This talk examines the celebration of Purim in early modern Italy and the emergence of local Purims, unique commemorations established by Jewish communities to mark moments of deliverance from persecution and…
Empire, Law, Violence and the Jews: A Late Antique and Early Medieval Workshop
Co-conveners: Professor Christine Hayes and Professor Simcha Gross
Mar 17, 2025
(All Day)
Since the 6th c. BCE, Judeans and later Jews have been organized as a distinct community living within – or in the shadow of -- a succession of empires. Jewish communal structures, models of leadership,…
The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Century (Stanford University Press) is an award-winning book by Matthias B. Lehmann. Prof. Lehmann will discuss his book in a Zoom webinar.
Is the writing of Jewish history possible without tears and tales of woe? This was the challenge leveled nearly a hundred years ago by perhaps the most influential Jewish historian in the United States, Salo Baron.…
Steven Fassberg is Professor of Linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He will deliver an introduction to the ties and connections between contemporary/Modern Hebrew language and its various ancient…
