Fall 2014
SEPT 12 | roundtable
Fall of the Wall Campus Round Table Discussion
Kristallnacht and November 9th in German History
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2:30-4 p.m. | Lattie F. Coor Hall, room 4403 | ASU Tempe campus
Co-sponsored by: Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C.; School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies; School of International Letters & Cultures; Jewish Studies
OCT 6 | Jewish Argentinian Lecture Series (in Spanish) | NEH Seminar on Jewish Buenos Aires
Ana María Shua
The Cultural Project of the 1976-83 Argentine Military Dictatorship: Imposition and Resistance
4:30 p.m. | Language and Literature Building, room 105 | ASU Tempe campus
Organized by David W. Foster and co-sponsored by the School of International Letters & Cultures
OCT 7 | Jewish Argentinian Lecture Series (in Spanish with English translation) | NEH Seminar on Jewish Buenos Aires
Sylvio Fabrykant
Argentine Cumbia Stars and Other Marginal Subjects: A Photographer's Experience
1:30 p.m. | Language and Literature Building, room 270 | ASU Tempe campus
Organized by David W. Foster and co-sponsored by the School of International Letters & Cultures
NOV 12 | panel discussion: Jewish Approaches To Healing
Jews and Healing: a Panel of Scholars
7 p.m. | Congregation Or Tzion - Thunderbird Campus
suggested donation: $18
facilitator: Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Arizona State University
panelists: Dr. Howard Silverman, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix; Rabbi John Linder, Temple Solel; Rabbi Micah Caplan, Congregation Or Tzion
Spring 2015
FEB 12 | 2015 Harold and Jean Grossman Lectures in Jewish Thought
Sarah Pessin, University of Denver
reservations not required
Rethinking Ibn Gabirol’s “Jewish God”: Divine Will, Divine Desire, and the Greek Ground of Unknowing
4:30 p.m. | Lattie F. Coor Hall, room 4403 | ASU Tempe
Must Greek and Jewish philosophers have different conceptions of God? Learn how centuries of scholars have misread one particular Jewish thinker as opposing the Greek theological insights that inform his encounter with God, world, and self. In our examination, we challenge the myth of a “creating” vs. an “emanating” Jewish God, and we reflect on the nature of Neoplatonic God-language as a shared form of “unknowing” in Greek and in Jewish contexts. more
FEB 16 | lecture
Jeffrey S. Gurock, Yeshiva University
Race, Class and Neighborhood: Jews and African-Americans in Gotham
1 p.m. | Lattie F. Coor Hall, room 4403 | ASU Tempe
The mid-1960s witnessed a turning point in Jewish-African American relationships in New York City, but the extent of the challenges that both communities faced were largely dependent on class and neighborhood factors. Professor Jeffrey Gurock will examine the key elements in inter-racial relations of that era which set patterns that would continue for generations to come. download flyer
FEB 23 | 2015 Albert and Liese Eckstein Scholar-in-Residence
Ken Frieden, B.G. Rudolph Chair in Judaic Studies, Syracuse University
Travelling to Zion and Beyond: Sea Travel, Translation and the Rise of Modern Literature 10:30 a.m. | Lattie F. Coor Hall, room 4403 | ASU Tempe
American Cinema and the Yiddish Tradition 7 p.m. | lecture | Arizona Jewish Historical Society | Cutler✡Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center
Ken Frieden is the author of Classic Yiddish Fiction, and anthologies of Yiddish literature in translation, such as Tales of Mendele the Book Peddler and Classic Yiddish Stories. He edits the series Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art; translates from Yiddish and Hebrew; and has edited collections of short stories by Israeli authors Etgar Keret and David Ehrlich.
MAR 22 | student award recipient recognition Joan Frazer Memorial Award for Judaism and the Arts at Arizona State University 2 p.m. | Temple Chai | 4645 East Marilyn Road, Phoenix
Join us for a special reception, as we recognize the accomplishments of the 2014-2015 Joan Frazer Memorial Award for Judaism and the Arts Recipients. Students will present their completed projects.
Joseph Finkel musicology Embracing Jewishness in Artistic Composition: Alvin Curran’s Crystal Psalms, a Case Study
Garrett Johnson music history & literature Alchemy and Technocracy in Richard Teitelbaum’s Golem: An Interactive Opera (1990-92)
Elizabeth Schildkret theatre for youth The Holocaust Remembrance Day Project: Examining Heroism and Memory in the play, Dr. Korczak and the Children with High School Students
APR 15 | The Holocaust Remembrance Day Project: Dr. Korczak and the Children
Wednesday, April 15 | 7 p.m. J. Russell and Bonita Nelson Fine Arts Center, studio 133 51 East 10th Street, Tempe
The Holocaust Remembrance Day Project is a performance event created around the play, Dr. Korczak and the Children, which examines heroism and memory in the Holocaust through the life of Dr. Janusz Korczak. This performance event, staged on Yom Ha’Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), includes a talk by Dr. Erika Hughes; a staged reading of Dr. Korczak and the Children; and a post-show discussion/workshop aout memory and heroism.
this event is supported by: Joan Frazer Memorial Award in Judaism & the Arts at Arizona State University,a designated scholarship of the Jewish Studies Program; the Jewish Studies Program, an academic unit of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and School of Film, Dance and Theatre, an academic unit of the Hebrerger Institute for Design and the Arts
APR 27 | student award recipient recognition
Jewish Studies Celebrates Our Outstanding Students
7 p.m. | Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge (202) | ASU Tempe
Join us for a dessert reception and evening of celebration, as we recognize the accomplishments of Jewish Studies award recipients. Selected students will give a brief presentation of their research and share their experiences funded by endowments generously established by Jewish Studies donors.