Blog

Mar
28
March 28, 2023
Updates on Ukraine and Katz Center Initiatives
by
Steven Weitzman

Reflections on supporting Jewish studies scholars in Ukraine

Mar
27
March 27, 2023
Jewish Quarterly Review
France, Empire, and Judeo-Arabic Vernacular Culture
by
Samuel Sami Everett

Samuel Sami Everett and Imis Kill explore Jewish-Muslim artistic collaboration in an animated film

Mar
24
March 24, 2023
Jewish Quarterly Review
French Jewish Studies
by
Natalie B. Dohrmann

What is happening in French Jewish studies? A snapshot

Mar
21
March 21, 2023
Jewish Quarterly Review
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2023
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

Feb
21
February 21, 2023
Katz Center Fellow Elisabeth Gallas on Jewish Legal Activism and the Nuremberg Trials
by
Elisabeth Gallas, Steven Weitzman

Steven Weitzman speaks with fellow Elisabeth Gallas about the New York Black Book of 1946.

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