Past Events

Events



"A Lost Queen of the Sun? Tel Beth Shemesh, the Age of Amarna, and the Mysterious ’Mistress of the Lions’" with Zvi Lederman

Nov 13, 2017 at

A lecture by Dr. Zvi Lederman, director of the Tel Beth Shemesh Excavation, Israel

Free and open to the public

Organized by the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and cosponsored by Penn's…



"Belated Encounter: The Recovered Literary Legacy of H. G. Adler” with Sara Horowitz

Nov 9, 2017 at -

Why do some writers about the Shoah become widely read and globally recognized, while others are ignored? In this talk, we will explore the belated literary and moral legacy of H. G. Adler, a…



"Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz" with Omer Bartov (Annual Alexander Colloquium)

Nov 2, 2017 at

For more than four hundred years, the Eastern European border town of Buczacz—today part of Ukraine—was home to a highly diverse citizenry. It was here that Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews all lived side by side in…



"Sephardi-Mizrahi Journeys in Middle Eastern Jewish Music and Culture" with Samuel Torjman Thomas

Nov 1, 2017 at

Beyond the Bagel: Traditional Jewish Food Club: Sephardi-Mizrahi Journeys in Middle Eastern Jewish …



"Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern Europe: Twenty-Five Years Later" with David Ruderman

Oct 26, 2017 at

21st Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture in Judaic Studies

Jewish Thought and Scientific Discovery in Early Modern Europe: Twenty-Five Years Later…



"After Auschwitz: The Stories of Six Women" Film Screening and Director Q&A

Oct 24, 2017 at -

Please join us for the Philadelphia premiere of the critically acclaimed documentary film After Auschwitz: The Stories of Six Women.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the…



Celebration of Professor Nili Gold’s New Book: Haifa: City of Steps

Oct 19, 2017 at -

Join us in celebrating Penn Professor Nili Gold's (NELC) new book, Haifa: City of Steps (Publication date: October 3, 2017)

 

A rich look, from a native daughter, at the evolving relations of people…



"Franz Kafka, Nathan Birnbaum, Americanism, Yiddishism: An Intercultural Exchange" with Mark Gelber

Sep 12, 2017 at

Mark H. Gelber is Senior Professor of Comparative Literature and German-Jewish Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva and Director of the Center for German…



Scribes of the Cairo Genizah @ Penn: Introductory Meeting

Sep 5, 2017 at -

Attention: Puzzle Lovers, Citizen Scientists, Emerging Researchers! BRING YOUR LAPTOPS! 

 



The Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book

May 7, 2017 - May 8, 2017 at -

The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, are pleased…