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April 2019

The Way It Mattered: Jewishness as Social Identity in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The Way It Mattered: Jewishness as Social Identity in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Egypt
Featuring: Alon Tam, University of Pennsylvania
The Jews of Islamic Lands
Monday, April 1, 2019
The Jews of Islamic Lands
Featuring: Alan Verskin

March 2019

Too Good to Passover
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Too Good to Passover
Featuring: Jennifer Abadi
An Alienated History: The Demise of Arab-Jewish Culture between History and Literature
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
An Alienated History: The Demise of Arab-Jewish Culture between History and Literature
Featuring: Reuven Snir, University of Haifa
"Dhimma Space" and Beyond: Conceptualizing the Relationships between Jews and Muslims
Monday, March 25, 2019
"Dhimma Space" and Beyond: Conceptualizing the Relationships between Jews and Muslims
Featuring: Kerstin Hünefeld, Free University of Berlin
T'halalit, Permissible (or Not): Intimate Encounters between Jews and Muslims in Morocco's Atlas Mountains
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
T'halalit, Permissible (or Not): Intimate Encounters between Jews and Muslims in Morocco's Atlas Mountains
Featuring: Sarah Frances Levin, Berkeley
A Mahzor is a Mahzor is a Mahzor? Studying CAJS Rare MS 382
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
A Mahzor is a Mahzor is a Mahzor? Studying CAJS Rare MS 382
Featuring: Elisabeth Hollender, Goethe University
The Marketplace of Marriage in the Late Ottoman Sephardi World
Monday, March 18, 2019
The Marketplace of Marriage in the Late Ottoman Sephardi World
Featuring: Dina Danon, SUNY, Binghamton
Jews and Sufis: Shared Musical Traditions
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Jews and Sufis: Shared Musical Traditions
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Between Concealed and Revealed: Sabbatian Literatures as a Case Study of Ottoman Modernity
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Between Concealed and Revealed: Sabbatian Literatures as a Case Study of Ottoman Modernity
Featuring: Hadar Feldman Samet, Tel Aviv University
Three Lives of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Three Lives of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Featuring: Aleksandra Bunčić
Jewish Values & the Ethical Now
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Jewish Values & the Ethical Now

February 2019

A Spark of King David: Rabbi Israel Najara, Past and Present
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
A Spark of King David: Rabbi Israel Najara, Past and Present
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hatikvah: Secular Anthem or Religious Song?
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Hatikvah: Secular Anthem or Religious Song?
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Synagogues and Jewish Life in Modern Cairo: Past and Present
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Synagogues and Jewish Life in Modern Cairo: Past and Present
Featuring: Yoram Meital, Ben Gurion University of the Negev