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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies: ‘Life Is an Eternal Now’
DESCRIPTION:The latest in the Fordham–NYPL Lecture Series features “Life Is an Eternal ‘Now’: Marija Gimbutas\, World War II\, and the Returns of Lithuanian History.” \nMarija Gimbutas (1921–1994) was an influential Lithuanian archaeologist and theorist of Neolithic European religion who taught at Radcliffe and UCLA after arriving in the United States in 1949. \nThis talk will explore Gimbustas’ formation in Europe among ethnographers and romantic nationalists who envisioned—and briefly achieved—an ethno-state during World War II\, when around 95% of Lithuania’s large and long-standing Jewish population was killed. Connecting the various strands of her thought and activism\, Michael Casper\, Ph.D.\, will show how Jewish history and the Holocaust factored into Gimbutas’s influential theories about the Indo-Europeans and religion\, and why\, for her and other Lithuanian émigrés\, the ancient past was more accessible than the Lithuania they left behind.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-in-jewish-studies-life-is-an-eternal-now/
LOCATION:LL 206\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: On Winks and Lies: Jewish Conversion\, Sincerity\, and the Israeli State
DESCRIPTION:Religious conversion is often associated with ideals of religious sincerity. But in a society in which religious belonging is entangled with ethnonational citizenship and bureaucratic privilege\, a convert might well have multilayered motives. Over the last two decades\, mass non-Jewish immigration to Israel\, especially from the former Soviet Union\, has sparked heated debates over the Jewish state’s conversion policy and intensified suspicion of converts’ sincerity. \nThis talk will trace the performance of state-endorsed Orthodox conversion to highlight the collaborative labor that goes into the making of the Israeli state and its Jewish citizens. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in conversion schools\, rabbinic courts\, and ritual bath houses\, this talk will complicate the popular perception that conversion is a “wink-wink” relationship in which both sides agree to treat the converts’ pretenses of observance as real. Instead\, it will demonstrate how their interdependent performances blur any clear boundary between sincere and empty conversions\, and how these performances permit the state to save its Jewish face.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/on-winks-and-lies-jewish-conversion-sincerity-and-the-israeli-state/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200422T173000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: A Conversation on Epidemics\, Disease\, and Plagues in Jewish History & Memory
DESCRIPTION:Epidemic diseases usually strike humans indiscriminately. Yet the social and cultural responses to them can often exacerbate the differences that set people apart. The plague first broke out in Europe in 1348\, but it recurred every generation\, and was a feature of daily\, social\, and cultural life. For Jews\, outbreaks of disease carried a double threat: one biological\, the other social. In this conversation\, we explore examples of disease in the Jewish past to examine the ways in which moments of epidemic challenged Jewish life and ritual\, and to explore how governments\, Jewish leaders\, and Jewish and Christian neighbors responded to the pressures of plague. \nIn a conversation with Magda Teter\, Ph.D\, professor from Fordham\, Joshua Teplitsky\, Ph.D.\, professor from SUNY Stony Brook\, will discuss special the role of memory and the constructions of myths and narratives about health\, hygiene\, immunity\, and responsibility as they revolved around public health and the fear of contagion. \nJoshua Teplitsky\, Ph.D.\, teaches Jewish history at SUNY Stony Brook. He is the author of Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library\, which was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. He is also the author of dozens of articles in academic journals and popular venues. Teplitsky received many prestigious fellowships. He is currently a Harry Starr Fellow at Harvard University\, working on a book about Jews and plagues in premodern Europe. \nMagda Teter\, Ph.D.\, is a professor of history and the Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies at Fordham University. She is the author of Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth\, Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation\, and Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland. She has published numerous articles in English\, Hebrew\, Italian\, and Polish. Her research has been supported by the John Simon Guggenheim and Harry Frank Guggenheim foundations\, the Yad Ha-Nadiv foundation\, Harvard University\, and the NYPL’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers\, among others. \nThis event\, which will take place as a webinar via Zoom\, is co-produced by Fordham University and the Center for Jewish History. All Jewish Studies events are free and open to public.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/webinar-a-conversation-on-epidemics-disease-and-plagues-in-jewish-history-memory/
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200406T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200406T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Pride Shabbat Services: Celebrating Gender\, Sexuality\, and Body in Israeli Reform Jewish Congregation
DESCRIPTION:Kabbalat Shabbat\, (Welcoming the Sabbath\,) is a traditional Jewish ritual marking the transition between the profane weekday and the holy Shabbat. Reform Jewish communities maintain this practice with certain ritualistic and textual revisions\, in order to include gender and sexual categories previously excluded from mainstream traditional Jewish texts and rituals. \nThis lecture\, based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork\, will analyze the particular LGBTQ Kabbalat Shabbat. By creating unique rituals to mark phenomena of both oppression and exclusion\, on the one hand\, and of love and acceptance\, on the other\, the Reform congregation emerges as a religious safe space. This lecture argues that those rituals dedicated to and constructed by the LGBTQ community function as a performance of affirmation and empower of gender and sexual identities. This egalitarian performance fosters a shared political discourse for promoting the struggle for equal rights through a new religious practice.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/pride-shabbat-services-celebrating-gender-sexuality-and-body-in-israeli-reform-jewish-congregation/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200406T123000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: The Idea of the Torah in Rabbinic Writings: The Significance of the Roman Context
DESCRIPTION:Whereas Jewish authors writing in Greek conceived of Mosaic law in universal terms\, rabbinic literature presented Torah as a law that is the exclusive inheritance of Israel. What historical\, political\, cultural\, legal\, and religious factors account for such a contrast? \nIn this lunch lecture\, Katell Berthelot\, a professor at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)\, and a member of the Paul Albert-Février research center at Aix-Marseille University\, traces this surprising story about the Torah in the history of ancient Judaism\, suggesting that rabbinic notions of Torah were impacted\, at least in part\, by Roman legal culture and its valorization of Roman positive law.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/the-idea-of-the-torah-in-rabbinic-writings-the-significance-of-the-roman-context/
LOCATION:Duane 140\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200402T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: '400 Miles to Freedom'—Q&A with Filmmaker Avishai Mekonen
DESCRIPTION:400 Miles to Freedom documents Avishai Mekonen’s perilous journey from Ethiopia to Israel during “Operation Moses” in 1984 when the Israeli government secretly moved 8\,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel under a veil of complete secrecy. \nMekonen is a filmmaker and photographer whose work includes the award-winning documentary Video Flour\, which was screened widely at international film festivals and broadcast primetime on Israel’s premiere network.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/400-miles-to-freedom-qa-with-filmmaker-avishai-mekonen/
LOCATION:Law 1-01\, Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7716809;-73.984777
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Law 1-01 Fordham Law School 150 West 62nd Street New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.984777,40.7716809
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200331T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200204T152008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T152008Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: CJH-Fordham Series in Jewish-Christian Relations: ‘Passover Seders and Jewish-Christian Engagement in Postwar America’
DESCRIPTION:Passover is often described as the quintessential domestic Jewish holiday\, celebrated by more American Jews than other religious ritual. Since the mid-20th century\, however\, seders have also been reinterpreted as auspicious sites for Jewish-Christian engagement. \nWhile early modern European Christian writings about Jews often depicted the seder as a mysterious\, secretive Jewish domestic ritual with sinister associations with murder and blood libel\, contemporary American engagements with Passover have radically altered this depiction\, moving the seder out of a private Jewish realm and reconceiving it as an opportunity for connection between Jews and Christians through the celebration of a ritual that an increasing number of Christians have come to regard as an important part of their own heritage. \nThis talk will examine some of the ways American Jews and Christians have reimagined their engagement with the Passover seder\, both together and separately\, and to consider the ways that Jewish texts and practices associated with Passover have been redefined and reinterpreted in order to serve new purposes and communities. An exploration of these different approaches to the seder can perhaps offer us a window into the multiple and shifting dynamics of Jewish-Christian relations in the post-World War II United States.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/cjh-fordham-series-in-jewish-christian-relations-passover-seders-and-jewish-christian-engagement-in-postwar-america/
LOCATION:140 W 62nd St Room 213\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200309T190351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T190351Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Anti-semitism\, Racism\, and Islamophobia: A Roundtable Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a roundtable discussion on anti-semitism\, racism\, and Islamophobia in the U.S. Magda Teter will discuss the mechanisms of dissemination and replication of hate; Mark Chapman will discuss questions of anti-black racism; Lila Corwin Berman from Temple University will address anti-semitism in the U.S.; and Mariam Durrani from Hamilton College will speak on Islamophobia.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/anti-semitism-racism-and-islamophobia-a-roundtable-conversation/
LOCATION:Lowenstein 524\, 113 West 60th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7702955;-73.9846324
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200204T151716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T151716Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Jewish Studies Book Club: Eva Mroczek on The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity
DESCRIPTION:Using familiar sources such as the Psalms\, Ben Sira\, and Jubilees\, Eva Mroczek tells an unfamiliar story about sacred writing not bound in the Bible. In listening to the way ancient writers describe their own literature\, full of their own metaphors and narratives about writing\, The Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity also argues for greater suppleness in our own scholarly imagination\, no longer bound by modern canonical and bibliographic assumptions. \nThe Literary Imagination in Jewish Antiquity was a winner of the 2017 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise\, the 2017 George A. and Jean S. DeLong Book History Book Prize\, and a finalist for the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association of Jewish Studies.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/jewish-studies-book-club-eva-mroczek-on-the-literary-imagination-in-jewish-antiquity/
LOCATION:LL 206\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200304T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200304T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200213T142913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200213T142913Z
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SUMMARY:Legacy of Blood: Jews\, Pogroms\, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets
DESCRIPTION:Based on witness accounts\, memoirs\, the press\, and secret police reports from the archives and libraries of Kyiv\, Lviv\, Vilnius\, Jerusalem\, Washington D.C.\, and New York City\, Legacy of Blood explores the afterlife of the two most extreme manifestations of tsarist antisemitism—pogroms and blood libels—in the Soviet Union\, from the Revolution of 1917 to the early 1960s. \nLegacy of Blood analyzes the role of the genocidal violence unleashed during the pogroms of the civil war in shaping the relationship between Jews\, central and local authorities\, and their neighbors. It traces the persistence and permutation of the blood libel in the atheistic Soviet Union throughout the interwar period and into the postwar period. It reassesses the interplay between official and popular antisemitism in the USSR from 1917 to the early 1960s. By dissecting the phenomenon and the memory of anti-Jewish violence under the Bolsheviks\, this book sheds light on the ever-changing and at times ambivalent relationship between the state and the Jewish minority group in modern times.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/legacy-of-blood-jews-pogroms-and-ritual-murder-in-the-lands-of-the-soviets/
LOCATION:Law 3-03\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200302T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200302T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200131T145020Z
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SUMMARY:Meetings of John Paul II with Polish Jews: A recollection of a participant\, a reflection of a scholar
DESCRIPTION:The year 2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Paul II. Pope John Paul II played a crucial role in reshaping Jewish-Catholic relations\, especially in Poland. \nIn this talk\, Stanisław Krajewski\, Ph.D.\, professor of philosophy at the University of Warsaw\, will discuss all three meetings of the pope with representatives of Polish Jews. Krajewski was a Jewish participant in all of them. He will share the behind the scenes account with us and discuss subsequent Polish attitudes to the pope’s views about Jews.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/meetings-of-john-paul-ii-with-polish-jews-a-recollection-of-a-participant-a-reflection-of-a-scholar/
LOCATION:Fordham Law School\, Room 3-03\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York City\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7715533;-73.9852986
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200227T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
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SUMMARY:A French Jewish-Muslim Panorama: Initiatives\, Euphemisms\, and Elisions
DESCRIPTION:Le ‘Nouvel’ antisémitisme\, antisémitisme V2\, le retour. \nThese are all examples of vernacular French terms for naming\, while eschewing\, the accusation of a specifically Islamic anti-Semitism that is purportedly prevalent amongst Muslims\, both in and from the Middle East and North Africa. \nFrench language sociology has\, at least since Pierre-André Taguieff’s La nouvelle judéophobie (2002)\, been working to demonstrate this causality. Less developed in the social sciences\, however\, is the correlation between these theses of a purported ‘new’ anti-Semitism and a rise in ethno-nationalist\, anti-Muslim identification. Few balanced comparative studies of these forms of discrimination exist. \nSuch work would\, from an ethnographic standpoint\, have to take account of both the predominantly intellectual Jewish contexts in which these terms have at times been coined (and have grown)\, as well as those intellectual Muslim contexts in which\, at times\, ambiguous forms of Judeophobic discourse have been produced\, without neglecting the French societal context into which these are embedded. \nIn order to have a better understanding of such a process\, Sami Everett\, Ph.D.\, in his talk\, will draw from a year-long participant observation of civil society initiatives and cultural producers in favor of\, or indirectly addressing\, the vast field of ‘Muslim-Jewish dialogue’ across the larger French regions. \nHis interviews and experiences help to sketch-out a contemporary picture of how this discourse is produced and disseminated. Examples of this production are the debates around Albert Bensoussan’s court hearing\, which ended in 2019\, and the reception of Houria Bouteldja’s book Les blancs\, les juifs\, et nous (2017). While these highlight polarization\, the post-Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Kasher context may have also allowed for a more open discussion\, beyond community-bounds\, around Muslim North African cultural-linguistic legacies\, while maintaining honesty as to some of the geopolitical reasons for constructing a Muslim-predicated anti-Semitism.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/a-french-jewish-muslim-panorama-initiatives-euphemisms-and-elisions/
