events

Spring Quarter 2007-2008

Toby’s Sunshine The Life and Art of Holocaust Survivor Toby Knobel Fluek a Preview Screening of its new film followed by a Musical Interlude and Artistic Montage, a Panel Discussion with Ms. Fluek, and Reception

Sunday, June 1, 2008 1:00 to 3:30 pm Drexel University Mandell Theater 3230 Chestnut Street (Chestnut and 33rd Sts.) Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Judaic Studies Program of Drexel University will present a preview screening of its new film “Toby’s Sunshine - The Life and Art of Holocaust Survivor Toby Knobel Fluek” and an afternoon program celebrating of the work of Holocaust survivor Toby Knobel Fluek on Sunday, June 1, 2008, 1:00 to 3:30 pm, in Mandell Theater, 3230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The film showing will be followed by an interlude that features the music recorded for the film project as well as a montage of Ms. Fluek’s art. In addition, a conversation involving Ms. Fluek and film historian, Dr. Eric Goldman, will take place. The afternoon will conclude with a dessert reception. The event is free and open to the public. For more information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388. Toby Knobel Fluek Toby Fluek was born and spent her childhood in the Eastern Galician village of Czernica, Poland (currently Ukraine). She and her mother were the only family members to survive World War II in the Brody ghetto and in hiding in Czernica. After marrying her husband, Max, in a DP camp in Germany, she came to the USA, raising their daughter, Lillian, in the Bronx, New York City. Ms. Fluek started painting in the early 1960s, focusing on the traditional Jewish life of her childhood. She is the author of two books, Memories of My Life in a Polish Village 1930-1949 (New York: Knopf, 1990) and Passover As I Remember It (New York: Knopf, 1994). She has exhibited her art widely and has lectured to a variety of audiences. Ms. Fluek currently resides in Queens, New York City. The Toby Fluek Film Project The Judaic Studies Program at Drexel University is devoted to teaching about the Jewish life in Eastern Europe that flourished before the Nazi onslaught. As is the case with victims of genocide, education about the life and culture that was destroyed during the Holocaust has been the most difficult realm to present successfully to future generations. For several years, a team put together by our Program has been working with Ms. Fluek to create a film that will convey the vibrancy of the life that she depicts in paintings, drawings, and words. Toby Fluek is a unique teacher of the lessons of survival gleaned from the rich home and communal life that nurtured Jews for centuries in Eastern Europe. The Judaic Studies Program is proud to introduce this film in diverse educational settings.

Growing Up in Israel: Generations Communicate a panel discussion with - Roy Reuveni, college student Leah Goldman, early childhood Jewish educator Sarit Sade, former academic liason, Israeli Consulate Dr. Sorin Siegler, Drexel engineering professor Bella L. Schafer, Jewish educator, psychotherapist, pioneering officer Israeli army

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:30 to 9:30 pm Mitchell Auditorium Bossone Research Center Drexel University 3128 Market Street Philadelphia, PA

TThe Judaic Studies Program proudly presents an intergenerational conversation to mark the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. The new state of Israel established a society that nurtures a variety of creative individuals and institutions. Come and hear the diverse viewpoints of individuals of varying religious and ethnic backgrounds who grew up at different times in Israel’s history. Learn about the formative influences on their lives. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This program is supported in part through a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Additional support comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Death and Dying in Medieval Ashkenaz A lecture by Yechiel Schur, Hebrew Lector, Yale University

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:30 to 11:00 am L33 Hagerty Library (lower level) Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

The presentation will delve into the following questions that reveal the nature of Jewish life in the Middle Ages -- How were the dead cared for, from the moment of death until burial? What happened during times of anti-Jewish violence? How did communities address individual requests? Did medieval rituals differ from the rites of ancient Judaism? Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Winter Quarter 2007-2008

The Book of Exodus and the Origins of the Passover Seder A lecture by Dr. Jeffrey H. Tigay, A.M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, March 7, 2008 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Mary E. Hagerty Room L33 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Although the Passover Seder is inspired by the account of the exodus in the Bible, the Seder as it is known and practiced today originated more than 1,000 years later, in the Greco-Roman and Talmudic periods of Jewish history, and some parts of it are even later than that. What does the Seder owe to the Bible and what is the source of the customs practiced today? Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Echolalias: On Yiddish and the Forgetting of Language A lecture and booksigning by Daniel Heller-Roazen, Professor of Comparative Literature, and Director of Graduate Studies, Princeton University. He is the author of Echolalias: On the Forgetting of Language (Zone Books, 2005).

Thursday February 28, 2008 9:30 am to 11:00 am Mary E. Hagerty Room L33 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

In Echolalias, Daniel Heller-Roazen reflects on the many forms of linguistic forgetfulness. Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Individuals can forget words, phrases, even entire languages, and over the course of time speaking communities, too, let go of the tongues that were once theirs. The experience of the passing of speech can lie at the origin of literary, philosophical, and artistic creation. Daniel Heller-Roazen will discuss some of the ways in which the arguments of Echolalias could bear on the case of Yiddish language and culture. Photo by John Jameson

“Daniel Heller-Roazen’s gorgeous prose strings beads of dazzling example into a necklace of allusion.... If you read this book, you will not easily forget it.” — David Nirenberg, author of Communities of Violence "Reading Daniel Heller-Roazen's book is an extraordinary intellectual adventure." --Michael Wood, author of The Road to Delphi Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Spring Quarter 2006-07

Of Land and Love: Modern Hebrew Poetry in Song A lecture by Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman, Professor of Music and Education at Gratz College

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Hebrew poets of the 19th and 20th centuries -- including Bialik, Tchernichovsky, Rachel, and Goldberg - produced passionate verses detailing their love for the land of Israel. The lyricism of their work has been highlighted by Israeli composers who have affirmed those same feelings through music. This lecture will use recorded examples of several songs to demonstrate the combined power of text and tune to create a popular legacy. The inter-relationship of poetic meter and musical rhythm will also be explored. Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman is Professor of Music and Education at Gratz College, where she also coordinates the College's programs in Jewish music. She is the author of Discovering Jewish Music (Jewish Publication Society, 2003; in paperback, 2007) Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Good Neighbors, Good Fences? The Archaeology of Israel, Moab, and Edom A lecture by Dr. Benjamin Porter, University of Pennsylvania, Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine

Monday, May 21, 2007 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

The Bible never makes up its mind about the relationship between Israel and its neighbors. Sometimes allies, sometime foes, the Israelites, Moabites and Edomites regularly reorganized their diplomatic relations as their historical circumstances changed. Despite their importance in Biblical history, Israel's neighbors regularly escape the public's attention, despite our growing knowledge of these societies. In this illustrated lecture, Dr. Porter will explore what recent archaeological discoveries are telling us about the rise, persistence, and fall of Moab and Edom, and how these discoveries are helping us reconstruct their relationship with ancient Israel. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

A Dedication of the Helen and Stanley Segall Holocaust Book Collection AND From Shavl to Washington, D.C.: The Story of One Holocaust Survivor A talk by Nesse Galperin Godin

Monday, May 14, 2007 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University’s W.W. Hagerty Library will dedicate a major collection of Holocaust-related books. The books, donated by Dr. Dan Gillis, are given in honor of Dr. Helen Segall and Professor Stanley Segall. Eleven years old when World War II broke out, Nesse Godin, born and raised in Lithuania, survived a ghetto, concentration camp, four labor camps, and a death march. She has dedicated her adult life to teaching about the Holocaust and the consequences of hatred to both children and adults. She is Co-President of the Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington, and she volunteers weekly at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

How Jews of the Islamic World Read the Bible A lecture by Dr. Miriam Goldstein, Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 9:00 am to 10:30 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

The rich interaction between Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars in the Mediterranean and the East in the tenth and eleventh centuries is by now a commonplace. Scholars of all fields read each others’ works and met in theological discussions where they discussed issues of common interest or disagreement face-to-face. Book lists from the Cairo Genizah demonstrate that the Jews of the “Mediterranean society” were voracious readers, and it stands to reason that Jewish scholars were conversant with the majority of the works available in Arabic and other languages. Dr. Goldstein will examine how Jewish views on the Bible during this period were colored by Muslim and Christian attitudes toward Scripture. She will employ translations of Judeo-Arabic Bible commentaries preserved in manuscript in Genizah collections, and perhaps selections from the Qur’an and contemporaneous Arabic sources composed by Muslims. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Winter Quarter 2006-07

Yiddish Song: Between Two Worlds A concert by Janet Leuchter, Vocals, with Art Bailey, Keyboard and Accordion

Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:00 to 3:00 pm Auditorium Bossone Enterprise Reseach Center Drexel University Market St. between 31st and 32nd Sts. Philadelphia, PA

Don’t miss the chance to hear Janet Leuchter, from New York, veteran interpreter of the Yiddish repertoire, present: the old and the new, religious and secular, Yiddish and mixed-language. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The Judaic Studies Program acknowledges the support of the Yiddish Studies Fund, Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. For further information: Kathy.carll@drexel.edu, 215-895-6388.

Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe: Perceptions of the Religious 'Other' A lecture by Dr. Talya Fishman, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:30 am to 10:45 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Through examination of examples from biblical exegesis, material culture and rabbinic writings, this presentation will reconstruct Jewish and Christian perceptions of one another in medieval Europe, and explore evidence that each faith community was well aware of the other's cultural assumptions. Dr. Talya Fishman is an Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She studies the intellectual and cultural history of medieval and early modern Jews living within the broader contexts of Christian and Muslim cultures. She is the author of Shaking the Pillars of Exile (Stanford University Press). Free and open to the public. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. Information: 215-895-6388, kathy.carll@drexel.edu. Figure of Synagoga at the double-portal of the south entrance to the Strasbourg cathedral (around 1230)

Fall Quarter 2006-07

The World to Come: Tracking A Stolen Chagall Painting and Finding a Lost Literary World A lecture and book-signing by Dr. Dara Horn, author of The World To Come (W.W. Norton Company, 2006, paperback)

Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:10 am to 11:30 am 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Dara Horn is one of the most acclaimed young American Jewish novelists. Her first novel, In the Image (W.W. Norton, 2002) received a 2003 National Jewish Book Award, the 2002 Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and the 2003 Reform Judaism Fiction Prize. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard University having specialized in Hebrew and Yiddish literature. In her book, The World to Come, Dara Horn interweaves mystery, romance, folklore, theology, history, and scripture into a spellbinding modern tale. She brings us on a breathtaking collision course of past, present, and future -- revealing both the ordinariness and the beauty of "the world to come." Nestling stories within stories, this is a novel of remarkable clarity and deep inner meaning. Who truly "owns" a work of art? The artist? Her mentors and other formative influences? The highest bidder at an auction? Society at large? How do our ancestors and descendants shape our lives and our self-perception? Dr. Horn will touch on the early career of Chagall and the Yiddish writers in his circle, and how these writers inspired Chagall and later Horn herself. Free and open to the public. Support for this event comes from the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation, The Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation, and the Friends of Judaic Studies. Information: Kathleen Carll, 215-895-6388, kathy.carll@drexel.edu.

The Dr. Doreen Ray Steg Memorial Lecture “Perspectives on Trauma and Resilience: Israeli Children Coping with Terrorism and War” A lecture by Dr. Mazal Menahem, Director, Trauma and Resilience Unit, Psychology Department, Israel Ministry of Education

Friday, November 17, 2006 1:00 to 2:30 pm 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Menahem will describe her diagnosis and treatment of Israeli children who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, detailing intervention to insure that most of the population remains resilient. She has worked with Israeli children exposed to the Intifada, suicide bombs, disengagement, attacks of Hizballa in the recent Lebanese war, as well as the everyday trauma of car accidents. In doing this work, she has coordinated teams of Israeli psychologists, both Jewish and Arab. Dr. Mazal Menahem is one of the leading experts on trauma in Israel today, with a B.A. from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. from Drexel University in Neurospsychology. Dr. Menahem coordinated a training project for Israeli school psychologists sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee, dealing with traumatic events of the past three years. Since 2002, she has been active within the Israeli Ministry of Education in the planning on a national level of interventions with schools, children, and their families. Dr. Doreen Ray Steg (1928—2002) was Professor of Human Behavior at Drexel University from 1966-1995, the founding head of the Department of Human Behavior and Development at Drexel, the founding director of its Early Childhood Center, and the initiator of the plan to create the Judaic Studies Program of Drexel University. Support for this event comes from The Dr. Doreen Ray Steg and Dr. Leo Steg Memorial Fund, and from Edward and Lonnie Ray.

Our Holocaust: Writing With Humor About the Holocaust A lecture and book-signing by Amir Gutfreund, author of Our Holocaust, (Toby Press, 2006)

Monday, November 6, 2006 7:30 to 9:00 pm 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

Amir Gutfreund is one of Israel’s most popular, younger fiction writers, author of the best-selling The World A Little Later and The Shoreline Mansions. The Holocaust and humor are not naturally brought together, especially in Israel. “When I started writing Our Holocaust, I was confronted very early by a severe problem: I couldn’t write without humor, a lot of humor.” Gutfreund says. “The formal Holocaust could not bear a smile or ironic attitude. The domestic Holocaust revealed a more complicated picture. I knew admirable survivors and ridiculous ones, stupid and wise, multi-misers and very generous. I wanted to write their story with love and compassion, but to describe them exactly as they were...” This program is sponsored in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia.

Spring Quarter 2005-06

Tsiyon: Israel’s Jewish Cultural Tapestry in Song and Music - a Concert

Sunday, June 4 , 2006 4:00 to 6:30 pm Stein Auditorium Nesbitt Hall Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

A concert about Zion in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino song (plus Arabic and Turkish) sung by tenor Richard Lenatsky, the Congregation Beth-Am Israel Choir (directed by Alexander Botwinik), and featuring the first visit to Philadelphia of Divahn, an all-female ensemble of musicians and singers specializing in contemporary Mizrakhi and Sephardic sound (led by Galeet Dardashti).

Maimonides on The Eternity of the World... A lecture by Aryeh Kosman, John Whitehead Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:30 to 9:00 pm 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

The question of whether the world was eternal or created at a moment in time was a critical one for medieval thought, and the opposition became almost emblematic of the difficult relationship between Greek philosophy and the received traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In his Guide for the Perplexed, Maimonides offers an interesting and subtle solution to the problem, a solution that both is philosophically interesting and reveals much about the medieval project of harmonizing philosophical and religious traditions.

Winter Quarter 2005-06

Gender and the Book of Esther Lecture and Booksigning by JT Waldman, author of the new graphic novel, Megillat Esther (JPS 2005)

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 9:30 to 11:00 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

How does the battle of the sexes play itself out in the Book of Esther? This lecture will unpack the traditional gender roles presented in this biblical text and demonstrate how they are flipped on their heads for dramatic results. Also included will be a discussion of the enigmatic and often overlooked presence of the eunuchs within the Book of Esther and how they propel both the narrative and the struggle between genders. An examination of the art history of Esther will uncover how the understanding of gender has shifted throughout history. JT Waldman is a Philadelphia-based artist and educator. A graduate of the Residential College of the University of Michigan, he has studied at Beit Midrash/A Liberal Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Elat Chayim, the National Havurah Institute, and at various art institutions. He currently studies Interface Design at the Vancouver Film School.

