Jewish Studies Events
Fall 2020 Events in Jewish Studies
All in the Fall of 2020 will be virtual. RSVPs are required for these events. We remain committed to our mission to support a learning community in addition to our virtual events, and we will be sending weekly readings, making book and film recommendations. Please join our mailing list.
Tuesday, August 18, 4 p.m.
Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin, a conversation between the artist Siona Benjamin and art historian Ori Soltes. Watch Blue Like Me.
Wednesday, September 9, 4 p.m.
A Lens onto the Jewish Past: How do Prints of Eastern European Jewish Life Speak to Us Today? A lecture by Susan Chevlowe, the Director and Chief Curator of Derfner Judaica and The Art Collection. Watch "A Lens onto the Jewish Past."
Thursday, Sept 24, 4 p.m.
Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies
Feminine Power in the History of American Jewish Museums
A lecture by Ariel Cohen, University of Virginia with Susan Chewlove as a respondent. Co-presented with the NYPL and the Jewish Museum. Watch "Feminine Power in the History of American Jewish Museums"
Thursday, October 22, 1 p.m.
Fordham and Les Enluminures present
“Go Forth and Learn”: The Artist Joel ben Simeon and a Newly Discovered Hebrew Manuscript
A joint program between Fordham's Center for Jewish Studies and Les Enluminures, featuring Sandra Hindman, Sharon Liberman Mintz, Nina Rowe, with a keynote by Katrin Kogman-Appel
October 14 - November 12: Visiting Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series
Moshe Rosman
A Short History of Jewish Gender
Wednesday, October 14, 12 p.m.
Lecture 1: The Genesis of Jewish Gender: From the Bible to the Baal Shem Tov
With a response by Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Fordham University. Watch.
Wednesday, October 28, 12 p.m.
Lecture 2: Jewish Gender Expressed: The Synagogue and Other Institutions
With a response by Debra Kaplan, Bar Ilan University. Watch.
Wednesday, November 4, 12 p.m.
Lecture 3: Jewish Gender under Review: Early Modern Ambivalence
With a response by Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University. Watch.
Wednesday, November 11, 12 p.m.
Lecture 4: Well-Behaved Women Undermining Jewish Gender, Part I: Leah Horowitz as the Jewish Mary Wollstonecraft?
With a response by Elisheva Baumgarten, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Watch.
Wednesday, November 18, 12 p.m.
Lecture 5: Well-Behaved Women Undermining Jewish Gender, Part II: Glickl Hamel as a Model Jewish Grandmother?
With a response by Ruth von Bernuth, University of North Carolina.
Sunday, November 22, 1 p.m.
Nina Rowe, “The Illuminated World Chronicle: Tales from the Late Medieval City” in conversation with Ephraim Shoham-Steiner
Tuesday, December 1, 4 p.m.
Sarit Kattan Gribetz, “Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism" in conversation with Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Thursday, December 3, 6 p.m.
Nancy Sinkoff, “From Left to Right,” a conversation about Lucy Dawidowicz and Polish-Jewish relations.
Wednesday, December 9, 4:30 p.m.
Alon Tam, "Nostalgia: Remembering the Jewish Community in Egypt"
Presented jointly by Columbia University's Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and Fordham University's Center for Jewish Studies
Learn more and RSVP for Nostalgia: Remembering the Jewish Community in Egypt
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All events are possible through the generosity of The Joseph Alexander Foundation, The Knapp Family Foundation, The Picket Family Foundation, the Shvidler Gift Fund to Fordham University, and individual donations from friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham.