2010-11 Events

October 25, 2010.  “Israeli Cinema’s Self-Image and the Documentaries of David Perlov.”  Screening and Panel Discussion.  Primary sponsor: Department of Cinema and Media Studies.

October 28, 2010. “Jewish Musicians at the Court of Henry VIII.”  Concert and Discussion by Fretwork. Co-sponsored with the University of Chicago Presents.

October 29, 2010.  “Birds on Fire – Jewish Music for Viols.”  Concert by Fretwork.  Primary sponsor: The University of Chicago Presents.

April 28-30, 2011. A Film Unfinished. Film screening and discussions with director Yael Hersonski.  Events dedicated to the memory of Miriam Bratu Hansen.  Co-sponsored with Doc Films, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, the Film Studies Center, and the Human Rights Program.

May 1, 2011.  “Yom-Shoa: The New Budapest Orpheum Society Commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day.”  Concert by the New Budapest Orpheum Society.  Primary Sponsor: Department of Music.

January 27-28, 2011. “Spiritual Exercises: From Antiquity to the Present.” Funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund. Co-sponsored by the France-Chicago Center and the Divinity School.

February 22, 2011. “Irish and Jewish Identities: Links and Parallels.” Funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund. Co-sponsored by Nicholson Center for British Studies, the Center for International Studies, and the Department of History.

March 6, 2011. “Eliezer Berkovits Symposium.” Made possible through the generous support of Philip R. and Yvonne Haag. Co-sponsored by the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies.

April 7, 2011. “Jewish City Music.”  Primary sponsor: Department of Music.

May 5-6, 2011. “Hypocrisy and Dissimulation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” Funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund and the Aronberg Fund of the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Co-sponsored by  the Committee on Social Thought, the Divinity School, and the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

The June and Harold Patinkin Lecture with Illana Pardes. November 18-19, 2010. The June and Harold Patinkin Lecture supports lectures related to modern Israeli studies, such as the history and establishment of Israel, Israeli government, politics, political parties, and culture. Past lecturers include Shimshon Zelniker (2007) and Matti Bunzl (2006).

The Sarah (Bunny) and Leo Horvitz Memorial Lecture in Jewish Studies with Meir Shalev. March 3-4, 2011. The Sarah (Bunny) and Leo Horvitz Memorial Lecture in Jewish Studies supports lectures in the field of Jewish Studies and alternates yearly with the Gossett Lecture. The Horvitz Lecturer for 2008-9 was Saul Friedlander.

Esther Dischereit. “Before the High Holy Days, the House was Full of Whisperings and Rustlings.” A lecture and workshop on October 7 and 8, 2010, respectively. Funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund. Co-sponsored by the Germanics Department and the Newberger Hillel Center.

Aron Rodrigue. “The First Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Memoir: Sa’adi Halevi and Ottoman Jewish Salonica in the 19th Century.”  May 16, 2011.  Funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund.  Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Modern Jewish and Israeli History. Six lectures funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund and the Aronberg Fund. This series was organized by Leora Auslander (History) and Orit Bashkin (NELC). Co-sponsored with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Department of History, and the France Chicago Center.

• Lisa Leff, “The Archive Handler: Zosa Szajkowski and the Salvaging of French Jewish History,” November 4, 2010.
• Daniel Tsadik, “Shi’ite-Jewish Relations in the Late 19th to the Early 20th Century Iran,” November 17, 2010.
• Julia Phillips Cohen, “Sephardi Jews & Imperial Belonging in the Late Ottoman Empire,” January 5, 2011.
• Lisa Silverman, “A Modern Passion Play: Philipp Halsmann on Trial in Interwar Austria,” February 23, 2011.
• Matthias Lehmann, “Philanthropic Networks and the Jews of Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: the Making of a Modern Jewish Diaspora,” April 14, 2011.
• Paul Lerner, “In Search of Cosmopolitan Consumption:  Jews, Department Stores and Modern Mass Consumption in Germany,” May 19, 2011.

Jewish Communities of the Second Temple Period. Four lectures by funded by the Harriet and Ulrich Meyer Fund and the Aronberg Fund. This series was organized by Simi Chavel (Divinity) and Jeff Stackert (Divinity). Co-sponsored with the Divinity School.

• Jonathan Ben-Dov, “Jewish Calendars and Sects in the Hellenistic Period,” October 4, 2010.
• Sandra Gambetti, “The Jews in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt: A case apart?” October 25, 2010.
• Alejandro Botta, “Markers of Identity in the Jewish Colony of Elephantine,” February 1, 2011.
• Steven Weitzman, “The Samaritans and other Troublesome Doubles from Jewish Antiquity,” February 28, 2011