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Jewish Studies sponsored and co-sponsored many wonderful events in 2010-2011. Among them are:
Fall Term:
Professor Daniel Kurtzer, U.S. ambassador to Egypt from 1997-2001 and to Israel from 2001-2005, spoke on “The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Future of U.S. Policy in the Middle East,” September 28.
Film-maker Pearl Gluck She will give a Friday talk (Sap? somewhere else?) and then a talk Sat. afternoon, not shul-time, that will include clips from Aheym (the videos taken of elderly Jews in Ukraine) and Divan;
Writer, linguist , and standup comic Michael Wex, our Lautenberg Speaker for 2010-2011, came November 9 and 10. 4:30 lec: "Six Feet Under, Baking Bagels: Strange Yiddish Expressions and How They Got That Way"
Professor Jonathan Laurence spoke on “Islam’s Place in Europe: Recognition or Restriction of Religious Freedoms?” November 11.
Spring Term:
Writer Ruth Franklin spoke about her new book A Thousand Darknesses: Truth and Lies in Holocaust Fiction , Feb. 3.
Professor Michael Zank spoke on “The Reception and Refraction of Moses,” March 7.
Professor Nora Rubel Gefilte Fish in the Gilded Age: The Settlement Cookbook and the Transformation of Twentieth Century Jewish American Identity. (Tuesday, March 29th, 4:15 pm)
Writer Judith Shulevitz spoke on “The Impossible, Necessary Sabbath,” based on her book Sabbath World: A Glimpse of a Different Order of Time. April 14.
Writer Daniel Mendelsohn spoke about his book The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million, April 7