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    Seniors present their research at an event each spring.

  • Rare Book Room Bird's-Eye View

    Students in Professor Beth Wenger's Jewish history class enjoying the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.

  • Moldovan Jewish Scribe

    "Photograph of a Jewish scribe, ca. 1917." From the Moldovan Family Collection of Judaica, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

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Our program reflects the full range and diverse dimensions of the Jewish experience as well as different approaches to studying Jewish life and culture. We welcome students of all backgrounds to take our courses and participate in our programs. We also offer a host of opportunities outside the classroom. Come join us!

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The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

The Katz Center is driven by the mission to deepen and broaden the understanding of Jewish history, texts, cultures, ideas, and experiences. The research it supports spans all periods of Jewish history, from distant antiquity through to the present day; it reaches into every part of the globe where Jews have lived, and it is grounded in a wide range of disciplines and approaches. 

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Events



Alexander Colloquium: Dr. Magda Teter

"Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism"
Dr. Magda Teter
Oct 3, 2023 at - | The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, 3355 Woodland Walk

Magda Teter is a Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies at Fordham University, and the President of the American Academy of Jewish Research. She is the author of Jews and Heretics in…



Symposium: Laurence Salzmann, A Life With Others

Oct 10, 2023 at - | Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

This symposium celebrates the donation of the Laurence and Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann Collection to the…



The Jewish Catalog at 50

Oct 18, 2023 at - | Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History

Jewish Studies @ Penn

Read the latest issue of the newsletter of the Jewish Studies Program, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, and the Judaica Collections at the Penn Libraries.

Jewish Studies Administered Research Awards

Each fall and spring the Jewish Studies Program offers Goldfein Research Awards, Brenner Special Opportunity Awards, and Schwartz Awards to both undergraduate and graduate Penn students. Learn More >