MARCH E-NEWS

In this month’s newsletter we congratulate current and past fellows on their recent publications, announce a new issue of JQR as well as upcoming events, including the Center’s major annual Gruss Colloquium in Judaic Studies, and highlight several recent blog posts.

BOOKSHELF

An Early History of Compassion: Emotion and Imagination in Hellenistic Judaism was written by past fellow Francoise Mirguet (2015–2016).

Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Introductions to Astrology was written by Shlomo Sela, an affiliated scholar at the Katz Center this year.

The Jewish Bible: A Material History was written by past fellow David Stern (2005–2006).

JEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW

JQR 108.1 is now available online! The winter 2018 issue features scholarship on topics ranging from female agency in the Talmud to melodrama in 19th-century German Jewish literature. Click here for more details.

COMING UP

Gruss Colloquium

During this two-day colloquium, scholars from around the world will join our fellows to explore the ways that science and Judaism have long been mutual catalysts of change, exploration, and self-reflection. Panels are divided according to four analytical loci: reception, expertise, praxis, and institutions, opening avenues for the nuanced interdisciplinary conversations across a wide range of case studies, premodern and modern.

Open to the academic community. Click here for more information about the event, including the full program.

March Public Programs

This month, the Katz Center Public Program series is hosting several exciting panels and lectures, including one on the science of Jewish mating at the National Museum of American Jewish History and one at Penn Hillel featuring Center director Steve Weitzman, during which he’ll discuss his new book, The Origin of the Jews.

Click here for the full calendar of public program events and to register.

SEMINARS

In March, Ruth Meltzer seminars take place in the latter half of the month. Visit us online for the most up-to-date version of the schedule and mark your calendar now.

BLOG

LEAP

Current fellow Zalman Rothschild reflects on the February meeting of the Leveraging Academics and Professionals (LEAP) Program, which brings together a group of rabbis from various American Jewish communities and is made possible by a partnership between the Katz Center and Clal. Click here to read Rothschild’s piece.

Jewish Quarterly Review

Editors examined 2017’s most downloaded article from the JQR archives, and the results may surprise you. Read more on the JQR blog.

Help ensure that the Katz Center will continue to serve as a laboratory for curiosity-driven research. Your support will enable us to expand the study and knowledge of Jewish civilization in a global context and propel the field of Judaic studies into the twenty-first century and beyond.

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