Jewish Studies Program

Jewish Studies Bassini Internships Spring 2016

February 3, 2016

An Opportunity for Penn Undergraduates — Explore Jewish Studies Outside the Classroom. Design an Event for Students and Faculty.
Professor Kathryn Hellerstein has been awarded two grants for her 2015-2016 sabbatical.

September 3, 2015

Kathryn Hellerstein has been awarded two grants for her 2015-2016 sabbatical. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives has granted her The Joseph and Eva R.
Penn's Middle East Forum of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish

March 27, 2015

Penn's Middle East Forum of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish held a student and faculty meeting this week.
New Book: The Commentators' Bible: Deuteronomy

March 3, 2015

The Deuteronomy volume of Dr. Michael Carasik's Commentators' Bible series is now available:
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Commentators-Bible-Deuteronomy,...
Want Funding for Your Research?

February 24, 2015

Apply today for travel, living expenses, tuition, and research equipment and supplies.
Apply 1/23 Bassini Internship in Jewish Studies

January 15, 2015

Spring 2015 Jewish Studies Bassini Internships
Prestigious Award for Kathryn Hellerstein

January 15, 2015

Professor Kathryn Hellerstein was awarded the 2014 National Jewish Book Award Prize in Women's Studies for her recent book, A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987
me-hayil el hayil!
Research Awards for Undergrad and Grad Students

October 14, 2014

Submission deadline for Goldfein and Brenner Research Awards Friday, October 31, 2014
Each fall and spring the Jewish Studies Program offers Goldfein Research Awards and the Brenner Special Opportunity Awards to both undergraduate and graduate Penn students.The Goldfein Research Awards, are intended to cover research projects and study programs. The Brenner Special Opportunity Awards, finance special needs not otherwise covered by grants, such as travel to conferences or special courses of study.
Introducing the Persian, Turkish and Hebrew Professors and Students Forum

October 2, 2014

On October 1, 2014, the Persian, Turkish and Hebrew Professors and Students Forum held its first meeting. Please contact Prof. Ronit Engel, Coordinator of the Hebrew Langauge Program, if you are interested in finding out more or joining the group.
9/12, Application Deadline Jewish Studies Bassini Internships

August 21, 2014

With the goal of enriching intellectual life at Penn, the Jewish Studies Internship Program encourages and supports students who wish to explore the intellectual complexity and richness of Jewish Studies and related fields outside the confines of the regular classroom. Interns work in pairs under the guidance of faculty members and a graduate student advisor.
There are no requirements to join this program. You do NOT have to be a Jewish Studies Major or Minor.

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