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October 2021

Decoding the Mishnah
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Decoding the Mishnah
Featuring: Mira Balberg, UC San Diego
An Investigation of the Geonic Institution of the "scholars of the siyuma (redaction) circle" in the Context of Islamic and Medieval Legal Cultures
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
An Investigation of the Geonic Institution of the "scholars of the siyuma (redaction) circle" in the Context of Islamic and Medieval Legal Cultures
Featuring: Paul Mandel, Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures: A Roundtable Opening Discussion
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures: A Roundtable Opening Discussion
Featuring: Beth Berkowitz, Barnard College; Jay R. Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts Amherst/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Talya Fishman, University of Pennsylvania

May 2021

Mini-Course: Rethinking the American History of Zionism
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Mini-Course: Rethinking the American History of Zionism
Featuring: Noam Pianko, University of Washington

April 2021

Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity
Featuring: Shana Sippy; Analucía Lopezrevoredo
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