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The Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh University is a place for conversations. These happen in the Jewish Studies classroom with our faculty and students, at public events with the scholars we bring to the Lehigh Valley, and at our international seminars with experts from around the globe. Whether you are from the Lehigh campus, the greater Lehigh Valley community, or the international scholarly field of Jewish studies—we welcome you to these intellectual exchanges.

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Celebrating the 40th Anniversity of the Berman Center

The Berman Center for Jewish Studies is celebrating the 40th anniversary in 2024. Read about this significant milestone and the history of the center.

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Making Jewish Heritage in the Present: A tribute to Dr. Chava Weissler, Lehigh University, Emerita

Prof. Chava Weissler will be interviewed by Prof. Jessica Carr, the Berman Scholar of Jewish Studies at Lafayette College where they are an Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Prof. Martin Kavka, a former Berman Professor who is a Full Professor at Florida State University, where he is also the chair of the Religion Department.

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