The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Avraham Harman is located at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It focuses on Jewish culture and history, the diaspora, Holocaust studies, and world Jewry.

The Departamento de Estudios Hebreos y Arameos (the department of Hebrew and Armaic studies) at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain promotes the study of Jewish culture and history. Dr. Pablo A. Torijano Morales is director.

Judaistyka is the department of Jewish studies at Wrocław University in Poland. It teaches students Hebrew and other languages of the Jewish diaspora.

The Vilnius Yiddush Institute is located at Vilnius University in Lithuania. It was founded in 2001 by Jewish scholars from the United States and Israel with the goal of promoting and preserving Jewish and Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe.

The Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Ebraici at Pisa University in Italy promotes the field of Jewish studies. It is an interdepartmental center that focuses on the history and culture of Judaism. Cesare Letta is director.

The Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies was founded in 1966 at the University of Cologne in Germany. It focuses on the history of Judaism.

The Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp in Belgium focuses on the “scientific study of Judaism” from a variety of different academic perspectives. Dr. Vivian Liska is director.

The Institut für Judaistik at the University of Vienna in Austria promotes the research on and teaching of Judaism with the goal of eliminating prejudice and anti-Semitism.

The Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought is located at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel. It was established in 2000 to promote the knowledge and research of Jewish thought. Haim Kreisel is director.