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Dear colleagues, Stanford community, friends of the Center,

Welcome to Jewish Studies at Stanford! The Taube Center for Jewish Studies explores a wide range of topics related to Jewish peoples, including their cultures, religions, histories…

American Academy for Jewish Research announces Salo Baron Prize for the best first book in Jewish studies

Rowan Dorin, No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval…

The faculty and staff at the Taube Center for Jewish Studies congratulate Maya Arad, the center's writer-in-residence, on the translation of her highly-anticipated book of novellas, The Hebrew Teacher (translation by…

Friends –

Solace for what has transpired – and continues – in Israel and its region eludes.

The details of the terrible struggle between Israel and Palestine these now – and will likely always – inspire disagreement.  There can…

The Taube Center for Jewish Studies welcomes the 23-25 Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellow, Rebecca Glasberg. She recently published her first academic article, "Déjà lu?:On Rachid Boudjedra's Recurring Jewish-Muslim Figure" in L'Esprit Créateur vol. 63…