LOCATION:Law 1-01\, Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7716809;-73.984777
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20200130T154557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T154557Z
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SUMMARY:Dear Editor: Advice Columns and the Making of the American Yiddish Press
DESCRIPTION:At the turn of the 20th century\, American Yiddish newspapers overflowed with advice columns offering implicit and explicit guidance to readers about how to live their lives. From the Forverts’ famous “A Bintel Brief” to more practical advice columns\, such as Der tog’s “Letter Box” column\, these publications printed countless letters from readers asking editors to help them navigate personal tribulations\, American political infrastructures\, and Jewish communal life. \nEditors and publishers introduced these features to engage and entertain newspaper readers\, as well as to increase circulation. But these features also encouraged audiences previously unaccustomed to reading newspapers to view these publications as central sources for information and guidance about acclimating to American life. Eventually\, these interactions spilled off the page. Yiddish newspapers became so successful at marketing themselves as fountains of advice that they had to create open office hours and hire staff members whose job it was to correspond or meet with readers eager to receive personal counsel from their favorite papers. \nIn this talk\, Ayelet Brinn will explore the crucial role of advice columns in the development of the Yiddish press\, how these columns shaped the relationships between newspapers and their readers\, and how central advice columns became to the acclimation process of new immigrants eager to learn more about American life.\nThis is a joint event of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham University and the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/dear-editor-advice-columns-and-the-making-of-the-american-yiddish-press/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200130T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T152806Z
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SUMMARY:What Time is it in Heaven? God’s Time in Ancient Judaism and Why It Matters
DESCRIPTION:In this “In Dialogue” joint lecture\, Lynn Kaye\, author of Time in the Babylonian Talmud (Cambridge University Press\, 2018)\, and Sarit Kattan Gribetz\, author of Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism (Princeton University Press\, forthcoming)\, engage in a conversation about the ways in which rabbinic texts reflect on God’s time. \nDoes God exist in time? How does God tell time? What is God’s daily schedule? Through a series of surprising sources—at once playful and moving—they will explore how ancient Jews conceived of the divine and why it matters for how we understand Jewish theology.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/what-time-is-it-in-heaven-gods-time-in-ancient-judaism-and-why-it-matters/
LOCATION:LL 206\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191125T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20191111T192704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T192704Z
UID:10003783-1574704800-1574712000@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies: David Assaf on "Childhood\, Diaspora\, and Zionism"
DESCRIPTION:David Assaf\, a professor from Tel Aviv University\, will discuss a treasure trove of some ninety letters written in 1935 by Polish Jewish children\, around 12 to 13 years old\, who studied in the Tarbut school north of Warsaw to their teacher who immigrated to Palestine. These moving letters of elementary school pupils—not young adults like those who participated in YIVO competitions for autobiographies—offer a very rare glimpse into childhood of Jewish children in interwar Poland. \nThe lecture\, titled “To My Beloved Teacher in Eretz Israel: Childhood\, Diaspora\, and Zionism in Letters Written by Hebrew School Pupils in Interwar Poland\,” is a part of the Fordham-New York Public Library lecture series.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-in-jewish-studies-david-assaf-on-childhood-diaspora-and-zionism/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7708109;-73.9851512
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=McMahon 109 McMahon Hall 113 West 60th Street Lincoln Center Campus New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus:geo:-73.9851512,40.7708109
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20191111T192357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T192357Z
UID:10003782-1573754400-1573761600@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:James Whitman on Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
DESCRIPTION:We invite you for a conversation with James Q. Whitman\, Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law at Yale Law School; Jed Shugerman\, professor of law at Fordham University; and Magda Teter\, Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies\, about Whitman’s book Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. \nWhitman’s timely book explores how American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany. Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. In Hitler’s American Model\, Whitman demonstrates the impact race laws in the United States\, such as Jim Crow\, anti-miscgenation laws\, and laws concerning American citizenship\, had on the notorious Nuremberg Laws\, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Linking American race laws to the shaping of Nazi policies in Germany\, Hitler’s American Model\, as Brent Staples noted in The New York Times\, “illustrates how German propagandists sought to normalize the Nazi agenda domestically by putting forth the United States as a model.” \nHarvard’s Lawrence Tribe praised the book as “a profound testament to what the past can teach us about the present.” Foreign Affairs called Hitler’s American Model one of the “Best Books of 2017.” According to Tulane’s Lawrence Powell\, Whitman’s book “is one of the most engrossing and disturbing pieces of legal history.” \nThis is a joint event of Fordham University’s Center for Jewish Studies; Fordham Law’s Institute of Religion\, Law\, and Lawyer’s Work; and the Center for Jewish Studies at CUNY-Graduate Center\, in collaboration with the New York Public Library and the Leo Baeck Institute.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/james-whitman-on-hitlers-american-model-the-united-states-and-the-making-of-nazi-race-law/
