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The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is the focal point for the study and teaching of Judaica.

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The CJS congratulates the 2026 Starr and Weinstein prize winners!
Read about the winners and their paper abstracts!

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The CJS welcomes its 2026-2027 Starr Fellows (Theme: Jewish Philosophy) and our Spring 2027 Silver Fellow.

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On May 14, Harvard hosted a full-day symposium on the topic of Antisemitism and Universities.
Read the recap in the Harvard Magazine:

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ON SALE NOW! What is the Talmud? The State of the Question: The Proceedings of a Conference at Harvard University
The CJS and the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law are excited to announce this new publication.

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Congratulations Hannah Marcus, Harvard College Professor of the History of Science!
Five Harvard faculty named Harvard College Professors https://t.co/vXw9Sopty1

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The CJS congratulates Jessica Marglin on her appointment to the Jacob E. Safra Professorship of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations @ Harvard.

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The Judaica Division is pleased to announce the availability of a newly-created online resource: a detailed finding aid for the Seymour Rechtzeit and Miriam Kressyn Radio Programs Archive.

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Congratulations Talia Kahan!
The CJS is proud to share that Talia Kahan has been awarded the 2025-2026 Hoopes Prize

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Yael Landman | “Spectacular Punishment in the Hebrew Bible: The Case of the Suspected Adulteress”

30 April 2026, 6:00pm

Yael Landman, Assistant Professor of Bible, Jewish Theological Seminary

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When Yiddish Was Young: The Making of a Modernist Little Magazine in interwar Vilna/Wilno/Vilnius May 4, 2026, in-person

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Fall 2026 course registration starts on 4.1.26, and Crimson Carts open today!
Browse the new Fall 2026 Courses page��for a list of Harvard’s Jewish studies course offerings.

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The CJS welcomes two new members to our Executive Committee:
Asst. Professor Simone Stirner, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and
Professor Terrence L. Johnson of Harvard FAS and HDS, and director of HDS's Religion and Public Life.

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4.28.26
Jewish – Muslim Interrelations Series: “Power and Vulnerability in Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History” | Jessica Marglin

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Join us for a panel discussion of "Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History," a PBS series written and narrated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., tracing the relationship between Black and Jewish Americans, defined by solidarity and strained by division.

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“The Last Twins“ | Film Screening and Discussion
The Last Twins is the never-before-told story of an unsung hero of the Holocaust who risked everything to save dozens of young twins from almost certain death at Auschwitz.

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Leore Sachs – Shmueli: “What is Sacred About Emotions? A Historical Exploration of Emotion in Hasidism”
Dr. Sachs-Shmueli, Senior Lecturer, Department of Jewish Philosophy,��Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

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Theodore Lewis: “Ritual Strategies & Royal Cult at Ugarit and Their Relevance for Biblical Traditions”

Hosted by the Hebrew Bible Graduate Student Workshop.

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

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Monday, 3.2.26, 6:00pm: HKS's IOP hosts Omer Shem Tov. He will share his incredible story of surviving 505 days in captivity following October 7, 2023. Hybrid. Open in-person to Harvard ID holders only. Registration required in-person and livestream

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Black and Jewish, A Talk Series
Professor Lewis Gordon: “On Afro-Jewish Philosophy”

March 12, 4:00 pm, in-person

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Attention Graduate and Undergraduate Harvard students!
The CJS is pleased to announce that the application process for the following funding opportunities are now OPEN
Click below for details and deadlines!