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March 2015

The Past That Lives within the Present: Schechter's Time Capsule—And Ours
Monday, March 16, 2015
The Past That Lives within the Present: Schechter's Time Capsule—And Ours
Featuring: Dara Horn
Solomon Schechter's Life and Legacy: American Transformations
Monday, March 16, 2015
Solomon Schechter's Life and Legacy: American Transformations
Regaining Jerusalem: Eschatology and Slavery in Jewish Colonization in 17th-Century Suriname
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Regaining Jerusalem: Eschatology and Slavery in Jewish Colonization in 17th-Century Suriname
Featuring: Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto
The Role of Scholarship in the Shaping of Jewish Identity
Sunday, March 1, 2015
The Role of Scholarship in the Shaping of Jewish Identity

February 2015

Retelling Torah: What We Learn from Bible Story Translations
Monday, February 23, 2015
Retelling Torah: What We Learn from Bible Story Translations
Featuring: Dorothea M. Salzer, University of Potsdam
Topics on Tap: Where Did All the Jewish Farmers Go?
Monday, February 16, 2015
Topics on Tap: Where Did All the Jewish Farmers Go?
Featuring: Andrew Berns, University of South Carolina
Topics on Tap: What Is Jewish Folklore?
Monday, February 2, 2015
Topics on Tap: What Is Jewish Folklore?
Featuring: Dani Schrire, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Jewish Doctor: A Brief History
Sunday, February 1, 2015
The Jewish Doctor: A Brief History
Featuring: John M. Efron, Berkeley

December 2014

Abraham Joshua Heschel's Vision of a New Jewish-Christian Relationship and Its Continuing Importance for Today
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Abraham Joshua Heschel's Vision of a New Jewish-Christian Relationship and Its Continuing Importance for Today
Featuring: Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College

October 2014

Hanan Harif/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "My Heart is in the (Middle) East: Early Zionist Perceptions of Arab Culture"
Monday, October 27, 2014
Hanan Harif/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "My Heart is in the (Middle) East: Early Zionist Perceptions of Arab Culture"
Featuring: Hanan Harif, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Image and Self-Image of the Modern Rabbi
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Image and Self-Image of the Modern Rabbi
Featuring: Michael A. Meyer, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

April 2014

Transformations of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe
April 29, 2014 - May 1, 2014
Transformations of Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe
A Lament for Moses Mendelssohn: Music and the Religion of Reason in Eighteenth-Century Berlin
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A Lament for Moses Mendelssohn: Music and the Religion of Reason in Eighteenth-Century Berlin
Featuring: Yael Sela-Teichler, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin
Hebrew without Hebrews: Converso Hebraist Alfonso de Zamora and the Spanish Inquisition
Monday, April 7, 2014
Hebrew without Hebrews: Converso Hebraist Alfonso de Zamora and the Spanish Inquisition
Featuring: Jesús de Prado Plumed, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and Universidada Complutense de Madrid
What Happened to the Torah in 1492? The Hebrew Bible in Spain and the Sephardic Diaspora after the Expulsion
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
What Happened to the Torah in 1492? The Hebrew Bible in Spain and the Sephardic Diaspora after the Expulsion
Featuring: Theodor Dunkelgrün, University of Chicago