Penn Cinema & Media Studies, Jewish Studies, Middle East Center and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations are pleased to present the 2019 edition of New Middle East Cinema. Recently released feature films…
2018-2019 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies & the Herbert D. Katz Center Distinguished Fellow’s Lecture in Jewish Manuscript Studies Sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program Professor Elisabeth…
From at least the sixteenth century up to the present, Hebrew devotional poetry (piyyutim) set to Ottoman/Turkish makam music for use in the synagogue has shown the close relationship Jews established with members of…
Explore the journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah through three regions from medieval Spain to modern-day Sarajevo. This extraordinary illuminated Hebrew manuscript contains illustrations of the biblical narrative…
Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel, is much more than a song. It is a symbol that has developed a variety of significations in performances carried out in different contexts and times. The most common…
Professor Chaim Saiman will be discussing his recently published book, Halakha: The Rabbinic Idea of Law. Though typically translated as "Jewish law," the term halakha is not an easy match for what…
After briefly framing the setting of the social reality depicted in her ethnography, the author will offer selected readings from her book Concrete Boxes in order to illustrate the manner in which she had…