LOCATION:Law 3-03\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7716809;-73.984777
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Law 3-03 150 West 62nd Street New York NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=150 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.984777,40.7716809
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T180000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20191111T191708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T191708Z
UID:10003781-1573747200-1573754400@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:“Popular Psychology and Life-Coaching Among Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel”
DESCRIPTION:Michal Pagis\, Ph.D.\, from Bar-Ilan University\, will host a talk on “Popular Psychology and Life-Coaching Among Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel.” \nRecent years have witnessed an unexpected flourishing of popular psychology-based services offered in Israeli ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) communities. The talk examines the role these services play in the reproduction and adaptation of Haredi values and culture in the context of ultra-Orthodox women’s lives. Ayala Fader\, professor of anthropology at Fordham\, will respond.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/popular-psychology-and-life-coaching-among-ultra-orthodox-women-in-israel/
LOCATION:McMahon 109\, McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CJS-Logo_vertical.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7708109;-73.9851512
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=McMahon 109 McMahon Hall 113 West 60th Street Lincoln Center Campus New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=McMahon Hall\, 113 West 60th Street\, Lincoln Center Campus:geo:-73.9851512,40.7708109
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191027T160000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20191001T152921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T152921Z
UID:10007232-1572184800-1572192000@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy Afternoon of Talks
DESCRIPTION:Join Met experts for an afternoon of talks and discussion exploring the Jewish community\, art\, and viticulture of medieval Alsace\, France. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy.” \nJudith Kogel\, senior researcher\, Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes\, Paris\nNina Rowe\, associate professor of art history\, Fordham University\nBarbara Drake Boehm\, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters\, The Metropolitan Museum of Art\nDebra Kaplan\, senior lecturer in Jewish history\, Bar-Ilan University\, Israel \nNote: Space is limited. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/the-colmar-treasure-a-medieval-jewish-legacy-afternoon-of-talks/
LOCATION:The Met Cloisters\, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive\, New York\, NY\, 10040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20191001T152623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T152623Z
UID:10007231-1571940000-1571947200@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Jews and Christians in the Medieval City
DESCRIPTION:“Art\, Archaeology\, and Traces of the Past” \nJoin us for an evening with Barbara Boehm (the Met Cloisters)\, Debra Kaplan (Bar Ilan University)\, and Efraim Shocham-Steiner (Ben-Gurion University) exploring the recovery of a Jewish past in Christian cities in medieval Europe. This event is connected to the exhibit “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy” (closing January 12\, 2020) at the Met Cloisters\, which features a cache of jeweled rings\, brooches\, and coins—the precious possessions of a Jewish family of medieval Alsace—hidden in the 14th century in the wall of a house in Colmar\, France\, and discovered in 1863. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish Studies are free.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/jews-and-christians-in-the-medieval-city/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=McNally Amphitheatre 140 West 62nd Street New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=140 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.9844894,40.7713958
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191010T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190927T134702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T134702Z
UID:10007229-1570730400-1570737600@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Screening of Little White Lie and a Q&A with Lacey Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz’s story of growing up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock\, New York\, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — despite the open questions from those around her about how a white girl could have such dark skin. She believes her family’s explanation that her looks were inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather. But when her parents abruptly split\, her gut starts to tell her something different. \nAt the age of 18\, she finally confronts her mother and learns the truth: her biological father was not the man who raised her\, but a black man named Rodney with whom her mother had had an affair. Afraid of losing her relationship with her parents\, Lacey doesn’t openly acknowledge her newly discovered black identity with her white family. When her biological father dies shortly before Lacey’s 30th birthday\, the family secret can stay hidden no longer. Following the funeral\, Lacey begins a quest to reconcile the hidden pieces of her life and heal her relationship with the only father she ever knew. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish Studies are free.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/screening-of-little-white-lie-and-a-qa-with-lacey-schwartz/
