Ensuring that the richness of Jewish culture is energetically presented at Cornell.
The Jewish Studies Program offers an undergraduate major and minor and provides instruction and specialization in the fields of Semitic languages; the Hebrew Bible; medieval and modern Hebrew literature and film; ancient, medieval and modern Jewish history, Holocaust Studies, Jewish ethnography, world Jewish literature, Diaspora Studies, and Yiddish culture.
07/13/2026
School of Criticism and Theory marks 50 years of intellectual exchange The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, a six-week summer program that serves as a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, celebrated its 50th anniversary with events June 16-17.
05/26/2026
The Jewish Studies Program mourns the loss of Dr. Bernard Schapiro ‘55 who established with his wife the Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professorship of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. May his memory be for a blessing.
Bernard Schapiro Obituary (10/03/1931 - 05/17/2026) - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - The Star-Ledger View Bernard Schapiro's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
05/26/2026
Cornell Holocaust scholar, Jan Burslaff, echoes Pope Leo’s concerns about AI and human dignity
Cornell Holocaust scholar echoes Pope Leo’s concerns about AI and human dignity | Jewish Studies Program Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), set for release Monday, May 25, will address “the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence.” Breaking with tradition, the pope will launch the document at a public event that will inc...
05/19/2026
Congratulations to K.E. von Wittelsbach on the publication of her translation of "Mitzvah" by Alain Elkann.
Romance Studies at Cornell
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05/19/2026
Jan Burzlaff, post-doctoral fellow, wrote an op-ed on his approach in the classroom to helping students understand AI's failings.
The gap between facts and understanding: helping students confront AI’s failings Students often accept AI output without questioning it. Designing assignments where the tool fails – visibly and meaningfully – can change that, as Jan Burzlaff explains
Kudos to our colleague Mayer Juni, Bruce Slovin Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, who received a year-long fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library for 2026-2027!
04/13/2026
TONIGHT: "The Story in Fiction and Film of French Collaboration in the Occupation and Complicity in the Holocaust (1940-1944)" with Daniel R. Schwarz, Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature.
🕟4:30p.m.
📍Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
https://events.cornell.edu/event/daniel-schwarz-the-story-in-fiction-and-film-of-french-collaboration-in-the-occupation-and-complicity-in-the-holocaust-1940-1944
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences