Thursday, November 7th 5 PM Gilman 479 Armageddon In Our Time? Professor Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Thirty-seven acres of “real estate” in Jerusalem, encompassing the Temple Mount and Al Aqsa, are the epicenter of the intensifying religious war between Jews and Muslims that has evolved from political strife. Based on her […]
Hannah Pollin-Galay will lead a seminar on October 30 and present a lecture on her new book on October 31.
Oct. 27th, 2024 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Johns Hopkins Hillel Center 3109 N. Charles Street
Mark our full list of events on your calendar.
Rethinking the Female Body in the Hebrew Bible Dr. Rhiannon Graybill University of Richmond September 12, 2024 • 5:30 PM (EST) Lecture at Gilman Hall room #17 followed by a reception at the Smokler Center.3109 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 The Hebrew Bible is filled with peculiar, striking metaphorical representations of THE female body. […]
Film screening, followed by conversation with the film’s director, David Ofek, and Yitzhak Y. Melamed (JHU) September 6th 11:00AM (EST) SMOKLER CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE 3109 N. Charles St. Baltimore
Congratulations Giacomo Loi for successfully defending his doctoral thesis, entitled: “Our Quarrel Is Of Old”: Classical Reception In Modern Hebrew Literature. Mazal Tov from all of us!
The aim of the 16th Lavy Colloquium was to assess the state of research on Christian Kabbalah, fill lacunae in existing scholarship, and chart directions for future inquiry. The Colloquium focused on Christian Kabbalah in the broadly understood Early Modern Period. The colloquium was organized by our Kabbalah scholar, Professor Pawel Maciejko.
The course of study offers training in Hebrew and Yiddish language, literature, and culture in its many transnational iterations and focuses on the modern period while attending to the long history of the literary traditions in these languages. The Hebrew and Yiddish subdivision of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins is […]
Mirit Bessire will be joining the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Jewish Studies Program this fall to teach Hebrew language on all levels, from beginner to advanced. Ms. Bessire is an experienced teacher of Modern Hebrew language and Israeli culture. During the past decade she taught a variety of Hebrew classes at […]