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Jul
1
July 01, 2020
Yad Aharon: Hebrew Poetry and the Number 14
by
Louis Meiselman

A Rare Judaica Cataloging Librarian examines a seemingly contradictory poetry volume in the collection of the Library at the Katz Center.

Jun
25
June 25, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
Knowing the Victim? Reflections on Empathy, Analogy, and Voice from the Shoah to the Present
by
David Myers

The Holocaust and the BLM movement share the problem of knowing another’s experience. Judith Butler, Cheryl Greenberg, Marianne Hirsch, and Robin D. G. Kelley tackle the core epistemological and moral question of whether we can know another’s experience, and what is at stake in our answer.

Jun
18
June 18, 2020
Katz Center Mourns the Loss of Ada Rapoport-Albert

The Katz Center is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert.

Jun
16
June 16, 2020
New Book from Former Katz Center Fellow Maurice Samuels

A new book by scholar Maurice Samuels on modern France's first antisemitic affair, and an interview with the author on the nineteenth-century scandal that had lasting repercussions in French society and culture.

Jun
9
June 09, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
JQR Contributor Conversation: Samuel Hayim Brody on Jewish Studies and the History of Capitalism
by
Natalie B. Dohrmann

JQR editor Natalie Dohrmann chats with contributor Samuel Hayim Brody about Jewish studies and the history of capitalism.

May
27
May 27, 2020
Jewish Affordable Housing Projects in Late Tsarist Russia: Urban Housing, Public Health, and Communal Responsibility
by
Cecile E. Kuznitz

Katz Center fellow Cecile Kuznitz explores the enduring connections among urban design, public health, and economics.

May
26
May 26, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
Pandemic and Plague: Literary Encounters
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

In this JQR blog forum, the third in a series inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, five scholars reflect on scenes from Jewish literature that allow them some purchase on this moment.

May
18
May 18, 2020
Home Again: Fellows Write from and about Home, Part 2
by
Anne Oravetz Albert, Federica Francesconi, Pratima Gopalakrishnan, Marjorie Lehman, Viola Alianov-Rautenberg

The second installment of a virtual conversation on home, work, and #wfh among fellows from the Katz Center’s year on the Jewish Home.

May
15
May 15, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Spring 2020
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

May
14
May 14, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
Words and images
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

Yossi Chajes finds new aspects of Lurianic kabbalistic practice in the relationship between text and image.

May
12
May 12, 2020
Jewish Quarterly Review
Fun a ganef iz shver tsu ganvenen*: On Holocaust Linguistics
by
The Jewish Quarterly Review

Disaster leaves indelible traces on language. How can old words navigate the new and radically discordant? Hannah Pollin-Galay asks that question of several glossaries of Holocaust Yiddish.

Apr
13
April 13, 2020
The Ninth Plague
by
Steven Weitzman

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.

Apr
8
April 08, 2020
Staff Book Recommendations
by
Becky Friedman

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

Apr
7
April 07, 2020
Outside In: Fellows Write from and about Home
by
Anne Oravetz Albert, Keren Friedman-Peleg, Gregg E. Gardner, Vanessa Ochs, Nathanael Riemer, Joshua Teplitsky

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