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Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
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Judaic Studies explores its key themes in an interdisciplinary fashion, using the tools of history, law, literature, and culture to investigate the broad sweep of nationhood, religion, language, and space.
Judaic Studies offers courses and degrees that help you engage in the world and plan for your future. Students examine the histories, cultures, and languages of the Jewish people. Working closely with distinguished faculty and prominent visitors, students develop individual responses to complex issues like religious faith, culutral pluralism, ethnic identity, and migration.
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Events
Oct
09
Yiddish Poetry in the Sukkah
3:00 PM
Courtyard
School of Social Work Building
Oct
16
Land, Language, and People: Arab and Jewish Imagination in the Late Ottoman Empire
The 5th Annual Padnos Public Engagement Lecture on Jewish Learning, featuring Mostafa Hussein
7:00 PM
Off Campus Location
Oct
21
The Great Yiddish Parade: Culture, Activism, and Song
Guest Speaker: Vivi Lachs
5:00 PM
2022
202 S. Thayer