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March 2021

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
Microhistory and Global History
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Microhistory and Global History
Featuring: Carlo Ginzburg; Francesca Trivellato
Jewish American Women Poets as Translators, Liturgists, and Anthologists
Monday, March 1, 2021
Jewish American Women Poets as Translators, Liturgists, and Anthologists
Featuring: Kathryn Hellerstein, University of Pennsylvania

February 2021

Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
Featuring: Marc Dollinger
From the Siddur to the Anthology: Schocken Books and the Cultural Translation of Religious Texts for Postwar American Jews
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
From the Siddur to the Anthology: Schocken Books and the Cultural Translation of Religious Texts for Postwar American Jews
Featuring: Markus Krah, University of Potsdam
Persecuted Christians? Understanding Evangelical Support for Trump
Monday, February 22, 2021
Persecuted Christians? Understanding Evangelical Support for Trump
Featuring: Michele Margolis
Religion and White Supremacy in the United States
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Religion and White Supremacy in the United States
Featuring: Sophie Bjork-James
Jews and Public Housing in 1930s New York
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Jews and Public Housing in 1930s New York
Featuring: Michael Casper, New York Public Library
Jews and the Religion of Whiteness
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Jews and the Religion of Whiteness
Featuring: J. Kameron Carter
Teachable Moments, or How the Irish Taught the Jews to Become American
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Teachable Moments, or How the Irish Taught the Jews to Become American
Featuring: Hasia R. Diner, New York University
American Jewish Musical Encounters
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
American Jewish Musical Encounters
Featuring: Josh Kun; Galeet Dardashti; Shaul Magid; Anthony Russell