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Rethinking Kabbalah with Prof. Tzahi Weiss

Rethinking Kabbalah with Prof. Tzahi Weiss

The Jewish Studies Program presents, “Rethinking Kabbalah,” a discussion of Kabbalistic literature, Jewish Myth, and the myths about the emergence of Kabbalah with Prof. Tzahi Weiss, dean of research at Open University of Israel. Join us from noon-1:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 in Mergenthaler 366. 

Graduate Level Study in Jewish Languages and Literatures

The Hebrew and Yiddish subdivision of the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures is now considering applications for graduate-level study in Jewish languages and literatures, beginning fall 2019. When applying, all candidates are asked (for administrative purposes only) to select “German” on the JHU graduate admissions portal. Application deadline: January 15, 2019. For program […]

Lazarus Resurrected: Hannah Arendt and the Genealogy of Survival

Adam Stern, Yale University Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:15 to 7PM Gilman 479

Influence and Anxiety: Confessions of a Trilingual Jewish Poet

Zackary Sholem Berger Friday, October 19, 2018 Gilman 308 Noon to 1:30