Lavy Conference 2026: Scribes and Scribal Communitiesat The Smokler Center for Jewish Life3109 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218February 15th, 8 AM – 4:30 PM February 16th, 8 AM – 4 PM Abstract: Ancient Jewish […]
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Save the Dates: Announcing Our Spring Events
Please join us at the following events, held throughout the Spring 2026 Semester. More information for each will be shared via our calendar. How Were Books of Encyclopedic Scope Produced […]
HUB Article: Semitic Sisters covers linguistic, cultural similarities between Hebrew and Arabic
The five-week class, Semitic Sisters, is funded by the university’s Faculty Dialogue Innovation Fund, designed to promote dialogue across differences. Read the article by Aleyna Rentz in the HUB here.
Announcing the 2026 Crane Masterclass with Dr. Jonatan Meir
The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies is happy to announce the upcoming program Imagining Israel Baal Shem Tov: Readings in Hasidic Hagiographic Literature with Crane Visiting […]
Book Launch: Canaanite Scribal Creativity and the Making of Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age
November 17th, 20254:30 PM (EST)Gilman 130G The Stulman Jewish Studies Program and the Department of Near East Studies are hosting a panel discussion of Alice Mandell’s new book on the Canaanite Amarna […]
Upcoming Event: Exploring Rare Judaica at Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University has been home to extraordinary Judaica and Jewish Studies collections for over a century. How did these texts arrive at a secular institution and why do they […]
Announcing Our Fall Events
Please join the Stulman Program in Jewish Studies this Fall at our various events. Details below. Sept. 8thShabbetai Zvi: The Reluctant MessiahHistory Department SeminarDr. Paweł Maciejko (JHU)3 – 4:30pm Gilman […]
Announcing Upcoming Events with Moshe D. Chechik
Between Autonomy and Authority, Between Germania (Ashkenaz) and Tzarfat: The Halachic Thought of Rabbi Meir of RothenburgA Master Class by Moshe D. Chechik (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Smokler Center Third Floor […]
Honors Student Presents Research
Al gesher tzar me’od: The Origins and Evolution of the Independent Minyan Movement Honors Thesis Presentation April 21st4:30 PMGilman 479 Near Eastern Studies (NES) major Zachary Bahar will present his thesis […]
Inaugural Koren Lecture in Holocaust Studies
The Inaugural Koren Lecture in Holocaust Studies: Imagining Law after Nuremberg: Lemkin, Jackson, and the Poetry of Justice will be held on April 23rd and presented by James Loeffler.