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April 2015

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
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