Blog

May
29
May 29, 2025
New Titles in the Jewish Culture and Contexts Series: Spring 2025
by
Adrienne Atkins

Two new books on the interaction between modern media and Jewish life published by the Katz Center’s series with Penn Press

May
27
May 27, 2025
Meet the 2025–26 Fellows
by
The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

The Katz Center announces the new cohort of incoming fellows.

May
20
May 20, 2025
Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar Trains Her Anthropologist’s Lens on Ultra-Orthodox and Amish Communities
by
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, Natalie B. Dohrmann

Q&A: Katz Center fellow Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar finds women’s voices in deeply religious communities

May
15
May 15, 2025
May
12
May 12, 2025
Catch ‘Em All! Conversations with Fellows
by
Kathryn Maxwell

The 2024–2025 fellows share the interests and inspirations that animate their scholarship

May
8
May 08, 2025
Plague, Poetry, and Prayer: Three Manuscripts Join the Penn Libraries
by
Kathryn Maxwell

A selection of fascinating new items in our collections

May
7
May 07, 2025
Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Ahuvia Goren on the Circulation of the Idea of Circulation
by
Ahuvia Goren, Natalie B. Dohrmann

Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Ahuvia Goren traces heated debates over the function of the heart and brain and in so doing reveals the broad and complex circulation of ideas in early modern Europe

May
5
May 05, 2025
Jewish Quarterly Review
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Spring 2025
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in brief

May
1
May 01, 2025
The Katz Center Is Hiring
by
The Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

The Center is looking for a new director of public programming

Apr
24
April 24, 2025
Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Wendy Zierler Finds Where Storytelling, Medicine, and Gender Come Together in Modern Hebrew Literature
by
Wendy Zierler, Natalie B. Dohrmann

Q&A: Katz Center fellow Wendy Zierler is a polymath whose hard-to-pin-down scholarly identity brings creative verve to her scholarship

Apr
23
April 23, 2025
Jewish Quarterly Review
Anne Albert Flies the Coop
by
Natalie B. Dohrmann, David Myers

JQR says farewell to its executive editor 

Apr
23
April 23, 2025
A Sweet Sorrow
by
Steven Weitzman

Steve Weitzman pays tribute to departing director of public programs Anne Albert

Apr
10
April 10, 2025
Jewish Quarterly Review
Beyond Columbus: What DNA Can—and Can’t—Tell Us about Jewish History
by
Flora Cassen

Flora Cassen shows how, if used wisely, ancient DNA can serve the work of Jewish history

Apr
1
April 01, 2025
Jewish Quarterly Review
Sticking It to the Man
by
David Myers

Sam Shuman traces the transformation of a modest ultra-Orthodox rabbi into an emblem of Haredi countercultural resistance

Mar
28
March 28, 2025
Jewish Quarterly Review
Helena Frank: Turn-of-the-Century Translator in JQR's Old Series
by
Adrienne Atkins

In honor of Women’s History Month, JQR is highlighting one of its earliest women contributors, the fascinating but now mostly-unknown Helena Frank