Jan 11 12:00 PM EST Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Public Program Mini-Course: Israeli Music Goes Mizrahi Featuring: Galeet Dardashti, New York University In this three-part seminar, learn how the European tastes of Israel’s founders have gradually given way to Eastern musical fare. Learn More RSVP required
Jan 21 2:00 PM EST Sunday, January 21, 2024 2:00 PM EST - 4:00 PM EST For the Public Sacred Soundscapes: Musical Traditions from the Ottoman Empire Featuring: Hadar Feldman Samet, Tel Aviv University; Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol; Bertram Lehmann; Burcu Güleç; George Lernis; Beth Bahia Cohen Concert/talk highlighting intersecting religious musical traditions in the Ottoman Empire Learn More RSVP required
Jan 23 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public The Hasidic Nigun at the Sabbath Table Featuring: Naomi Cohn Zentner, Bar-Ilan University How melodies of the Hasidic court morphed for family mealtimes Learn More RSVP required
Jan 30 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 30, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Kapelya: The Gender of Music in Contemporary Jewish Brooklyn Featuring: Jeremiah Lockwood, Yale Institute of Sacred Music Raza’s new album of nigunim sung by Orthodox women Learn More RSVP required
Feb 6 12:00 PM EST Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Reinterpreting and Reinventing Nigunim up to Today Featuring: Mark Kligman, University of California, L.A. New uses of the traditional melodies, from classical to pop to avant garde jazz Learn More RSVP required
Feb 14 12:00 PM EST Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:15 PM EST For the Public Who, What, Where, and How? Ownership and Accessibility of Rare Jewish Books Featuring: Yoel Finkelman, National Library of Israel; Michelle Margolis, Columbia University; Agnes Peresztegi, Soffer Avocats A panel discussion of challenges and best practices in managing collections and archives today Learn More RSVP required
Feb 28 12:00 PM EST Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Public Program Rescue or Ransack? Unraveling the Complexities of the Cairo Geniza Chain of Custody Featuring: Rebecca J. W. Jefferson, University of Florida A new look at how materials were transferred out of this storied repository and where they went Learn More RSVP required
Mar 6 12:00 PM EST Wednesday, March 6, 2024 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public Public Program Remnants from a Lost World: Salvage and Restitution of Nazi-Looted Books in Postwar Europe Featuring: Elisabeth Gallas, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture - Simon Dubnow American efforts to find, identify, and return Jewish cultural property after the Holocaust Learn More RSVP required
Mar 12 6:00 PM EDT Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:00 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT For the Public Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro Featuring: Amelia Glaser; Anthony Russell; Heather Klein; Uri Schreter World premiere performance: New settings of Yiddish and English poetry responding to race prejudice in twentieth-century America Learn More RSVP required
Mar 19 12:00 PM EDT Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT For the Public Public Program Mini-Course: Singing the Haggadah Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem In this three-part seminar, learn about the history and evolution of inserting songs into the order of the Passover seder Learn More RSVP required