LOCATION:12th-Floor Lounge\, Corrigan Conference Center\, Lowenstein Center\, Lincoln Center Campus\, 113 W. 60th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7710994;-73.9852715
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12th-Floor Lounge Corrigan Conference Center Lowenstein Center Lincoln Center Campus 113 W. 60th St. New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Lincoln Center Campus\, 113 W. 60th St.:geo:-73.9852715,40.7710994
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191003T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190927T132101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T132101Z
UID:10007230-1570125600-1570132800@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Paula Ansaldo: A History of the Jewish Theater in Buenos Aires
DESCRIPTION:During the first decades of the 20th century\, a large population of Yiddish-speaking Jews settled in Buenos Aires\, escaping from hard European living conditions and anti-Semitism. As a result\, a rich Yiddish cultural life began to grow and Buenos Aires became one of the main centers of Yiddish theater between 1930 and 1960. In this talk\, Paula Ansaldo will explore the development of the Jewish Theater in Argentina\, giving special attention to the history of the Idisher Folks Theater (IFT)\, the first Jewish theater company formed by local actors and actresses that performed in Buenos Aires on a regular basis. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish Studies are free.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/paula-ansaldo-a-history-of-the-jewish-theater-in-buenos-aires/
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190430T125053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190430T125053Z
UID:10007074-1557424800-1557432000@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:"In Dialogue" on Polish-Jewish Relations: A screening of the documentary Bogdan's Journey
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an addendum to the “In Dialogue” series on Polish-Jewish relations\, a screening of the film Bogdan’s Journey\, directed by Michal Jaskulski and Lawrence Loewinger. \nEurope’s last pogrom—in Kielce\, Poland\, in 1946 —poisoned Polish-Jewish relationships for generations. A Catholic Pole embarks on a decade long journey to heal the wounds and bridge the divide. Starting alone\, he confronts the deepest prejudices of his fellow citizens and strives to reconnect Kielce with the outside Jewish community.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/in-dialogue-on-polish-jewish-relations-a-screening-of-the-documentary-bogdans-journey/
LOCATION:Fordham Law School\, Gorman Moot Courtroom\, Fordham Law School\, New York\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Bogdans-Journey.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7715478;-73.9849293
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fordham Law School Gorman Moot Courtroom Fordham Law School New York 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Law School:geo:-73.9849293,40.7715478
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T190000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190426T155316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190426T155316Z
UID:10007073-1557252000-1557255600@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Open House: "Haggadah and History: Highlights from Fordham Collections"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the viewing of the exhibition\, “Haggadah and History: Highlights from the Fordham Collection\,” co-curated by Fordham undergraduate students Emma Fingleton\, FCRH ’19; Margaret Keiley\, FCRH ’21; and Zowie Kemery\, FCRH ’19; and Professor Magda Teter. \nWhat is remarkable about the Passover Haggadah is its historical adaptability. As Jews around the world each year during Passover recount the story of Exodus from Egypt\, they make it relevant to their own lives\, reflecting on the meaning of the story to their own times. Haggadot\, therefore\, often reflect not only the historical changes in Jewish culture but also the cultural diversity of Jews across the globe. \nThe Haggadah has been translated into over thirty languages. Fordham’s collection includes Haggadot in Arabic\, Amharic\, English\, French\, Hebrew\, Judeo-Arabic\, Judaeo-Persian\, Polish\, German\, Swedish\, Yiddish\, and even in Braille.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/open-house-haggadah-and-history-highlights-from-fordham-collections/
LOCATION:Walsh Library\, O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Fordham University\, Rose Hill Campus\, 441 E. Fordham Rd.\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Szyk-Four-sons-scaled.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8619545;-73.8855064
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Walsh Library O’Hare Special Collections Room Fordham University Rose Hill Campus 441 E. Fordham Rd. Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham University\, Rose Hill Campus\, 441 E. Fordham Rd.:geo:-73.8855064,40.8619545
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190425T192630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T192630Z
UID:10007070-1556820000-1556827200@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture: How Judaism Became an American Religion
