Now on YouTube! Watch this examination of Penn's legal fight* with the EEOC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6YU...
*On October 6, 2026 the Third Circuit vacated a district court decision that ordered the University of Pennsylvania to provide a list of Jewish employees and student groups to the EEOC.

Today at noon ET!
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This #fellowfriday we're spotlighting 2026–27 fellow Sara Halpern. As part of this year's theme centering on war and peace, Halpern research topic is, "Stateless by Design: Jewish Denationalization and Imperial Politics in Europe and Beyond."
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Congratulations to Frances Tanzer, whose book VANISHING VIENNA has won the Radomír Luža Prize, granted by the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance! https://bit.ly/4yv1WER

Read this look back at the Katz Center's lecture series celebrating the the 250th Anniversary of the United States. katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/bl...

Today at noon ET!
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October 12 at noon ET, Suzanne Last Stone (Yeshiva University) examines how contemporary debates about war reveal divergent interpretations of the nature of Halakhah (Jewish religious law) itself.
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Applications for the 2027–28 fellowship year are due in three weeks! Click below to learn more about next year's theme, Between Mind and World in Premodern Jewish Life. #jewishstudies #religiousstudies #academicsky
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This #fellowfriday we're spotlighting Ilana Pardes. As part of this year's theme, War and Peace in Jewish Thought and History, Pardes led last week's seminar, David’s Inner Court: Familial Wars. Click here to learn more about Ilana Pardes: katz.sas.upenn.edu/who-we-are/i...

Wednesday, October 7 at noon ET, Adam Mendelsohn (University of Cape Town) explores the everyday experiences of Jewish soldiers, examining the visible and invisible ways that their lives were different from those of their Christian comrades.
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Join us Thursday, October 22 at 5:15 pm ET when Samuel Moyn (Yale) examines the efforts of Jewish international lawyers to end the Vietnam War and what happened when Hans Kelsen, one of the most famous legal philosophers of the 20th century, was asked to join the fray.
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Now on YouTube: Niva Golan-Nadir (Reichman University) examines the draft controversy in Israel concerning the country’s ultra-Orthodox community (the Haredim), tracing the issue from early exemptions to the present.
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The deadline to apply for the Katz Center's 2027–28 is October 27. Click below to apply for Between Mind and World in Premodern Jewish Life!
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This #fellowfriday we're spotlighting fellow Vered Shemtov! As part of this year's theme, War and Peace in Jewish Thought and History, Shemtov led last weeks' seminar, "'Vengeance Like This': Expressing and Instigating Rage in Hebrew Poetry." katz.sas.upenn.edu/who-we-are/v...

Thursday, October 22, Samuel Moyn (Yale Law School) examines the efforts of Jewish international lawyers to end the Vietnam War and what happened when Hans Kelsen (1881–1973), one of the most famous legal philosophers of the twentieth century, was asked to join the fray.
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In this letter, director Steven Weitzman reflects on war and peace in Jewish thought and history.
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Now on YouTube: Shari Rabin (Oberlin College) examines the dilemmas facing Southern Jews at the onset of secession.
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Tomorrow at 5:15 pm ET! Panelists Randi Weingarten, Amanda Shanor, Britt P. Tevis, and Olivia Haynie will reflect on the EEOC's lawsuit against Penn and its implications for the future of freedom, privacy, and education. katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/eeoc-...