Past Events

Events



The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, and Palestinians

Feb 17, 2021 at -

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American Jewish Musical Encounters

Feb 9, 2021 at -

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Virtual Book Launch -- The Diary: The Epic of Everyday Life

Feb 3, 2021 at -

The Diary: The Epic of Everyday Life was published by Indiana University Press in 2020, and edited by Batsheva Ben-Amos and Dan Ben-Amos.

 

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Todd Gitlin on "The Pathos of Chosenness: Who are the Jews if not Exceptional?"

Dec 9, 2020 at -

Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Columbia University

Presented by Penn’s Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Wolf Humanities Center



Elective Affinities: Reading Benjamin Reading Kafka colloquium

Dec 5, 2020 at -

The Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures is pleased to invite you to a day-long colloquium on Elective Affinities: Reading Benjamin Reading Kafka on Saturday,…



Tracing the History of a Toxic Present: Antisemitism and Resurgent Ethnonationalism

Nov 19, 2020 at -

In this 24th Annual Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Lecture in Judaic Studies, Dr. Alexandra Minna Stern will shed light on the role of antisemitism in resurgent ethnonationalism.

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"From the Ottoman Empire to Auschwitz: Sephardic Jews and the Holocaust" with Devin E. Naar

Nov 10, 2020 at -

Although usually understood as a "European" event, the Holocaust also resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews born in the Muslim world of the Ottoman Empire (e. g., today's Greece). Grappling with the…



"“Whoever is hungry, come and eat”: On the Origins and Winding Reception of a Puzzling Passover Passage"

Nov 9, 2020 at

The Workshop in the History of Material Texts

Simcha Gross (Penn): "“Whoever is hungry, come and eat”: On the Origins and Winding Reception of a Puzzling Passover Passage"We are virtual for fall 2020! All are…



The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Reflections from Scholars and Writers on Life before and after America’s Deadliest Antisemitic Attack

Oct 26, 2020 at -

On October 27, 2018, during a Shabbat service, a gunman shot and killed eleven people in the Tree of Life Synagogue-Or L'Simcha Congregation in Pittsburgh, including Penn alumnus Jerry Rabinowitz. As the deadliest…



ONLINE: The Ashkenazi Kitchen in America: Joseph Alexander Colloquium

Oct 15, 2020 at -

Award-winning author Darra Goldstein will speak about how Ashkenazi Jews adapted to life in America through their food.

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