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In the 29th Annual Meyerhoff Lecture historians Lila Corwin Berman, Deborah Dash Moore, and Beth S. Wenger discussed fractures within the field of American Jewish studies in a conversation moderated by journalist Emily Tamkin. Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em0p...
Kate Rosenblatt excavated the heated intra-Jewish arguments over politics, identity, and culture in the mid-twentieth century. Watch the full lecture: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZi...
The sale is now extended through Monday!
Watch Lana Dee Povitz's (Middlebury College) lecture centering the Jewish feminists who have worked at the intersection of social justice movements.
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We're delighted to share that former fellow Mary Channen Caldwell will complete her new book, Singing Conversion in Medieval Europe (that originated with an article she wrote during her time at the Katz Center) during her upcoming fellowship at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
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Watch the final lecture in our series, America's Jewish Questions at 250 Years! Markus Krah (Leo Baeck Institute) explores how consequential 20th-century publisher Schocken Books became an unlikely source of advice on Black-Jewish relations in America.
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Read the latest fellow Q&A where Katz Center fellow Sarah Leiter watches a Jewish identity emerge and define itself in real time.
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Check out this new podcast series, Medicine and the Healing Arts, co-led by former Katz Center fellow, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim. Listen to the first episode below!
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Our Jewish Culture and Contexts series is 40% off today and tomorrow with the code PENN-SUMMER26
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On the blog, Esra Almas reflects on the life, work, and inspirational friendship of Turkish author Liz Behmoaras—whose 1997 book Kimsin Jak Samanon? (Who are you Jak Samanon?) is the subject of Almas's latest JQR essay.
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