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Prof. Christine Hayes awarded honorary degree from JTS
At JTS’s 131st commencement, Christine Hayes, one of the honorary degree recipients, delivered the 2025 commencement address.
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Prof. Christine Hayes awarded the Phi Beta Kappa DeVane award!
The DeVane award, the oldest teaching award in Yale College, has been conferred annually by the chapter since 1966.
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Class trip to Touro Synagogue and Newport Historical Society Archives
“It’s one thing to analyze networks from a distance in the classroom. It’s another to sit in Touro’s wooden pews and hold López’s own letters.”
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Passover pop-up exhibit at Sterling Memorial Library
Haggadot and other Passover-related artifacts from Italy and Amsterdam to Russia and North African were on display in advance of the holiday.
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Alum Simcha Gross receives National Jewish Book award in Scholarship
Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity explores how Jews positioned themselves within and against Sasanian rule.
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Prof. Ivan Marcus' new book on the origins of antisemitism
An interview with Yale News about the long history of antisemitism and its relevance for today.
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Prof. Sarit Kattan Gribetz joins Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Gribetz’s research and teaching focus on ancient Judaism, rabbinic literature, the history of time, and the city of Jerusalem.
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Beinecke exhibition ‘lifts up’ the voices of Holocaust survivors
“In the First Person” is the first large-scale exhibition of footage from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.
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Prof. Maurice Samuels writes about Alfred Dreyfus in Time Magazine
Prof. Samuels reflects on his most recent book, Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair, published by Yale University Press.
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Librarian Konstanze Kunst hosts "Footprints" paleography workshop at Beinecke
A group of scholars and students spent two days deciphering handwritten inscriptions in centuries-old printed books at the Beinecke.