Technology on the Tell: What the 21st Century Can Tell Us About Dor's Ancient Past Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Tel Dor Excavations

Wednesday, February 8, 2006 11:00 am to 12:30 pm 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

The excavation of Tel Dor, Israel is a cooperative endeavor, a truly interdisciplinary project. Archaeologists joined by scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Sciences, conservationists, paleozoologists, paleobotanists and computer specialists are revolutionizing the discipline of archaeology. Come see the fruits of this cooperation evident in its research designs, excavation techniques, recording system, and historical reconstructions, based on data never before available to archaeologists.

Fall Quarter 2005-06
Lecture:	Revisiting Vilna: My Art, My Life, My Native Town by Samuel Bak Samuel Bak, born in 1933 in Vilna, Poland and recognized from an early age as possessing extraordinary artistic talent, had his first exhibition at age nine in the Vilna ghetto. Surviving with only his mother, Bak has spent his life artistically expressing the destruction and dehumanization which make up his childhood memories. His exquisite paintings have received the highest critical acclaim. Exhibit Opening—From Genesis to Vilna-Paintings by Samuel Bak
	Sunday, November 20, 2005 4:00 pm—Lecture 5:00 to 6:30 pm—Opening reception and booksigning Nesbitt Hall Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Spring Quarter 2004-05
Filmshowing & Discussion with Filmmaker:	Broken Silence: The Sonia Kaplan Story Christine Farina, Director and Producer of Broken Silence, and Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Richard Stockton State College From this film, the viewer learns about Polish-born Sonia Kaplan, about how she survived the Holocaust and forged a new life. The discussion after the showing will focus on the filmmaker's experience in executing this project. Cosponsored with the College of Media Arts and Design of Drexel University.
	Monday, May 16, 2005 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Ruth Auditorium, Room 125 Nesbitt Hall Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Photography Exhibit:	Philadelphia Mosaic: New Immigrants In America Photographs and Interviews by Harvey Finkle Exhibit - April 14 through May 31, 2005 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA Opening Day Events (in Hagerty Library) - Thursday, April 14, 2005 4 pm– Lecture on “Rescue, Resettle, Reunite: The Jewish Communal Experience in Welcoming the Stranger” by Judith Bernstein-Baker, Esq., Executive Director, HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia with "An Interfaith Perspective" by Father Bill Ayres, Director, Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees, Archdiocese of Philadelphia Introduction to the Exhibit by Harvey Finkle 5 pm – Reception and Exhibit Catalog Signing 5:30 pm - Gallery Tour Information: Kathy Carll, 215-895-6388, kathy.carll@drexel.edu Library hours: 215-895-1500 "Philadelphia Mosaic: New Immigrants In America" is an exhibit of photographs and interviews by Philadelphia photographer Harvey Finkle on loan from The Free Library of Philadelphia. The exhibit depicts immigrant families from all over the world that have settled in Philadelphia within recent decades. An accompanying exhibit of items from Drexel’s Hagerty Library and Archives on the themes of photography of immigrants, immigrants in Philadelphia, and Drexel’s connection to immigration has been prepared by Alison Lewis, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian, and Kevin Martin, Drexel Archivist.
Winter Quarter 2004-05
Roundtable Discussion:	A New Look at Shylock: A Roundtable Discussion on the Film The Merchant of Venice A roundtable discussion on the role of Shylock in light of the new movie adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons. Panelists will include Dr. Aryeh Botwinick, Political Science, Temple University, Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen, English and Philosophy, Drexel University, Dr. Emilie Passow, Judaic Studies, English and Philosophy, Drexel University, Dr. Barbara Riebling, English, University of Pennsylvania. The Merchant of Venice is currently showing at the Ritz Five, 214 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (215-925-7900) or Ritz 16 New Jersey, Voorhees, NJ (856-770-0600).
	Wednesday, March 2, 2005 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm 103 Disque Hall 32nd St. between Market & Chestnut Sts. Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Yiddish Cinema: A Celebration of American Jewish Life by Dr. Eric Goldman, author of Visions, Images and Dreams: Yiddish Film Past and Present Yiddish cinema in America was the product of a changing world and a desire to hold onto traditions and ideals that were being questioned by a majority of Jews. While Hollywood’s filmmakers presented a picture of the American “melting pot” and their own desire to assimilate into American society, Yiddish filmmakers celebrated the beauty and particularity of Jewish life and culture. The lecture will show how this immigrant group used cinema to express its own anxiety with a new world. Eric A. Goldman holds a Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from New York University, and is founder and president of Ergo Media, a New Jersey-based video publishing company specializing in Jewish and Israeli video. He is also film reviewer for New Jersey’s The Jewish Standard. Dr. Goldman is a known expert and lecturer on Yiddish, Israeli and Jewish film. He is former director of the Jewish Media Service, which was a national clearinghouse on film and television for the North American Jewish community. He was curator of film for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and is film program curator for YIVO at the Center for Jewish History in New York. Eric Goldman was also a member of the Educational Advisory Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
	Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:00 am to 10:30 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Fall Quarter 2004-05
