CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies

Please stop by the GTU Centers Book Giveaway in front of the GTU Library to browse and take home free books from the Academic Centers of the Graduate Theological Union.

Please join us in building the CJS Sukkah! Pizza lunch will be provided.

Time: 12:30pm PT

Location: 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
                 West (Scenic Rd.) Side Landing, Hewlett Library

Madrasa-Midrasha ​| 2022 Haas Student Grant Presentations

Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for a lunchtime event featuring the work of the 2022 Haas Interreligious Research Grant recipients. For more info on the 2022 grant receipients, please visit the Madrasa-Midrasha Program Student Grants page.

Madrasa-Midrasha Calligraphy Workshop

The Madrasa-Midrasha Program at the GTU is delighted to welcome you to an evening of interactive Hebrew and Arabic calligraphy. The event will feature presentations by Peretz Wolf-Prusan and Arash Shirinbab moderated by Carol Bier. The workshop will be in-person with limited space, so please register at the link below. Snacks and socializing to follow.

Madrasa-Midrasha ​| Mystical Reading in Islamic & Jewish Traditions

Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for an online event on mystical reading in Islamic and Jewish traditions, featuring Fateme Montazeri (UC Berkeley) and Sam S.B. Shonkoff (GTU).

Please join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies in celebrating the return of students for the beginning of a new academic year. A light vegetarian lunch and refreshments will be served. We look forward to celebrating together!

The CJS Student Welcome Lunch will be held outdoors on the West (Scenic Rd.) Side Landing of the GTU Library.

Madrasa-Midrasha Emerging Scholars Colloquium

Join us on Sunday, June 5 for A Day of Learning on Shavuot for the 34th Annual East Bay Tikkun, hosted by the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (JCCEastBay) and co-sponsored by CJS. CJS Professors Deena Aranoff and Sam S.B. Shonkoff are both teaching during this day-long progam across multiple locations in Berkeley.

Join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies for a talk with former GTU professor, and current GTU Scholar in Residence, Dr. Daniel C. Matt. Dr. Matt will speak about his new book Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation (Yale University Press, 2022). The book explores the zealot-turned-compassionate hero, tracing how Elijah develops from the Bible to Rabbinic Judaism, Kabbalah, and Jewish ritual (as well as Christianity and Islam).