Jewish studies

How Anti-Semitism and a Lack of Jewish Self-Confidence Slowed the Birth of Jewish Studies in America

Campus anti-Semitism, then and now.

Robert Rockaway
Oct. 22 2018 12:01AM

The Meteorologist-Turned-Professor Who Discovered the Parallels between Talmudic and Zoroastrian Law

Remembering Yaakov Elman.

Shai Secunda
Aug. 22 2018 12:01AM

Is Jewish Studies Still Relevant?

A biography of the field’s founder raises questions.

Michah Gottlieb
June 25 2018 12:01AM

A Rabbi Who Married Historical Scholarship with a Ḥasidic Approach to the Talmud

Yisrael Friedman Ben-Shalom.

Yakov Z. Mayer
June 28 2017 12:01AM

His Life with Hebrew

After many decades, not yet fluent.

Alan Mintz
May 23 2017 12:01AM

The Underground World of Ultra-Orthodox Quasi-Academics

Wisdom belongs to the discreet.

Yoav Sorek
July 29 2016 12:01AM

God’s Love for His People, His People’s Love of God

One of the Bible’s most important and most overlooked ideas.

Jon D. Levenson
July 15 2016 12:01AM

The Orthodox Rabbi Who Pioneered Critical Talmud Scholarship

And dissected the layers of the Mishnah.

Michael Chernick
Feb. 12 2016 12:01AM

Is a Talmudic Sensibility the Key to Interpreting Spinoza?

A tale of three former yeshiva students.

Michah Gottlieb
Jan. 11 2016 12:01AM

Telling the Jewish Story from the Inside

The birth of Jewish studies.

Ismar Schorsch
Dec. 29 2015 12:01AM

On Jewish Studies and Jews’ Declining Popularity

An interview with a scholar of Yiddish literature.

Ruth Wisse
Oct. 7 2015 12:01AM

Jewish Studies in Words and Pictures

An online exhibit, ready for your explorations.

Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Aug. 5 2015 12:01AM