“Liberty of Conscience: The Inquisition Case of Isaac de Castro Tartas”, a talk by Miriam Bodian, Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 pm at Hillel.
Miriam Bodian is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently a fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She has published two books and a number of articles dealing with the Portuguese Jews of the early modern world – their issues of identity, the impact of the Reformation on them, and the development of their political thinking. Her work includes Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam (1997) and Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World (2007). She is currently working on a book based on Inquisition documents, focusing on the issue of freedom of conscience in Portuguese-Jewish discourse.
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- This event is made possible by the Bruce I. Greenberg Endowment in Jewish Studies.
“The School of the Prophets: Rereading Jewish Texts in Postwar Paris” a talk by Sarah Hammerschlag Wednesday, November 9 at 12 Noon in 210 Pugh Hall, University of Florida. Followed by a roundtable on Sarah Hammerschlag’s The Figural Jew: Politics and Identity in Postwar French Thought with Brigitte Weltman-Aron, Nina Caputo and Carol Murphy.
Sarah Hammerschlag is Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought at Williams College and is the author of The Figural Jew (The University of Chicago Press, 2010). She is currently teaching at Divinity School, University of Chicago. The Figural Jew has been praised by Samuel Moyn as “a brilliant intervention which illuminates the idea of the deracinated Jew in French thought and culture in all its historical depth, philosophical complexity, and current relevance.”
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- This event is made possible by the Gary Gerson Lecture Series in Jewish Studies.
“The First Sail: J. Hillis Miller,” a film by Dragan Kujundzic, followed by a discussion with the director and J. Hillis Miller, and a reception, October 25, 6pm at The Harn Museum
Dragan Kujundzic is a Professor in the Center for Jewish Studies, UF.
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- The screening is made possible by The Alexander Grass Endowment, Department of English, France Florida Research Institute, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
“Literature Before and After Auschwitz”, a talk by J. Hillis Miller Monday, October 24, 4pm at Ustler Hall Atrium.
J. Hillis Miller, Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Florida and Member of the American Academy Arts and Sciences, is the author, most recently, of The Conflagration of Community: Literature Before and After Auschwitz (The University of Chicago Press, 2011).
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- The event is co-organized with the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.
“Jews and Citizenship in French North Africa: The Curious Case of the Algerian Sahara”, a talk by Sarah Stein, Wednesday, October 19th, 7 PM at Hillel.
Sarah Abrevaya Stein is Professor of History and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at UCLA. Winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, she is author of Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce (Yale University Press, 2008, paper 2010) and Making Jews Modern: The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian and Ottoman Empires (Indiana University Press, 2004), and co-editor, with Aron Rodrigue, of Jewish Salonica in the Nineteenth Century: The Ladino Memoir of Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi(Stanford University Press, 2011). She is currently working on two book projects, both supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. With Julia Phillips Cohen, she is co-editing The Sephardic Studies Reader, 1730-1950. She is also completing a solo-authored book entitled The Invention of Anachronism: French colonialism, Jews, & the Algerian Sahara.
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- Made possible by the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies.
“Nazi Propaganda Toward the Arab World During the Holocaust: Recent Research on Efforts to Extend the Final Solution beyond Europe”, a talk by Jeffrey Herf, Thursday, October 20, 7 PM at Hillel.
Jeffrey Herf teaches courses on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust at The University of Maryland. He is the holder of numerous fellowships in the US, Germany, and Israel, and is the author of five books. His most recent is the prize-winning Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (2009), which will soon appear in several translated editions. He is a frequent contributor to The New Republic as well as other forums on contemporary issues.
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- Made possible by the Rich Endowment for Holocaust Studies.
“Nora’s Will (Cinco Dias Sin Nora)”, a film screening 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 8th 2011, at the Harn Museum.
A Jewish comedic tale of lost faith and eternal love from one of Mexico’s most talented new filmmakers, writer/director Mariana Chenillo. was named Mexico’s Best Picture of the Year, taking home seven Ariel Awards. Chenillo is the first female director ever to win Mexico’s Best Picture award.
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- Co-sponsored by the Latina Women’s League and the Center for Jewish Studies
Judaica Library Showcase on Wednesday, June 8 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm in Smathers Library, room 1A.< /br>Come and take a tour of the Price Library of Judaica showcase. Tables will highlight the collections’ resources, digital collections, collection strengths, special collections, internships, exhibits and future acquisitions.
A Celebration of Jewish Life and Culture Around the World: An Exhibition for Jewish Heritage Month”, May–June, 3rd Floor Smathers Library West, University of Florida, 2011.
