3rd Annual Howard Jay Reiter Memorial Lecture with Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi
Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi
Feb 6, 2025
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Beginning with the focal point of October 7, 2023, this lecture will address the challenges associated with the memory of difficult past events, especially when the aftermath is ongoing. Examining efforts to…
SIMS-Katz lecture with Sacha Stern, University College London
Sacha Stern
Feb 18, 2025
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As part of our Distinguished Fellowship in Jewish Manuscript Studies program, the University of Pennsylvania’s Schoenberg Institute and Herbert D. Katz Center, in partnership with the Jewish Studies Program,…
Contemporary Israeli theater is a vibrant world of intense creative activity. Using readings from selected scenes and screening clips from outstanding theatrical performances, this talk aims to expose the audience to…
KATHRYN HELLERSTEIN is Professor of Yiddish and past Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books of translations are: …
This talk examines the celebration of Purim in early modern Italy and the emergence of local Purims, unique commemorations established by Jewish communities to mark moments of deliverance from persecution and…
The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Century (Stanford University Press) is an award-winning book by Matthias B. Lehmann. Prof. Lehmann will discuss his book in a Zoom webinar.
Is the writing of Jewish history possible without tears and tales of woe? This was the challenge leveled nearly a hundred years ago by perhaps the most influential Jewish historian in the United States, Salo…
Steven Fassberg is Professor of Linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He will deliver an introduction to the ties and connections between contemporary/Modern Hebrew language and its various ancient…
