th centuries
November 27, 2023
Q&A: Katz Center fellow Uri Erman asks how British opera both aided and undermined the acculturation of Jewish vocal artists in the 18th and 19th centuries
by Uri Erman, Steven Weitzman

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.

Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom
November 15, 2023
Jews and the University: Antisemitism, Admissions, Academic Freedom

Announcing a New Lecture Series for Spring 2024