Lecture:	Rebecca Gratz and the American Jewish Dilemma by Dr. Dianne Ashton, Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Director of American Studies at Rowan University. Rebecca Gratz (1781-1869), a member of the prominent Philadelphia Gratz family of the early American republic, was active in literary circles and social welfare institutions. She helped found the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, the Hebrew Sunday School, the Jewish Foster Home and the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum. Dr. Ashton, author of Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America and co-editor of Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality, will explore the ways Gratz's personal life and abilities moved her to create institutions for Jewish women that answered needs faced by American Jews throughout their 350 years in North America.
	Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:30 am to 11:00 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry by Samuel G. Freedman, Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, eminent journalist (New York Times, USA Today, New York, Rolling Stone, Salon, PBS) and award-winning author of four books. At a time when contemporary Jews have been accepted by American society more than ever before, increasing friction and tensions within American Jewry have arisen. Samuel G. Freedman eloquently and incisively analyzes case studies of the struggles between traditionalists and modernists, women and men, and different denominations and communities, as they question what is authentic and legitimate Judaism.
	Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Spring Quarter 2003-04
Art Exhibit:	Sonya's Legacy Sonja’s Legacy is an unusual collection of artwork and images from the Holocaust. The colorful paintings and skillful drawings were created by Sonja Fischerova, a young girl from Prague, while imprisoned in the Terezin Concentration Camp from 1942-44. She, her mother and sister, and later her Bauhaus-schooled art teacher Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, were deported to Auschwitz and killed by the Nazis. Drexel Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Robert Fischl, who knew his cousin Sonja Fisherova while growing up, has assembled this exhibition together with surviving family members.
	Exhibit – April 22 through May 28, 2004 W.W. Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
	Opening Day Events (in Hagerty Library) – Thursday, April 22, 2004 4 pm – Lecture by Professor Robert Fischl 5 pm – Gallery Tour led by Professor Fischl 5:30 pm – Reception Co-sponsored by the W.W. Hagerty Library and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Support provided by the Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation. More information: 215-895-6388, for Library hours: 215-895-1500.
Lecture/Booksigning:	An Anthropology of the Jews by Dr. Melvin Konner, Professor of Anthropology, Emory University Dr. Konner will speak about his new, acclaimed best-seller, Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews (Viking Compass, 2003), an innovative anthropological history of the Jewish people.
	Tuesday, May 4, 2004 4:00 to 5:30 pm Ross Commons, 2nd Floor Drexel University 34th Street and Powelton Avenue Philadelphia, PA
Concert:	Lomir Ale Zingen! (Let's All Sing!) A Festival of Yiddish Song in Eastern Europe This lively concert will feature performances of Philadelphia area singers of Yiddish music, including Congregation Beth Am Israel's Shira Hadasha Choir, Cantor Naomi Hirsch, Fran Kleiner, Richard Lenatsky, and Sherm Labovitz, all directed by Alexander Botwinik, and accompanied by violinist Marvin Weinberger, and pianist Andrew Heller.
	Sunday, May 28, 20004 4:00 to 6:00 pm Stein Auditorium Nesbitt Hall 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Winter Quarter 2003-04
Lecture:	Creating a Site for Collective Memory by Michael Azeez Hear the gripping tale of how Michael Azeez, an executive and founder of corporations that provide cellular telephone systems, built a museum that helps to preserve the story of his father’s hometown, Woodbine, New Jersey. Famous for its history as a Jewish agricultural settlement in the late 19th and early 20th century, Woodbine, through its restored Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue (originally opened in 1896, rededicated in 2003), has an active site for the sharing of memories by its Jewish and non-Jewish residents.
	Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture/Discussion:	A Thoughtful Discussion on Living in the Land of the Bible by Shouki Kassis, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Arabic and Hebrew at Drexel University, and Sarit Sadeh, Liason of Academic Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia The two participants will reflect on their feelings and thoughts that relate to growing up amongst places and sites that are significant to the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. You are cordially invited to take part in the conversation that will follow. Don't miss this special occasion!
	Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:30 to 11 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Fall Term 2003
Concert:	Lost in the Stars: Jewish Music in the Years After WWII Judaic Studies' Fifth Anniversary Concert will feature Adrienne Cooper, vocalist, Dan Rosengard on piano, and Adrianne Greenbaum on flute. It was researched and arranged by Adrienne Cooper, the leading female vocalist of Klezmer and Yiddish music today. "Lost in the Stars" presents the explosion of Jewish music in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish that marked the period after World War II.  Informed by wit, irony, humor and lyricism, the music and lively concert narration take us through the heyday of Jewish writing for American music theater, the ecstatic flowering of a national music to celebrate the founding of the State of Israel, and the jewels of Yiddish creativity. Featuring songs by Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Tom Lehrer, Itsik Manger, M. Zeira, Hadar, Levanon and Dov Seltzer.
	Sunday, November 23, 2003 4:00 — 5:30 pm Behrakis Grand Hall Creese Student Center Drexel University 32nd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Hazards of the Borderlands: Mark Arnstein and Polish-Jewish Theater A lecture by Dr. Michael Steinlauf, Associate Professor of History, Gratz College, and Author of Bondage to the Dead: Poland and the Memory of the Holocaust (Syracuse Univesity, 1997) Hear an examination of the creative Jewish theater in Poland before WWII. Dr. Steinlauf will examine the borderlands between Yiddish and Polish cultures through the case study of playwright, dramatist, and theater director Mark Arnstein (c. 1878-1943).
	Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Reading:	A Conversation with Orly Castel-Bloom Come and join in a discussion with Orly Castel-Bloom, a leading figure in the world of Israeli culture today, as she reads from her latest book, Human Parts, newly translated into English (David R. Godine, 2003). Orly Castel-Bloom is considered one of the most outstanding writers of the eighties generation, which brought about a significant change in Hebrew literature. She has published five novels and four short-story collections. Her writing provokes intense reactions and much controversy. She received the 1990 Tel Aviv Prize for Literature for Where I Am and her book, Dolly City, has been included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Her latest novel, Human Parts, follows three characters through the worst winter Israel has ever seen, and celebrates the power of the human spirit in the face of disaster.
	Friday, October 31, 2003 1:00 - 2:30 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Through the Eyes of Survivor Communities: Understanding Holocaust Memory A lecture by Dr. Jack Kugelmass, who holds the Irving and Miriam Lowe Professorship in Holocaust and Modern Jewish Studies, and is the Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Arizona State University. Dr. Kugelmass is also currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, and is co-author of From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry (Indiana University Press, 1998). A reflection on the plethora of narrative and recounting immediately after WWII, looking at some of the earliest Holocaust testimonies in Yiddish. What is the significance of narrative in the transmission and reception of such testimonies?
	Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:30 - 11:00 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Spring Term 2003
Film:	Desperate Hours A Documentary Film by Producer/Director Victoria Barrett (Executive Producers: Michael Berenbaum and Victoria Barrett Desperate Hours is a new film that tells the inspiring story of how Turkey protected its Jewish citizens and provided safe harbor for Jews of many nationalities during World War II. The film reminds us that there were courageous souls who fought back against the Nazi regime.
	Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Disque Hall, Room 108 Drexel University 32nd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Conflict and Creation: Biblical and Babylonian Versions A lecture by Dr. Mark Smith Skirball Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Studies New York University Most people think of there being one version of creation in the Bible, namely in the opening of the book of Genesis.  This talk will compare Genesis 1 with other versions of creation in the Bible (Psalms 74 and 104). These biblical versions will be further situated within their wider ancient Middle Eastern context by comparing them with the Babylonian and Canaanite creation epics.
	Thursday, May 8, 2003 9:30 - 10:45 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Transformations in Israeli Society A lecture by David Macarov Professor Emeritus Paul Baerwald School of Social Work Hebrew University Professor Macarov will review societal developments during the Ottoman and British regimes, the kibbutz at that time, as well as more recent events.
	Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Winter Term 2003
Concert:	A Sephardic Concert The Drexel University Judaic Studies Program in cooperation with Society Hill Synagogue presents A SEPHARDIC CONCERT, featuring Beth Am Israel's Shira Hadasha and Youth Choirs. Directed by Alexander Botwinik, and accompanied by an ensemble of musicians: Marvin Weinberger, violin, Art Cohen, guitar, Naomi Cohen, flute, Jonathan Forstater, percussion, Alexander Botwinik, piano. The concert will include songs of the Sephardic tradition: songs of Shabbat, Hanuka, Pesakh; songs in Hebrew, Ladino, Turkish, Arabic; songs of Yemen, Morocco and Italy.
	Sunday, March 9, 2003 4:00 pm Society Hill Synagogue 418 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Chaim Potok's Views on Cultural Confrontation as explored in My Name is Asher Lev Dr. Rena Potok, daughter of Chaim Potok, and a member of the English Department at University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the crossing of cultural boundaries in her father's masterpiece novel, My Name is Asher Lev.
	Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:30 - 11:00 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Fall Term 2002
Lecture:	Anatomy of a Classic: Milton Steinberg's As A Driven Leaf in Its Context Dr. Jonathan Steinberg, renowned scholar of European history, will share with us a contemporary analysis of his father's classic work of fiction. Dr. Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History and Chair, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania.
	Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:00 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	The Jews, the Bible, and International Relations Dr. Harvey Sicherman, President and Director, Foreign Policy Research Institute, will talk about the following--What is the biblical view of international relations, war and peace? And what is the role of the Jews and the Jewish state in a world of many nations and states? Dr. Sicherman will cover these subjects, drawing upon biblical views and their development in Jewish thought through the long period of exile and the evolution of modern Zionism.
	Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:30 - 10:30 am Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Summer Term 2002
Film Showing:	The Case of Jonathan Pollard A sneak preview of the new video documentary The Case of Jonathan Pollard, by Amiram Amitai, Producer and Videographer, and Eran Preis, Director and Co-Producer. There will be a discussion following the showing led by Amiram Amitai, Adjunct Professor of Judaic Studies. The Case of Jonathan Pollard is a 78-minute video documentary about the intriguing ongoing saga of the imprisoned spy who has been behind bars for the last 15 years. It depicts a complex and controversial man, Jonathan Pollard - a young Jewish American U.S. Navy Intelligence analyst and a passionate Zionist ideologue - who broke the law of his country in order to obey his personal moral code. The documentary tells the story of his spying, his arrest, sentencing for life, the harshness of prison life, the struggle to free him, his later adoption of Orthodoxy, Israel's recent involvement, and his self-imposed alienation from his family and supporters.
	Tuesday, August 13, 2002 — 4:00 to 6:30 pm Stein Auditorium Nesbitt Hall Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets (northeast corner) Philadelphia, PA
