Jewish Studies Programs

The following information was last updated April 17, 2025.

University of California

Center for Jewish Studies University of California, Berkeley
Address	4401 Dwinelle Hall Berkeley, CA 94720
Telephone	(510) 664-4154
E-mail	jewishstudies@berkeley.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.berkeley.edu

Jewish Studies Program University of Calfornia, Davis
Address	One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616-9611
E-mail	jst@ucdavis.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.ucdavis.edu/

Center for Jewish Studies University of California, Irvine
Address	UCI Center for Jewish Studies UCI Humanities Center 1st Floor Humanities Gateway University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-2650
E-mail	JewishStudies@uci.edu
Website	https://www.humanities.uci.edu/jewishstudies

Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies University of California, Los Angeles
Address	310 Royce Hall Box 957116 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7116
Telephone	(310) 825-5387
E-mail	levecenter@humnet.ucla.edu
RSVP Telephone	(310) 267-5327
RSVP E-mail	levecenterrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu
Website	https://levecenter.ucla.edu

Jewish Studies University of California, Riverside
E-mail	michael.alexander@ucr.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.ucr.edu/

Jewish Studies Program University of California, San Diego
Office Address	Ridge Walk Academic Complex Arts and Humanities Building 6th Floor 9625 Scholars Drive North La Jolla, CA 92093
Mailing Address	Jewish Studies Program University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr., MC 0113 La Jolla, CA 92093-0113
Telephone	(858) 534-2230
E-mail	jewishstudies@ucsd.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.ucsd.edu

Center for Jewish Studies University of California, Santa Cruz
Center for Jewish Studies Address	Center for Jewish Studies c/o The Humanities Institute University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Campus Mail Stop: THI
Jewish Studies Academic Program	History Department Office Humanities 1 Room 201
Telephone	(831) 459-3701
Fax	(831) 502-7287
E-mail	jwst@ucsc.edu
Websites	https://cjs.ucsc.edu/ and https://jewishstudies.ucsc.edu/

Other Universities

Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) and the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies Brandeis University
NEJS Address	Brandeis University 415 South Street Mailstop 054 Waltham, MA 02453
NEJS Phone	(781) 736-2950
NEJS E-mail	nejs@brandeis.edu
NEJS Website	https://www.brandeis.edu/near-eastern-judaic/
Cohen Center Address	Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies MS 014 Brandeis University 415 South Street Waltham, MA 02453
Cohen Center Telephone	(781) 736-2060
Cohen Center Fax	(781) 736-3929
Cohen Center E-mail	cmjs@brandeis.edu
Cohen Center Website	https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/

Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies Columbia University
Address	617 Kent Hall 1140 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027
Telephone	(212) 854-2581
E-mail	iijs@colubmia.edu
Website	https://www.iijs.columbia.edu/

Jewish Studies Program Cornell University
E-mail	jewishstudies@cornell.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.cornell.edu/

The Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Emory University
Address	N222 Callaway Memorial Center 537 Kilgo Circle Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Telephone	(404) 727-6301
E-mail	jewishstudies@emory.edu
Website	https://js.emory.edu/

The Center for Jewish Studies Harvard University
Address	6 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone	(617) 495-4326
E-mail	cjs@fas.harvard.edu
Website	https://cjs.fas.harvard.edu/

Jewish Institute of Religion Hebrew Union College
Cincinatti Campus Address	3101 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45220-2488
Cincinatti Campus Telephone	(513) 221-1875
Cincinatti Campus Fax	(513) 221-0321
Cincinatti Campus E-mail	cincinnati@huc.edu
Jerusalem Campus Address	13 King David Street Jerusalem, Israel 94101-25
Jeruslaem Campus Telephone	02-620-3333
Jerusalem Campus Fax	012-625-1478
Jerusalem Campus E-mail	jerusalem@huc.edu
Los Angeles Campus Address	Jack H. Skirball Campus 3077 University Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90007-3796
Los Angeles Campus Telephone	(213) 749-3424
Los Angeles Campus Fax	(213) 747-6128
Los Angeles Campus E-mail	losangeles@huc.edu
New York Campus Address	Brookdale Center One West Fourth Street New York, NY 10012-1186
New York Campus Telephone	(212) 674-5300
New York Campus Fax	(212) 388-1720
New York Campus E-mail	newyork@huc.edu
Website	https://huc.edu/

