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March 2024

Praying, Singing, Sharing: Multilinguality, Contrafacture, and Jewish-Christian Exchange in Medieval Song
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Praying, Singing, Sharing: Multilinguality, Contrafacture, and Jewish-Christian Exchange in Medieval Song
Featuring: Mary Channen Caldwell, University of Pennsylvania
Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro
Featuring: Amelia Glaser; Anthony Russell; Heather Klein; Uri Schreter
Beyond Noise and Libels: Jews and Christians Listening to Job—Notes on Methodology
Monday, March 11, 2024
Beyond Noise and Libels: Jews and Christians Listening to Job—Notes on Methodology
Featuring: Ruth HaCohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
CANCELED Remnants from a Lost World
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
CANCELED Remnants from a Lost World
Featuring: Elisabeth Gallas, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow

February 2024

Religious Ritual Reenacted: A View from the Israeli Concert Stage
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Religious Ritual Reenacted: A View from the Israeli Concert Stage
Featuring: Naomi Cohn Zentner, Bar-Ilan University
Campus Free Speech after October 7th
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Campus Free Speech after October 7th
Featuring: Sigal Ben-Porath, University of Pennsylvania
The Intimate Moment—The Queerness of Cabaret avant la lettre
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The Intimate Moment—The Queerness of Cabaret avant la lettre
Featuring: Philip Bohlman, University of Chicago
Fun, But Free? Jewish Sororities and Acculturation
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Fun, But Free? Jewish Sororities and Acculturation
Featuring: Shira Kohn, The Dalton School
“Making Sacred All the Whispers of the World”: The Cabaretesque and the Aesthetics of Trauma
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
“Making Sacred All the Whispers of the World”: The Cabaretesque and the Aesthetics of Trauma
Featuring: Philip V. Bohlman, University of Chicago
“We’ve Got the Music”: Orthodox Jews Asserting a Sonic Identity
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
“We’ve Got the Music”: Orthodox Jews Asserting a Sonic Identity
Featuring: Mark Kligman, University of California, L.A.
Who, What, Where, and How? Ownership and Accessibility of Rare Jewish Books
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Who, What, Where, and How? Ownership and Accessibility of Rare Jewish Books
Featuring: Yoel Finkelman, National Library of Israel; Michelle Margolis, Columbia University; Agnes Peresztegi, Soffer Avocats
Antisemitism and Admissions at Stanford University
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Antisemitism and Admissions at Stanford University
Featuring: Ari Y. Kelman, Stanford University
The Jewish Catalog Turns 50: A Revolutionary Manifesto of DIY Judaism
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Jewish Catalog Turns 50: A Revolutionary Manifesto of DIY Judaism
Featuring: Joshua Teplitsky, University of Pennsylvania; Beth S. Wenger, University of Pennsylvania; Michael Strassfeld
Archiving Sound Documents of Jewish Life in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Archiving Sound Documents of Jewish Life in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Featuring: Gila Flam , The National Library of Jerusalem
Past and Present: The Impact of Antisemitism on the Study of American Jewish History
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Past and Present: The Impact of Antisemitism on the Study of American Jewish History
Featuring: Pamela S. Nadell, American University