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Gordan will present research from her current book project\, detailing the transformation of Jews and Judaism in mid-20th century America. In the first half of the 20th century\, Jews in America had been viewed as aliens\, members of a not-quite-white\, persecuted\, and marginalized race. By midcentury\, theirs was understood to be the country’s third faith. How did this happen? This talk focuses on mid-20th century middlebrow American Jewish culture to answer that question. \nA reception will follow and vegetarian refreshments will be served. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish studies are free.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-how-judaism-became-an-american-religion/
LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190501T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190417T182825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190417T182825Z
UID:10007062-1556733600-1556740800@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Fordham's Jewish Studies Presents: A Screening of “Witness Theater”
DESCRIPTION:This Yom HaShoah\, please join Fordham’s Jewish studies program and the Jewish Student Organization for a special screening of Witness Theater: The Film. This documentary gives the viewer a look behind the scenes into a unique program led by a drama therapist\, pairing Holocaust survivors with high school students in Brooklyn. The Witness Theater workshop they participate in culminates in the performance of a play based on survivor stories. This moving documentary\, currently shown at film festivals across the country\, is about the power of connection\, friendship\, and love between generations. It is also about healing\, to the extent possible\, in the context of the most brutal genocide in human history.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordhams-jewish-studies-presents-a-screening-of-witness-theater/
LOCATION:Fordham Law School\, Gorman Moot Courtroom\, Fordham Law School\, New York\, 10023\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7715478;-73.9849293
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fordham Law School Gorman Moot Courtroom Fordham Law School New York 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Law School:geo:-73.9849293,40.7715478
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190429T200000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190425T141334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T141334Z
UID:10007071-1556560800-1556568000@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Secularism and Interfaith Dialogue in Modern Nation-States: How the Concept of "Judeo-Christian" Tradition Illuminates the Shaping of French and American Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this event in the CJH-Fordham Lecture Series in Jewish-Christian Relations with Joel Sebban. \nBy focusing on the origins of the concept of “Judeo-Christian tradition” from the end of the 18th century to the mid-20th century in France and the United States\, Joel Sebban offers a rereading of the history of this controversial phrase. The notion of a “Judeo-Christian tradition” derives from a complicated process of redefining Judaism and Christian denominations within the framework of modern nation-states\, more specifically in France and the United States\, the first countries to emancipate Jews in their respective continents at the end of the 18th century and to fully separate Church and State. The history of the “Judeo-Christian tradition” opens new perspectives on the construction of state secularism on both sides of the Atlantic as well as on the acculturation process of Jews into mainly Christian societies. It eventually helps us understand the ways religious communities rethink their texts and traditions within the democratic public space. \nA reception with vegetarian refreshments will follow. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish studies are free.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/secularism-and-interfaith-dialogue-in-modern-nation-states-how-the-concept-of-judeo-christian-tradition-illuminates-the-shaping-of-french-and-american-democracy/
LOCATION:McMahon Hall\, Room 109
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screenshot-2019-04-23-08.45.23.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7703483;-73.9854248
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190424T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T170000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190425T140357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190425T140357Z
UID:10007072-1556092800-1559322000@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:Exhibition: Haggadah and History: Highlights from Fordham's Collection
DESCRIPTION:In 1975\, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi published his masterful volume Haggadah and History\, a visual history of the Haggadah since the early decades of printing until the year his book appeared. The Haggadah\, as Yerushalmi noted\, is “the most popular and beloved” of Jewish books. What is remarkable about the Haggadah is its historical adaptability. As Jews around the world each year during Passover recount the story of Exodus from Egypt\, they make it relevant to their own lives\, reflecting on the meaning of the story to their own times. Haggadot\, therefore\, often reflect not only the historical changes in Jewish culture but also the cultural diversity of Jews across the globe. On display at Fordham are Haggadot in Amharic\, Arabic\, English\, French\, Hebrew\, Judeo-Arabic\, Judaeo-Persian\, Polish\, German\, Swedish\, and Yiddish. Also on display will be our most recent acquisition: a Haggadah in Braille. You will see examples of lavish medieval manuscripts (here in high quality facsimiles)\, a children’s Haggadah from 1937 with pullouts\, disposable commercial Haggadot produced by businesses seeking to promote their products among Jewish consumers\, fundraising and activist Haggadot\, and more. \nThis exhibit is co-curated by Fordham undergraduate students Emma Fingleton\, FCRH ’19; Margaret Keiley FCRH ’21; and Zowie Kemery\, FCRH’19; and Professor Magda Teter.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/exhibition-haggadah-and-history-highlights-from-fordhams-collection/
