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May 2020

The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
Sunday, May 3, 2020
The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House
Featuring: Norman Eisen

April 2020

The Jewish Home: Boundaries, Domesticity and Power
April 26 - 27, 2020
The Jewish Home: Boundaries, Domesticity and Power
The Art of Home
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Art of Home
Disability, Jewishness, and Belonging from Nazi Vienna to Postwar Britain
Monday, April 6, 2020
Disability, Jewishness, and Belonging from Nazi Vienna to Postwar Britain
Featuring: Katherine Sorrels, University of Cincinnati
Jewish Affordable Housing Projects: New Definitions of Home and Community
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Jewish Affordable Housing Projects: New Definitions of Home and Community
Featuring: Cecile E. Kuznitz, Bard College

March 2020

Fidelity is a Straight Path: Metaphors and Family Dynamics in Concepts of Transmission in the Hebrew Bible
Monday, March 30, 2020
Fidelity is a Straight Path: Metaphors and Family Dynamics in Concepts of Transmission in the Hebrew Bible
Featuring: Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University
Children of the Ghetto + Black Shul
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Children of the Ghetto + Black Shul
Useful Bodies in the Ancient Jewish Household
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Useful Bodies in the Ancient Jewish Household
Featuring: Pratima Gopalakrishnan, Yale University
6000 Editions and Counting: Why Do We Keep Revising the Haggadah?
Monday, March 16, 2020
6000 Editions and Counting: Why Do We Keep Revising the Haggadah?
Featuring: Vanessa Ochs, University of Virginia
Mini-Course: Childbirth and Magic
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Mini-Course: Childbirth and Magic
Featuring: Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home
Featuring: Gregg E. Gardner, University of British Columbia

February 2020

From a Shtetl House to an Urban Apartment: Jewish Home Transformed, Reimagined, Negotiated
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
From a Shtetl House to an Urban Apartment: Jewish Home Transformed, Reimagined, Negotiated
Featuring: Anna Kushkova, University of North Carolina
Homeless in their Home/land: Mizrahis, Gender, and Public Housing in Israel
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Homeless in their Home/land: Mizrahis, Gender, and Public Housing in Israel
Featuring: Claris Harbon, McGill University
“If Only Women Were Building the Houses”: Home Planning as a Gender Issue in Eretz Yisrael
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
“If Only Women Were Building the Houses”: Home Planning as a Gender Issue in Eretz Yisrael
Featuring: Sigal Davidi, Tel Aviv University
Dwelling with the Dead in Ancient Israel and Beyond
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Dwelling with the Dead in Ancient Israel and Beyond
Featuring: Melissa S. Cradic, Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology, Pacific School of Religion