The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is the focal point for the study and teaching of Judaica through publications, fellowships, lectures, and symposia on topics of interest to scholars and to the general public. The Center sponsors visiting scholars and post-doctoral research fellows and coordinates undergraduate and graduate studies on an interdisciplinary basis.

The Center for Jewish Studies is located in the Semitic Museum at 6 Divinity Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just steps away from Harvard Yard. If you are interested in learning more about CJS, peruse our website or email us at cjs@fas.harvard.edu.

Harvard was the first university in America to establish a Chair in Jewish Studies, the Nathan Littauer Professorship of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy (1925). Since then, Harvard's commitment to Jewish Studies has continued unabated, and its efforts to solidify and broaden the presence of this field in the curriculum ultimately resulted in the creation of Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies in 1978.

The hope of the Harvard alumni, faculty and administration involved in this project was that the new Center would not only satisfy an unmistakable need for further growth within the University itself but would also benefit the study and teaching of Judaica throughout the country.

NEWS!

Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon Essays on Literature and Culture in Honor of Ruth R. Wisse
is now available from the Harvard University Press!

The winners of the Norman Podhoretz Prize and Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies have been announced!

The application deadline for all CJS sponsored Fellowships and Prizes has now passed. Please check back next year for details about the 2010 applications. Thank you!

Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon is now available from the Harvard University Press!This new publication and others such as Prayers that Cite Scripture, Be'erot Yitzhak and On Long Winter Nights... can be purchased through the HUP website.

For all other CJS available
publications, please see the
Harvard University Press
Website.