Current Year

David playing the harp2023–2024 Fellowship Theme

The Sound and Music of Jewish Life

The Katz Center looks forward to a 2023–24 fellowship year devoted to the study of sound and music as a part of Jewish life, and we are delighted to announce the cohort of scholars who will join us for a year of research, conversation, and engagement with the Penn community and with the public. The fellows come to Philadelphia from Europe, Israel, and the Americas, and their research addresses a wide range of topics, among them the study of the Jewish voice in different religious and social settings, the use of song as a way of conveying the news, early efforts to develop a Jewish sign language, the contemporary orthodox female music industry, and many other exciting projects at the forefront of Jewish life past and present.    

The theme gives the Center an opportunity to explore the intersection between scholarship and the arts in new ways. We would love to share some of the sounds and insights of the year with the broader community locally and globally, so please check out our website later this summer for information about our online public programs, campus lectures, performances, and other opportunities to benefit from this intellectual community.

Photo of fellow

Paula
Ansaldo

Spring Term Fellow

Harvard University

Photo of fellow

Emma
M.
Brodeur

Fall Term Fellow

University of Rochester

Photo of fellow

Mary
Channen
Caldwell

Full Year Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

Photo of fellow

Oren
Cohen Roman

Spring Term Fellow

University of Haifa

Photo of fellow

Naomi
Cohn Zentner

Spring Term Fellow

Bar-Ilan University

Photo of fellow

Samantha
M.
Cooper

Full Year Fellow

Harvard University

Photo of fellow

Galeet
Dardashti

Spring Term Fellow

New York University

Photo of fellow

Uri
Erman

Fall Term Fellow

Ben-Gurion University

Photo of fellow

Hadar
Feldman Samet

Full Year Fellow

Tel Aviv University

Photo of fellow

Gila
Flam

Spring Term Fellow

The National Library of Jerusalem

Photo of fellow

Katharina 
Galor

Fall Term Fellow

Brown University

Photo of fellow

Kay
Kaufman Shelemay 

Fall Term Fellow

Harvard University

Photo of fellow

Mark
Kligman

Spring Term Fellow

University of California, L.A.

Photo of fellow

Jeremiah
Lockwood

Full Year Fellow

Yale Institute of Sacred Music 

Photo of fellow

Michael
Lukin 

Fall Term Fellow

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Photo of fellow

Jessica
Roda

Full Year Fellow

Georgetown University

Photo of fellow

Edwin
Seroussi

Full Year Fellow

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Photo of fellow

Yonatan
Turgeman

Full Year Fellow

Hebrew University of Jerusalem