Jewish Studies at Stanford
The Taube Center for Jewish Studies offers an interdisciplinary program for the study and understanding of Jewish cultures, literatures, languages, religion, politics, and history.
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Welcome to Stanford Jewish Studies, 2025-2026!
We begin this new academic—and Jewish—year with great enthusiasm. While it is not always easy to be optimistic, we remain devoted to our mission: to learn, think, and explore together as an intellectual community—engaging with the many meanings of Jewishness, deepening its intersections with other disciplines, and sustaining the university as a space of courageous and responsible inquiry.
Events
Upcoming Events
January
6
Date
Tue January 6th 2026, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location
Building 360
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
CCSRE…
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
CCSRE…
This talk investigates the cultural work Argentinean popular cinema performs in the aftermath of two…
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Courses
Winter
Monday Wednesday 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Winter
JEWISHST 156B
JEWISHST 156B
Monday Wednesday 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Winter
JEWISHST 180
JEWISHST 180
Monday Wednesday 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Winter
JEWISHST 270C
JEWISHST 270C
Wednesday 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM
News
Philip Roth: Stung by Life, a new biography by Stanford historian Steven J. Zipperstein, took years of research—and encouragement from Roth himself.
“Their New Jerusalem” (1892) by Grant E. Hamilton
Kelman considers both the pragmatic approaches and elusive nature of the fight against antisemitism today.
Jacob Daniels (Stanford Ph.D.