Jewish Studies Program at Vassar College

02/01/2023

An exciting upcoming event with our own Professor Epstein and visiting Professor Chajes on February 8 at Sanders Auditorium..

02/24/2022

Come and attend our annual Sitomer Lecture on March 3!

04/30/2021

An exciting live chat coming up with our own Professor Marc Epstein, Director of Jewish Studies...

04/07/2021

Exciting Zoom lecture Thursday, April 8 at 4:30 PM..Annual Dr. Maurice Sitomer Lecture..

10/25/2019

Exciting upcoming event..

09/05/2019

Come join us for a bit of food and some music!

08/27/2019

04/29/2019

Exciting new course (intensive) coming this fall:

Creating a new kind of Megillah—using the historic Birds’ Head Haggadah as inspiration

04/29/2019

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/arts-culture/2019/04/on-view-for-the-first-time-in-100-years-an-exquisite-medieval-haggadah/

A few months ago, I was approached with a request to become involved in a then-secret mission: to examine one of the very few high-medieval Haggadahs still in private hands.

04/29/2019

https://www.thelehrhaus.com/culture/loyal-as-a-dog-how-to-read-jewish-art/

Marc Michael Epstein explores the nature of animal motifs in medieval Jewish manuscripts.

04/25/2019

http://miscellanynews.org/2019/04/18/opinions/please-tell-us-more-6/