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Dan Miron Workshop in Jewish Literature, April 10, 2011. The two phases of Hebrew/Yiddish Modernism: Pre- and post World War I:
- 10:00am–12:00pm in 210 Pugh Hall
U.N. Gnessin, Mani Leyb, Dovid Bergelson - 2:00–4:00pm in 210 Pugh Hall
The Hebrew and Yiddish U.Z. Greenberg of the 1920s. - 5:30pm Public Lecture at Hillel
“Hebrew and Yiddish Modernism: Some Comparative Notes”. - Made possible by the Greenbaum Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies.
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“Babel/Ashkenaz: East and West in Sacred Jewish Music”. A live concert featuring Dror Sinai (Percussion), Emmanuel Mann (Bass), Frank London (Trumpet), Yair Dalal (Oud & violin) Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 pm in the Ustler Hall Atrium and again Thursday, April 7 at 7:00 pm, Jacksonville Jewish Center.
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- The Gainesville concert is made possible through a grant from the Jewish Council of North Central Florida, Betty & Herman Schram Memorial Fund, Eileen G. Breier Visiting Fellowship, Arthur& Violette Kahn Visiting Scholar Endowment, Mikki & Morris Futernick Visiting Professorship, Dr. Warren Bargad Endowment, and Friends of Jewish Studies Tree of Life Fund.
- The Jacksonville concert is made possible through a gift from the Levin and Shorstein Families.
- Admission is free to both concerts. All are welcome.
“Holocaust Remembrance Night”, Monday, March 28th, 7 pm at the Hippodrome Theatre. There will be a screening of A Film Unfinishedfollowed by a discussion led by Norman Goda, Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies. This event is part of the first “Gainesville Jewish Film Festival” presented by the University of Florida Hillel.
- This event is free and open to the public, made possible by the Harry Rich Endowment for Holocaust Studies.
“The Lower East Side Meets Greenwich Village: Jews and the Formation of New York’s Intellectual Scene, 1880-1920”, a talk by Tony Michels Wednesday, March 23, 7 pm at Hillel.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct intellectual communities formed in nearby neighborhoods in lower Manhattan. On the Lower East Side, Russian-born Jewish intellectuals, utilizing the Yiddish language, emerged as leaders of the immigrant Jewish working-class. In Greenwich Village, American-born bohemians from respectable, affluent backgrounds formed a radical subculture, and discovered their Lower East Side counterparts along the way. Interactions between members of both communities gave rise to a new, cosmopolitan intellectual scene in New York City.
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- Made possible by the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies.
“Egypt, Israel and the June 1967 War: A Domestic Explanation”, a talk by Avraham Sela Monday, March 14, 11:45 am-12:45 pm at 216 Anderson Hall.
Avraham Sela is the A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Chair in International Relations at the Department of International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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- Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of Political Science
Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica 30th Anniversary Rededication Celebration March 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Smathers Library, Room 1A.
Featuring guest speakers, music and light refreshments RSVP to Lela Johnson at lela@ufl.edu or (352) 273-2505 by February 28
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Felix Mendelssohn’s Paths to Assimilation, a talk by Jeff Sposato Thursday, February 17, 7:00 pm at Hillel.
Jeffrey S. Sposato is associate professor of musicology at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. His most recent book, The Price of Assimilation: Felix Mendelssohn and the Nineteenth-Century Anti-Semitic Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2006), was named a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title for 2006 and a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award finalist. He is currently working on a new book entitled Leipzig After Bach: Musical Life in a German City, 1750-1850.
- Co-sponsored by the School of Music Musicology Colloquium Series, the Center for European Studies and the Gary Gerson Lecture Series in Jewish Studies.
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- Lectures are available for streaming, download, or subscription via iTunes at the following URL: ufmusicology.
Wulf Kansteiner Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Are There ‘New Jews’ in 21st Century Hollywood Film?”, a talk by David Reznik, Tuesday, February 8, 7 pm.
David Reznik completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida in 2010. His book New Jews: Race, American Jewish Identity, and 21st Century U.S. Film are forthcoming with Paradigm Publishers.
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The Kabbalah Unveiled: A Mini Course On Jewish Mysticism”, January 23–26, 7:00 pm at Hillel.
Yossi Chajes is senior lecturer in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. His book, Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaismem> (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003), was a Koret Jewish History Book Award finalist. Chajes is a classical pianist who performed for many years with his teacher R. Shlomo Carlebach.
23/01/2001: Key Concepts in Kabbalah
24/01/2011: Kabbalah and History
25/01/2011: Magic and Kabbalah
26/01/2011: Sacred Music & Contemporary Israeli Spirituality
- Made possible by the Gary Gerson Lecture Series.
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