LOCATION:Walsh Library\, O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Fordham University\, Rose Hill Campus\, 441 E. Fordham Rd.\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham
ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.8619545;-73.8855064
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Walsh Library O’Hare Special Collections Room Fordham University Rose Hill Campus 441 E. Fordham Rd. Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham University\, Rose Hill Campus\, 441 E. Fordham Rd.:geo:-73.8855064,40.8619545
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190414T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190414T170000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190325T155400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190325T155400Z
UID:10007005-1555246800-1555261200@now.fordham.edu
SUMMARY:The Haggadah in the Middle Ages and Beyond: A Celebration for Passover
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Les Enluminures gallery\, Jewish studies is proud to host a colloquium highlighting the tradition of the Haggadah from the Middle Ages to today. This gathering of experts and enthusiasts is one of a series of events celebrating a remarkable medieval manuscript: a Haggadah with seventy-five watercolor paintings created in the circle of the famous artist Giovannino de Grassi (d. 1398) in Milan in the late 14th century. Telling the story of the flight of the Jews from Egypt based on the biblical book of Exodus\, the Haggadah was—and still is—used during the Seder\, the ritual meal of the first night of Passover. The program is as follows: \nThe Haggadah in the Middle Ages and Beyond: A Celebration for Passover\nCo-sponsored by Jewish studies\, Medieval studies\, and the Department of Art History and Music of Fordham University and Les Enluminures \nSession 1: Moderator: Sharon Liberman Mintz\, Curator of Jewish Art\, The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary \nEvelyn M. Cohen\, Independent Scholar\, New York\n“The Patronage of Decorated Hebrew Manuscripts in Renaissance Italy” \nJoshua Teplitsky\, Stony Brook University\, SUNY\n“Collecting Medieval Manuscripts in Early Modern Europe” \nBREAK \nSession 2: Moderator: Sandra Hindman\, Les Enluminures \nMarc Michael Epstein\, Vassar College\n“Making Pictures Talk: Imagination\, Narrative\, and Politics in the Images of the Haggadah” \nBarbara Wolff\, Artist\, New York\n“Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts for Our Time” \nRECEPTION \nAll Fordham events in Jewish studies are free and open to public.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/the-haggadah-in-the-middle-ages-and-beyond-a-celebration-for-passover/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences and Symposia,Lectures,Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=McNally Amphitheatre 140 West 62nd Street New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=140 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.9844894,40.7713958
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T130000
DTSTAMP:20250510T182844
CREATED:20190325T153241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190325T153241Z
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SUMMARY:Fordham – NYPL Lecture Series: Yael Levi
DESCRIPTION:Early Jewish-American Entrepreneurs: The Emergence of the Yiddish and Hebrew Press in the United States. \nIn this lunch seminar\, Jewish studies is proud to host Yael Levi\, whose work examines the beginnings of the Hebrew script periodical press in the United States in the second half of the 19th century\, focusing on its material\, cultural\, social\, economic\, and political aspects. Among the questions Levi examines is a meeting point of two dominant features of modernization: the transatlantic migration from the old world to the new world and the rise of the press as a mass media within the Jewish American context. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish studies are free and open to public.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-yael-levi/
LOCATION:South Lounge\, Lowenstein Center\, Lincoln Center Campus\, Lincoln Center campus\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190410T180000
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SUMMARY:Adam Cohen\, “Social and Sacred in the Medieval Haggadah”
DESCRIPTION:Many have read Geraldine Brooks’ bestselling novel People of the Book\, which centers on the famous Sarajevo Haggadah (a book that contains the text recited at the Jewish Passover). This 2008 work of historical fiction wove a compelling story about the medieval and modern history of the 14th-century manuscript\, but the full-page illuminations that make the haggadah so special played virtually no role in Brooks’ novel. Cohen will use this remarkable manuscript and its rich picture cycle as a springboard for exploring the ways that illustrated haggadot expressed two different\, but intertwined issues: the social world of medieval Jews and their relationship to “the sacred.” Pictures were carefully crafted vehicles that served many functions\, from crystallizing contemporary practice and shaping experience to articulating multilayered ideas about the relationship of Jews to God\, to one another\, and to their non-Jewish neighbors. For at least some Jews in the Middle Ages\, to be the “people of the book” meant not only reading texts but also decorating them in ways that revealed urgent cogitations about identity\, place\, and time. \nAll Fordham events in Jewish studies are free and open to public.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/adam-cohen-social-and-sacred-in-the-medieval-haggadah/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Jewish Studies Program":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7713958;-73.9844894
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