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A free online lecture series beginning January 2021 will focus on intersections of race and religion, drawing lessons from the history of antisemitism, examining the role of Jews in the racialized culture of the United States, and exploring the role of race in Jewish identity.

Gabriel Raeburn explores the resurgence of white ethnonationalism in the American landscape.

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 Alanna E. Cooper, a cultural anthropologist whose work addresses contemporary Jewish life in the United States.

Beth Kissileff reflects on the shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue and on Bound in the Bond of Life, a new essay collection that tells stories too complicated and painful to be reduced to a monument. 

After more than thirty years, finance and administration manager Sam Cardillo is saying farewell to the Katz Center.

David M. Goldenberg has donated his personal and administrative papers, as well as research files, to the Library at the Katz Center.

The current fellowship cohort, including leading figures in the field alongside new generations of scholars, launched the 2020–21 academic year focused on the theme of "America's Jewish Questions."

In recognition of Ione Abfelbaum Strauss' many contributions to the University of Pennsylvania, including her role as a trustee of the University, President Amy Gutmann and Chairman David Cohen have sent the following tribute to trustees past and present.

The Katz Center mourns the recent passing of Ione Apfelbaum Strauss.

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 Elazar Ben-Lulu, who is an anthropologist of religion and gender with a particular interest in the intersection of LGBTQ identities and Judaism.