Spring Term 2002
Lecture:	An American Jew in Stalinist Russia:    Mary Leder's Journey A lecture by Dr. Laurie Bernstein, Associate Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies at Rutgers University, Camden and Mary M. Leder, Author of My Life in Stalinist Russia: An American Woman Looks Back. Released in 2002 in paperback by Indiana University Press. In 1931, sixteen-year-old Mary Mackler accompanied her parents from Santa Monica, California to Birobidzhan, a part of the Soviet Union that Stalin had designated as the Jewish socialist homeland. After a few weeks, she left her family, traveling 5,000 miles on the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Moscow, armed only with faith that "nothing bad could happen to you in a socialist country." That faith was unwarranted. The Soviet government forced her parents to leave the USSR in 1933, and refused to let Mary accompany them. For more than thirty years she struggled to make a home in the Soviet Union. Yet she always felt -- and was constantly reminded -- that she was an outsider: an American AND a Jew. My Life in Stalinist Russia: An American Woman Looks Back is her story.
	Tuesday, May 21, 2002 — 2:00 to 3:30 pm 2020 MacAlister Hall Drexel University 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	A Few Words in the Mother Tongue:    Yiddish and the Contemporary Jewish Writer A lecture by Irena Klepfisz, author of A Few Words in the Mother Tongue: Poems Selected and New (1971-1990) (The Eighth Mountain Press, 1990) Irena Klepfisz is an award-winning poet and author of poetry collections, including Periods of Stress, and Keeper of Accounts. Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1941, Irena Klepfisz came to the USA at age eight. Educated in the Workman's Circle Yiddish schools, she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She has taught courses on Yiddish language, culture, and translation. Currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in Women's Studies at Barnard College, she is a translator of the work of Yiddish women writers.
	Tuesday, May 7, 2002 — 1:30 to 3:00 pm Theater JCCs Klein Branch 10100 Jamison Road (at Red Lion Road) Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	From Nazi Germany to Rural New York:    The Untold Story of German-Jewish Cattle Dealers A lecture by Dr. Rhonda Levine, Professor of Sociology at Colgate University, and author of Class, Networks, and Idenity: Replanting Jewish Lives From Nazi Germany to Rural New York (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001) Professor Levine will document a little known aspect of the Jewish experience in America. Hear a fascinating account of how a group of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany came to dominate cattle dealing in south central New York and maintain a Jewish identity even while residing in small towns and villages that are overwhelmingly Christian. Dr. Levine's research shows the unique role played by women in managing the transition to the United States, in helping their husbands accumulate capital, and in recreating a German Jewish community. Her studies show, in general, how social structure, class, ethnicity, and gender interact to account for immigrant adaptation and mobility.
	Thursday, April 25, 2002 — 3:30 to 5:00 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	The Faith of Survivors After the Holocaust:    The Search for Meaning A lecture by Bea Hollander-Goldfein, Ph.D. and Jennie Goldenberg of the Transcending Trauma Project, Penn Council for Relationships. The Transcending Trauma Project (TTP) is a psychological study of Holocaust survivors, their spouses, children and grandchildren, which focuses on the coping mechanisms used by survivors to rebuild their lives after suffering severe trauma and loss. This lecture will use data from the TTP to explore two related aspects of coping: faith and the search for meaning after the Holocaust. How have survivors' faith systems been strengthened, altered, or irrevocably lost as a result of their traumatic experiences? What role does the search for meaning play in reconstructing one's life after trauma? In our current troubling, dangerous times, survivors of the Holocaust have much to teach us about courage, strength, and resilience.
	Tuesday, April 16, 2002 — 3:30 to 5:00 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Winter Term 2002
Lecture:	Jewish Women Welcome the Sabbath:    Yiddish Prayers for Kindling Sabbath Lights A lecture by Dr. Chava Weissler, who is the Philip and Muriel Berman Chair of Jewish Civilization at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Women in early modern Central and Eastern Europe recited special prayers, called "tekhines," in Yiddish, their spoken language. Chava Weissler will introduce the tekhines and some of their authors, and then discuss the prayers for kindling lights at the onset of the Sabbath. Tekhines give us a unique window into the world of women's piety, showing how women's spiritual concerns ranged from the domestic to the transcendent. Professor Weissler is the author of Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women (Beacon Press, 1998).
	Thursday, February 7, 2002 — 3:30 to 5:00 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room 302 Hagerty Library Drexel University 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture and Booksigning:	Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust Veteran New York Times reporter Joseph Berger will share his memoir about his parents, who came to the USA, along with the 140,000 Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, between 1947 and 1953, to raise a family and make a new life. His story is a little-known slice of Holocaust history. His sensitive eye and voice provide a compelling contribution to the chronicles produced by sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors. No one articulates better an appreciation of the vanished world of European Jewry, while guiding us through the adventures of a child, who is a newcomer to American culture of the '50s and '60s. Mr. Berger is the author of Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust (Scribner, 2001).
	Thursday, February 28, 2002 — 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Behrakis Grand Hall Creese Student Center Chestnut Street between 32nd and 33rd Streets Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Fall Term 2001
