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VIDEO | The History of a Page: Reflecting on the Talmud as a Physical Book (and What I’ve Learned Since My Stroum Lecture 23 Years Ago)
David Stern (Harvard University) explains how the Talmud evolved over the ages in this update to his 1997 Stroum Lecture in Jewish Studies.
VIDEO | Writing Trauma, from the Holocaust to the Pandemic: Poetry from Immigrant Jewish Writers from the Former Soviet Union
RSVP for Zoom linkJulia Kolchinsky Dasbach and Luisa Muradyan discuss their poetry with faculty member Sasha Senderovich.
VIDEO | American Christians and the Holy Land: Before, During and After Contemporary Pilgrimages to Israel/Palestine
RSVP for Zoom linkHillary Kaell discusses the modern phenomenon of American Christian pilgrimage trips to Israel/Palestine and how American Christians make sense of these experiences.
VIDEO | Ghetto: The History of a Word
Zoom 0Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) will give a talk on the history of the word "ghetto" from 16th-century Venice until today.
VIDEO | The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: Dina Danon in Conversation with Devin E. Naar
RSVP for Zoom linkDina Danon (Binghamton University) will discuss her new book, "The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History."
GRAD COLLOQUIUM | Sephardic Experiences of Modernity: Newspapers, Migrants and Midwives
Zoom 02020-2021 graduate fellows discuss Ladino newspapers, Ottoman Jews in Seattle, and Jewish midwives at the turn of the 20th century.
GRAD COLLOQUIUM | Tradition and Continuity: Jewish Cultural History Through Art, Music and Travelogue
Graduate fellows Ke Guo, Abby Massrano and Jeffrey Haines present on modern Sephardic music, ancient art, and medieval writing.