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2023–24 Fellowship Theme: The Sound and Music of Jewish Life

The Katz Center is thrilled to announce the cohort for the 2023–24 academic year, engaging the theme of The Sound and Music of Jewish Life.

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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.

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Issue 113.2 is now available

New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Spring 2023

The Katz Center is a global leader in the study of Jewish civilization.

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International Fellowship Program

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The 18th to 21st centuries have been an age of transition from a world of empires to one of the nation-state and international law. This year's fellowship theme promotes new research on Jews and the law across disciplinary perspectives, including Jewish law as it has developed in modern contexts and the roles of Jews within non-Jewish legal cultures.

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