Oct 19 12:00 PM EDT Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT For the Public The Emergence of Hasidic Nigunim: Teachings and Melodies Featuring: Michael Lukin , Hebrew University of Jerusalem How Hasidic thought finds expression in wordless sounds Learn More RSVP required
Oct 24 5:15 PM EDT Tuesday, October 24, 2023 5:15 PM EDT - 7:00 PM EDT For the Public The Naked and the Hairy: Material Memory and Jewish Record-keeping in Early Modern Europe Featuring: Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies & the Herbert D. Katz Center Distinguished Fellowship in Jewish Manuscript Studies Lecture Learn More RSVP required
Oct 31 12:00 PM EDT Tuesday, October 31, 2023 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT For the Public Hasidic Song in a Strange Land: Ben Zion Shenker and the Nigun in America Featuring: Gordon Dale, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion The journey of one man and his musical world Learn More RSVP required
Nov 16 12:00 PM EST Thursday, November 16, 2023 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST For the Public “Why Are You Silent to Our Enemies, Dear God?”: Music Facing the Holocaust Featuring: Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto Songs of the Ukrainian ghetto Learn More RSVP required
Jan 23 1:00 PM EST Tuesday, January 23, 2024 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 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
