When Jews Laugh at Things that Aren’t Funny
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- 2011-2012 Events
- Text and Context: Teaching Talmud in Tel Aviv
- The Intertextuality of History: The Fascist Imaginary in Moloch (1999) and Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Vichy France and the Jews: Shield or Traitor?
- Escape from the Nazis
- In the Shadow of the Nazi Holocaust
- German Jewish Film: Conflict and Coexistance
- Food and Identity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- When Jews Laugh at Things that Aren’t Funny
- Wine, Women, and Death
- 2010-2011 Events
- Lipman Lecture in Jewish Studies
- Berger Family Holocaust Lecture
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- Just Published! Turner's Inquisition in Early Islam
May 28, 2013 4:00 AM
Congratulations to Associate Professor John Turner (History, Jewish Studies) on the publication of his first book, Inquistion in Early Islam: The Competition for Political and Religious Authority in the Abbasid...
- Congratulations to the Jewish Studies Class of 2013!
May 24, 2013 4:00 AM
Miles de Klerk Beth Fleming Hanna Glickman Alison Gluck Elliott Ruvelson Michelle Seares Leah Tichansky Charlotte Wiesenberg
- Jewish Studies presentations at Beth Israel
May 17, 2013 4:00 AM
Several members of the Jewish Studies program participated in Beth Israel's Night of Learning, which celebrated the holiday of Shavuot.
Miles de Klerk '13: "Jews, Maronite Christians, and Food in...
Events
- Will the Real Biblical God Please Stand Up?
Monday, September 16, 7:00pmWhat is God like according to the Hebrew Bible? Is he "a consuming fire, an impassioned God" (Deuteronomy) or "a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness,...
- "A Jewish Journey Between Genders"
Thursday, October 31, 4:30pmJoy Ladin, Gottesman Professor of English at Yeshiva University, is the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish institution, and the first openly transgender person to be...