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The coronavirus has imposed mistrust, self-isolation, and a narrowing of our social worlds, but the Exodus story and the Seder provide useful models for moving on.

The Katz Center staff reading list for the #wfh era.

A virtual round table on our changing domestic worlds among fellows from the Katz Center's year on the Jewish Home.

The actions of ancient Jews as a model for cultural resilience, simulating presence, and maintaining optimism.

A letter to the Penn community during a difficult time.

During the present public health challenge posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Katz Center needs to follow guidelines established by the University of Pennsylvania.

The Katz Center announces the 2020–2021 fellows, focused on the theme of America’s Jewish Questions.

This blog post is part of a series focused on the research of current fellows. In this edition, Katz Center Director Steven Weitzman sits down with Jacqueline Vayntrub, whose work examines practices of knowledge transmission in biblical and ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean narratives.

The news that the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research responded to a budget crisis this month by laying off its entire library staff came as a shock to the Jewish studies academic community, which responded with an outpouring of concern.