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April 2021

Celebrations in LGBT Families: A Comparative Analysis of Reform Jewish Life-Cycle Rituals in the United States and Israel
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Celebrations in LGBT Families: A Comparative Analysis of Reform Jewish Life-Cycle Rituals in the United States and Israel
Featuring: Elazar Ben-Lulu, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Diaspora Within: Mizrahi Jews from Minneapolis to Jerusalem
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Diaspora Within: Mizrahi Jews from Minneapolis to Jerusalem
Featuring: Claris Harbon, McGill University
Inventing the Refugee: United States Activists and Refugee Policy, 1945–1965
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Inventing the Refugee: United States Activists and Refugee Policy, 1945–1965
Featuring: Libby Garland, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
Funny—You Don't Look Jewish!
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Funny—You Don't Look Jewish!
Featuring: Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt
Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500-1900 Conference
April 7 - 8, 2021
Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500-1900 Conference
Christian Passover Seders and Other Sites of Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Postwar America
Monday, April 5, 2021
Christian Passover Seders and Other Sites of Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Postwar America
Featuring: Jessica Cooperman, Muhlenberg College

March 2021

“We are the Ethiopian Hebrews, Brothers to the Fair White Jew”: Race, Religion, and Jewish Identity in Harlem
Thursday, March 25, 2021
“We are the Ethiopian Hebrews, Brothers to the Fair White Jew”: Race, Religion, and Jewish Identity in Harlem
Featuring: Judith Weisenfeld
The Discourse of Jewish Literacy and Illiteracy
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The Discourse of Jewish Literacy and Illiteracy
Featuring: Jon Levisohn, Brandeis University
Cold War Zionisms
Monday, March 22, 2021
Cold War Zionisms
Featuring: Noam Pianko, University of Washington
Race, Class and Privilege: How Latino Jews Navigate Life in the United States
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Race, Class and Privilege: How Latino Jews Navigate Life in the United States
Featuring: Laura Limonic
Playing in the Land of Milk and Honey: Southern Jewish Theatre Circuits in Nineteenth-Century America
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Playing in the Land of Milk and Honey: Southern Jewish Theatre Circuits in Nineteenth-Century America
Featuring: Heather Nathans, Tufts University
The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: A Conversation between Lila Corwin Berman and Rob Reich
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: A Conversation between Lila Corwin Berman and Rob Reich
Featuring: Lila Corwin Berman, Temple University; Rob Reich
A Prophet Among Us: Jewish Writing and the American Religious Imaginary
Monday, March 15, 2021
A Prophet Among Us: Jewish Writing and the American Religious Imaginary
Featuring: Julian Levinson
Limpieza de Sangre and the “Clash of Civilizations”; Or, What Hath the Soul to Do with Racialized Bodies?
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Limpieza de Sangre and the “Clash of Civilizations”; Or, What Hath the Soul to Do with Racialized Bodies?
Featuring: Sylvester A. Johnson
Beyond the Ethnic Paradigm: The History of Jewish Migration to North America
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Beyond the Ethnic Paradigm: The History of Jewish Migration to North America
Featuring: Tobias Brinkmann, Pennsylvania State University