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Katz Center’s Becky Friedman on Jews and Jewishness in English Renaissance Drama

Steven P. Weitzman (SPW): Becky, first of all, I have to convey a huge congratulations on completing your doctorate. It is quite an accomplishment to have completed a dissertation while working full time at the Katz Center and living through a pandemic.

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Katz Center Fellow Dr. Elazar Ben-Lulu on Reform Lifecycle Rituals, LGBTQ Culture in Judaism, and Religious Observance During COVID-19

Steven P. Weitzman (SPW): Elazar, can you tell us a little about how you came to your intellectual interests, and what you are hoping to accomplish as a Katz Center fellow this year?

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JQR Contributor Conversation: Ellie Schainker on the Case of Sura Gener

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To kick off a new contributor conversations series here on the JQR blog, Anne Albert asked contributor Ellie Schainker a few questions about her essay and its implications.
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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2019

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JQR 109.1 is now available, online* and in print.
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Love Is in the Air, and Also in the Ninth Mahberet

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Valentine’s Day seems a good time to draw attention to a pair of essays that appear in JQR on the theme of true love—one in...
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Q&A: Katz Center Fellow Julia Watts Belser on the Talmud, Disability Studies, and Environmental Humanities

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Meditations on a Monkey Face

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