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January 2019

The Role of Ethnic Humor in Yemen's Coffee Era
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
The Role of Ethnic Humor in Yemen's Coffee Era
Featuring: Mark Wagner, Louisiana State University
Family Papers: A Sephardi Journey through the Twentieth Century
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Family Papers: A Sephardi Journey through the Twentieth Century
Featuring: Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Bridges and Door Knockers: Iraqi Jewish Women Write Home
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Bridges and Door Knockers: Iraqi Jewish Women Write Home
Featuring: Nancy E. Berg, Washington University St. Louis

December 2018

Being (Non-Arab) Muslim Israelis: The Circassians of the Galilee
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Being (Non-Arab) Muslim Israelis: The Circassians of the Galilee
Featuring: Chen Bram, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jewish Middle Eastern Culture in Modern Israel
Friday, December 14, 2018
Jewish Middle Eastern Culture in Modern Israel
Featuring: Alon Tam, University of Pennsylvania
Jews in Muslim Contexts: Spatial Approaches
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Jews in Muslim Contexts: Spatial Approaches
Between Israel and Latin America: Applying Network Analysis to the Study of Jewish Moroccan Migration
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Between Israel and Latin America: Applying Network Analysis to the Study of Jewish Moroccan Migration
Featuring: Aviad Moreno, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

November 2018

Outstanding Ottomans in Early Twentieth-Century Istanbul as Keys to Lev Nussinbaum's Adoption of Muslim Identity
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Outstanding Ottomans in Early Twentieth-Century Istanbul as Keys to Lev Nussinbaum's Adoption of Muslim Identity
Featuring: Esra Almas, Istanbul Sehir University
Intergroup Intimacy and Its Limits: Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Caucasus
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Intergroup Intimacy and Its Limits: Jewish-Muslim Relations in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Caucasus
Featuring: Chen Bram, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ha-Dover: An Ottoman Newspaper in Jewish Baghdad
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Ha-Dover: An Ottoman Newspaper in Jewish Baghdad
Featuring: Annie Greene, University of Chicago

October 2018

The Global Merchants: The World of the Sassoons
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
The Global Merchants: The World of the Sassoons
Featuring: Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University
Mumbai's Jewish Communities
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Mumbai's Jewish Communities
Featuring: Sifra Lentin, Gateway House
Jews, Muslims, and Modernity
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Jews, Muslims, and Modernity
Featuring: Aron Rodrigue; Julia Phillips Cohen, Vanderbilt University; Lital Levy, Princeton University; Jessica Marglin, University of Southern California
European Jews as Disruptors and Protectors of Indigenous Jewish Cultures: The Case of Yemen
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
European Jews as Disruptors and Protectors of Indigenous Jewish Cultures: The Case of Yemen
Featuring: Alan Verskin, University of Rhode Island
Beyond Casablanca: The Story of North African Jews under Vichy Rule
Friday, October 12, 2018
Beyond Casablanca: The Story of North African Jews under Vichy Rule
Featuring: Alma Rachel Heckman, University of California, Santa Cruz