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September 2024

American Jews and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
American Jews and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Featuring: Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran | Concert and Conversation
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran | Concert and Conversation
Featuring: Galeet Dardashti, New York University; Danielle Dardashti
Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jews, Christians, and the Plague in Early Modern Europe
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jews, Christians, and the Plague in Early Modern Europe
Featuring: Joshua Teplitsky, University of Pennsylvania
Incantation: The Embodied Aleph-Bet
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Incantation: The Embodied Aleph-Bet
Featuring: Simcha Gross, University of Pennsylvania; Victoria Hanna; Tom Kraines, University of Pennsylvania
Taking Care: New Approaches in Jewish Studies to Health, Medicine, and the Body
Monday, September 9, 2024
Taking Care: New Approaches in Jewish Studies to Health, Medicine, and the Body
Featuring: Joshua Teplitsky, University of Pennsylvania; Natalia Aleksiun, University of Florida; Seçil Yilmaz, University of Pennsylvania

May 2024

Scandal on the Dance Floor: Mixed Dancing and Jewish Modernity
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Scandal on the Dance Floor: Mixed Dancing and Jewish Modernity
Featuring: Sonia Gollance, University College London

April 2024

In Search of Jews, Music, and Sound: Lost, Hidden, Revived
April 15 - 16, 2024
In Search of Jews, Music, and Sound: Lost, Hidden, Revived
The Music of Resilience: Songs of Jewish Survival East and West
Sunday, April 14, 2024
The Music of Resilience: Songs of Jewish Survival East and West
Featuring: Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto; Galeet Dardashti, New York University; Shanir Blumenkranz; Dmitry Kemell; Philip Mayer; Pavel Lion; Zafer Tawil; Max ZT
Cold War and Cultural Restitution: Postwar Transfers of Jewish Libraries from the Soviet Bloc to Israel
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Cold War and Cultural Restitution: Postwar Transfers of Jewish Libraries from the Soviet Bloc to Israel
Featuring: Anna Holzer-Kawalko, The Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem
Reconfiguring Sephardi/Mizrahi Musical Practice: Israel and North America
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Reconfiguring Sephardi/Mizrahi Musical Practice: Israel and North America
Featuring: Galeet Dardashti, New York University
Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody
Featuring: Rebecca J. W. Jefferson, University of Florida
Frum Female Artists, Wellness, and the Making of the “Subversive Stage”
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Frum Female Artists, Wellness, and the Making of the “Subversive Stage”
Featuring: Jessica Roda, Georgetown University
The Undesirable in Box 14: Jews and Opera in Gilded Age New York
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Undesirable in Box 14: Jews and Opera in Gilded Age New York
Featuring: Samantha M. Cooper, Harvard University
Our Local Talent
Monday, April 1, 2024
Our Local Talent
Featuring: Samantha M. Cooper, Harvard University

March 2024

The Jewish Voice in Argentine Theatre: Aural Components in the Configuration of Jewish Characters
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The Jewish Voice in Argentine Theatre: Aural Components in the Configuration of Jewish Characters
Featuring: Paula Ansaldo , Harvard University