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Undergraduate Student Research Presentations
May 2, 2019
On April 30, 2019, students and faculty attended an event to learn about - and celebrate - original research in Jewish Studies produced by Elana Burack and Eric Eisner.
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Kedma Spring 2019 Issue Published
May 2, 2019
Spring 2019 issue of Kedma, Penn's Journal on Jewish Thought, Jewish Culture, and Israel, is published.
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Announcement of Gift of Two Iconic Sholem Aleichem Documents to the Penn Libraries
April 16, 2019
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Death of Jewish Studies Program Supporter, Melvin Kutchin
February 27, 2019
The members of the Jewish Studies Program at Penn note with sadness the recent death of Melvin Kutchin. We remember Mel and Mitzi with affection and gratitude.
Obituary (Published in The Boston Globe from Feb. 21 to Feb. 22, 2019)
MELVIN KUTCHIN
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Student Research Awards for Summer 2019
January 24, 2019
Penn’s Jewish Studies Program offers Goldfein Research Awards, Brenner Special Opportunity Awards, and Schwartz Awards to both undergraduate and graduate Penn students.
Apply for travel, living expenses, tuition, and research equipment and supplies for your summer research. Application deadline is Friday, March 15, 2019.
For more information about guidelines and the application procedure, please visit the Jewish Studies Program website: https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/research-0
Questions? Email: jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu or call 215-898-6654.
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Ibrahim Miari’s play, In Between, won the Best Show (First Place) at Thespis festival in Germany!!!
November 19, 2018
The jury’s comments: “ Starting from a personal experience within the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Ibrahim Miari with delicacy and subtle irony poses the problem of identity, of being in the no man’s land, but rejected by everyone, or at least looked on with suspicion. A very original point of view, a sort of cinematographic subjective of the protagonist, gently transports is to the depth of his feelings.
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The Penn Jewish Studies Program Response to the anti-Semitic murders in Pittsburgh, on 10/27/18
October 30, 2018
The Penn Jewish Studies Program Response to the anti-Semitic murders in Pittsburgh, on 10/27/18
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Ibrahim Miari, Hebrew language lecturer in JSP and NELC, stars in one-man show at Walnut Street Theater, Sept 25-Oct 28, 2018
October 23, 2018
In Between, a play by Ibrarhim Miari
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Sonia Gollance (PhD Penn, 2017) has won the Coalition for Women in German Award for Best Article
October 23, 2018
Sonia Gollance (PhD Penn, 2017) has won the Coalition for Women in German Award for Best Article for “‘Spaß mit der schönen Jüdin’: Mixed Space and Dancing in Karl Emil Franzo’s Judith Trachtenberg,” which appeared in Austrian Studies.
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Kedma Journal: Call for Submissions
September 6, 2018
Kedma is a forum for innovative thinking about Jewish culture and arts, and diverse Jewish communities and trends in the United States, Israel, and around the world. “Kedma” comes from the Hebrew root kedem which means both “east” and “forward” – and indeed, the journal aims to embody this progressive and creative thinking.
Kedma Call for Submissions
DEADLINE: September 28, 2018
Jewish Studies @ PENN
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Fall/Winter 2018
Download Jewish Studies @ PENN Fall/Winter 2018 in PDF format.