Maagarim — the database for the Historical Dictionary of Hebrew, maintained by the Academy for the Hebrew Language — is an invaluable tool for the study of rabbinic and other ancient Jewish literature. It is however underutilized and not well known in the U.S. In this workshop we will learn how to use Maagarim, its advantages and limitations,…

Join the Program in Judaic Studies for this year's Biderman Lecture with Rabbi Joseph A. Skloot, Ph.D., on Monday, October 28.

The lecture will explore how three generations of the ibn Yahya family, Jewish fugitives from Portugal in 1496, retold the story of their family’s escape and how they understood that trauma in…

Join the Program in Judaic Studies and the Humanities Council's Program in Medieval Studies for an E. Franklin Robbins/UJA-Federation Lecture with Ivan G. Marcus on Wednesday, September 25. This event is part of Judaic Studies' Lecture Series on Antisemitism.

Contrary to the widely accepted picture of Jewish history,…

An Unreported Story Society Production
Tickets for the performance at Princeton University are available at the Frist ticket office or by visiting them online.

Celebrate the beginning of 2024-25 with the Program in Judaic Studies on Thursday, September 5!

JDS will host a welcome lunch for students, faculty, and friends at 12:00pm on the lawn outside Scheide Caldwell House, if weather permits, or in Room 203 inside the building.

Feel free to drop in, but RSVPs are…

Attend a screening and discussion of the documentary Spinoza: 6 Reasons for the Excommunication of the Philosopher on Tuesday, September 3.

Film synopsis: The excommunication of Baruch Spinoza, the Dutch Jewish philosopher who revolutionized modern thought, is a…

Maagarim — the database for the Historical Dictionary of Hebrew, maintained by the Academy for the Hebrew Language — is an invaluable tool for the study of rabbinic and other ancient Jewish literature. It is however underutilized and not well known in the U.S. In this workshop we will learn how to use Maagarim, its advantages and limitations,…

Eva Illouz is Directrice d’Etudes at the EHESS, Paris, and the Rose Isaac Chair in Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests include sociology of culture, sociology of emotions, sociology of capitalism, and the effect of consumerism and mass media on emotional patterns. Illouz is the author of 15…