Lecture:	Memories of Jewish Life in A Polish Village: 1930-1949 Artist and Holocaust survivor Toby Knobel Fluek will present and discuss slides of her paintings and drawings which depict traditional Jewish life in a small Polish village before WWII. She will also describe her experience during the war years, and during the Holocaust. This is an unparalleled expression of traditional Jewish culture during the early 1930s, through the tragic war years and ending in the reconstruction of life after the war. This is the first opportunity for Philadelphia audiences to see Ms. Fluek's work and hear her story. Toby Knobel Fluek is the author of the books, Memories of My Life in a Polish Village 1930-1949 (Knopf, 1990) and Passover As I Remember It (Knopf, 1994).
	Thursday, November 8, 2001 — 4 to 5:30 pm Drexel University Living Arts Lounge of the Mandell Theater 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Open House:	Reception for Students, Faculty, and Staff of Drexel University All students, faculty and staff of Drexel University are cordially invited to an Open House to celebrate the opening of the new headquarters of the Judaic Studies Program.
	Thursday, November 15, 2001 — 4 to 6 pm Stern Judaic Studies Seminar Room W. W. Hagerty Library, Room 331 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Home Away From Home: Jewish Immigrant Associations in the USA and Israel A lecture by Dr. Hannah Kliger, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Senior Research Investigator, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and author of Jewish Hometown Associations and Family Circles in New York: The WPA Yiddish Writers' Group Study (Indiana University Press). In 1939, there were more Jewish hometown associations in New York City than synagogues. Come and learn about these immigrant groups also known as landsmanshaft, farein, or "the society." Do you remember your parents and grandparents going off to Saturday night meetings at these clubs? Bring any memorabilia to share and discuss with us. The lecture will explore the often overlooked history of immigrant associations of many ethnic groups which supplied free loans, business contacts, health and burial benefits, and camaraderie for newcomers.
	Monday, November 26, 2001 — 10 to 11:30 am Drexel University Room 331 Hagerty Library 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA
Spring Term 2001
Trip:	Trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City Each year The Drexel University Interfaith Council sponsors this trip to a museum which educates about the Holocaust. Join us for a thought-provoking, informative day at this important museum. Pleae obtain a sign-up form in the Dean of Students Office, Room 215 Creese Hall. Fill it out and return it with a $5 deposit (refundable to students upon attendance) to Valerie Gibbs in the Dean of Students Office by April 23, 2001.
	Wednesday, May 2, 2001 — 8:45 am to 5:00 pm Bus leaves from Creese Student Center at 8:45 am. 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Immigrant Style: Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews in Mexico Dr. Adina Cimet, project director and lecturer at YIVO Institute in New York and author of The Ashkenazi Jews in Mexico: Ideologies in the Structuring of a Community, will speak on the cultural differences of Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews in Mexico, her native country.
	Friday, May 18, 2001 — 11 am to 12:30 pm 4011 MacAlister Hall 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Megillas Vintz: A Jewish Community Creates Ritual and Memorial Dr. Rivka Ulmer, Visiting Scholar in the Jewish Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania lectures. This fascinating story of piety and religious observance in 17th century Frankfurt am Main will be accompanied by illustrations and music. The commemoration of communal catastrophe was marked for a few hundred years by a special Purim and chanting of a local megillah. Dr. Ulmer is the author of a new critical study of the Yiddish and Hebrew text.
	Thursday, May 24, 2001 — 3:30 to 5:00 pm 2020 MacAlister Hall 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Winter Term 2001
Lecture:	Did Anti-Black Racism Begin in Post-Biblical Judaism? Dr. David Goldenberg of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania will talk on evidence of racism in Jewish texts.
	Thursday, January 11, 2001 — 3:30 to 5:00 pm 2020 MacAlister Hall 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	The Archaeology of Jerusalem from King David to Sultan Suleiman Dr. Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, archeologist and lecturer, will treat us to a slide-tour and presentation on the rich architectural legacy of the city of Jerusalem. Together we will visit archaeological remains and standing structures of the holiest buildings of the Jewish, Roman, Christian, and Moslem periods.
	Monday, February 26, 2001 — 5 to 6:30 pm University Club Reserve Room MacAlister Hall, 6th Floor 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Fall Term 2000
Special Appearance:	Miriam Riselle Ms. Riselle, star of the Yiddish films Tevye and The Singing Blacksmith and niece of the legendary Yiddish actor and director Maurice Schwartz will help us explore what it was like to make movies in 1939! From her we will hear first-hand recollections of her famous uncle and other luminaries of the world of Yiddish letters, music, and stage.
	Thursday, November 9, 2000 — 11 am to 12:30 pm 2020 MacAlister Hall 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Reception:	An Afternoon of Jewish Persian Culture In honor of Dr. Vera Basch Moreen's new book, In Queen Esther's Garden: An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature (Yale University Press).
	Sunday, September 24, 2000 — 4 to 6 pm The Living Arts Lounge The Mandell Theater 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Spring Term 2000
Lecture:	The Rorshach Records of Nazi War Criminals: Historical Perspectives and Current Research given by Dr. Eric A. Zillmer, Professor of Pychology and Director of Athletics at Drexel University, and co-author of The Quest for the Nazi Personality: A Psychological Investigation of Nazi War Criminals.
	May 25, 2000 — 3:30 to 5 pm 2020 MacAlister Hall 33rd and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, PA
Lecture:	Modern Artists of the Jewish Song: Building on the Past, Looking to the Future given by Robert Freedman, curator of the Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archives, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania.
	May 17, 2000 5 to 6:30 pm Ruth Auditorium Nesbitt Hall 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA

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