Past Events

Penn Middle East Center, in collaboration with Cinema & Media Studies, Jewish Studies, and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, is pleased to present the 2020 edition of New Middle East Cinema.

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Zohar Weiman-Kelman will give a book talk on her recent book, Queer Expectations: A Genealogy of Jewish Women’s Poetry.

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"Revolutionizing American Judaism: The Jewish Counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s”

In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of young Jews set out to reinvent Jewish communal worship and social life…

The Collegium Institute invites you to attend a special lunchtime event at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School exploring Dual Allegiances in America: Christian, Jewish & Muslim…

One of the revolutions of Biblical law, which had an enduring impact on the Western tradition, is the idea of socio-economic legislation. The purpose of many biblical laws is to transfer resources to the…

In this lecture, Dr. Alon Tam will explore the social history of the Jewish community in Egypt, with a special emphasis on the city of Cairo, in the late 19 th century and the first half of the 20 th century.…

Come and enjoy a rehearsed reading of two monodramas, both very funny and moving, by well-known Israeli actor and director Roy Horovitz.

"When the Omelet Touches the Salad" is an award-winning drama, which…

Professor Charles Freilich, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at New York University and a former Israeli deputy national security adviser, will be speaking on his book, Israeli National Security: A New Strategy…