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February 2016

"Falling in Love with the Law": Spirituality in Jewish Practice
Thursday, February 25, 2016
"Falling in Love with the Law": Spirituality in Jewish Practice
Featuring: Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College

January 2016

Jewish Humor: A History in Five Jokes
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Jewish Humor: A History in Five Jokes

December 2015

Moving In: Jewish Interiors and Interiorities // A Day Long Workshop December 9
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Moving In: Jewish Interiors and Interiorities // A Day Long Workshop December 9
The "Wandering Jew" in the Jewish and Christian Imagination
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
The "Wandering Jew" in the Jewish and Christian Imagination
Featuring: Galit Hasan-Rokem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

November 2015

Psychoanalysis and the I-Thou Relation
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Psychoanalysis and the I-Thou Relation
"My Fingers Stand Like Ten Numbered Sins": The Challenges of Women's Yiddish Poetry
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
"My Fingers Stand Like Ten Numbered Sins": The Challenges of Women's Yiddish Poetry
Featuring: Zohar Weiman-Kelman, Katz Center

October 2015

Civility and the Limits of Reason in Jewish Thought
Monday, October 26, 2015
Civility and the Limits of Reason in Jewish Thought
Featuring: Martin Kavka, Florida State University
Who Needs a Miracle?
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Who Needs a Miracle?
Featuring: Yael Balaban, Levinsky College and Achva College, Israel
Psychoanalysis and the Israeli-Palestinian Encounter
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Psychoanalysis and the Israeli-Palestinian Encounter
Featuring: Itamar Lurie, Independent Scholar

April 2015

Doing Wissenschaft: The Academic Study of Judaism as a Practice, 1818-2018
April 27 - 28, 2015
Doing Wissenschaft: The Academic Study of Judaism as a Practice, 1818-2018
The Soviet Shtetl: A Glimpse of Jewish History through Russian Eyes
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Soviet Shtetl: A Glimpse of Jewish History through Russian Eyes
Featuring: Deborah Yalen, Colorado State University
The Legacy of Sepharad: New and Old Encounters between Spain and the Jews
Monday, April 20, 2015
The Legacy of Sepharad: New and Old Encounters between Spain and the Jews
Featuring: Michal Friedman, Carnegie Mellon University
The Samaritans: True Keepers of the Torah or Strangers in the Land?
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Samaritans: True Keepers of the Torah or Strangers in the Land?
Featuring: Stefan Schorch, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

March 2015

From Europe to America: The Birth of Modern American Jewish Movements
Sunday, March 22, 2015
From Europe to America: The Birth of Modern American Jewish Movements
Featuring: Mirjam Thulin, Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG); Lance Sussman
Upside-Down Lecture: Taking Reading Personally
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Upside-Down Lecture: Taking Reading Personally
Featuring: Amos Bitzan, Stanford University; Andrew Berns, University of South Carolina