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program Indiana University, Bloomington
Address	355 N. Eagleson Avenue Global and International Studies Building 4004a Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405
Telephone	(812) 855-0453
Fax	(812) 855-4314
E-mail	iujsp@iu.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.indiana.edu/index.html

The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies New York University
Address	53 Washington Square South Room 101 New York, NY 10012
Telephone	(212) 998-8980
E-mail	gsas.hebrewjudaic@nyu.edu
Website	https://as.nyu.edu/departments/hebrewjudaic.html

Program in Judaic Studies Ronald O. Perelman Institute for Judaic Studies Princeton University
Address	201 Scheide Caldwell House Princeton, NJ 08544
Telephone	(609) 258-0394
E-mail	judaic@princeton.edu
Website	https://judaic.princeton.edu/

Taube Center for Jewish Studies Stanford University
Address	Taube Center for Jewish Studies 450 Jane Stanford Way Bldg. 360 Stanford, CA 94305
E-mail	sjhammer@stanford.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.stanford.edu/

Feinstein Center for American Jewish History Temple University
Address	Temple University College of Liberal Arts Feinstein Center for American Jewish History 916 Gladfelter Hall 1115 Polett Walk Philadelphia, PA 19122
Telephone	(215) 204-9553
E-mail	feinsteincenter@temple.edu
Website	https://liberalarts.temple.edu/feinstein-center

Joyce Z and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies The University of Chicago
Address	1155 East 60th Street Room 302A Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone	(773) 702-7108
E-mail	ccjs@uchicago.edu
Website	https://ccjs.uchicago.edu/

Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies University of Michigan
Address	2111 South Thayer Building 202 S. Thayer St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
Telephone	(734) 763-9047
Fax	(734) 936-2186
E-mail	JudaicStudies@umich.edu
Website	https://lsa.umich.edu/judaic

Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania
Telephone	(215) 746-1290
E-mail	sas-katzcenter@sas.upenn.edu
Website	https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/

The Jewish Studies Program University of Virginia
Mailing Address	Jewish Studies Program University of Virginia P.O. Box 4004126 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4126
E-mail	jewishstudiesprogram@virginia.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/

The George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies University of Wisconsin
Mailing Address	Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies 4223 Mosse Humanities Building 455 N. Park Street Madison, WI 53706
Telephone	(608) 265-4763
E-mail	jewishstudies@cjs.wisc.edu
Website	https://cjs.wisc.edu/

Jewish Studies Yale University
Office Address	320 York Street 4th Floor, Rm. 423 New Haven, CT 06511
Mailing Address	P.O. Box 208287 New Haven, CT 06520-8287
Telephone	(203) 432-0843
Fax	(203) 432-4889
E-mail	renee.reed@yale.edu
Website	https://jewishstudies.yale.edu/

Yeshiva University
Address	500 West 185th Street New York, NY 10033
Telephone	(212) 960-5400
Website	https://www.yu.edu/

Seminaries

Baltimore Hebrew Institute Towson University
Office Address	College of Liberal Arts Room 4117 Townson, MD
Mailing Address	Baltimore Hebrew Institute Townson University 8000 York Road Towson, MD 21252-0001
Telephone	(410) 704-7118
Website	http://www.bhu.edu/

The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies Graduate Theological Union
Address	2452 Virginia Street Berkeley, CA 94709
Mailing Address	Center for Jewish Studies 2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709
Telephone	(510) 649-2482
Website	https://www.gtu.edu/centers/cjs

Jewish Theological Seminary
Address	3080 Broadway New York, NY 10027
Telephone	(212) 678-8000
Website	https://www.jtsa.edu/

Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Address	1299 Church Road Wyncote, PA 19095
Telephone	(215) 576-0800
E-mail	Shalom@ReconstructingJudaism.org.
Website	https://rrc.edu/