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Fall 2006 Calendar of Events
Exhibition: Jews at Emory: Faces of a Changing University
September 10, 2006-January 6, 2007
Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library
10th floor, Woodruff Library, Emory University (open to visitors M-F, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.)
Since the earliest days of Emory University's history in Atlanta, Jews have been a significant presence at Emory where they have served as important symbols of change during the university's transformation from a regional Methodist college into a national research institution. This ongoing exhibit features photographs, documents and artifacts drawn from the Geffen Family Papers and from the Emory University Archives.
Opening program Sunday, September 10th, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Joseph W. Jones Room, Level 3, Woodruff Library
Speakers Dr. Rela Mintz Geffen, daughter of Joel Geffen (1922 College), Hon. Elliott Levitas (1952 College, 1956 Law), Brenda Mooney (1976 College), and Dan Israel (1989 College) will share experiences of Jewish life at Emory
(RSVP to the e-mail address above, or 404-727-6301 by September 5th)
Cosponsored by the Emory University Archives; the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library; Emory Hillel; and the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies.
Avi Hurwitz Lecture
Avi Hurvitz, Caspar Levias Professor Emeritus of ancient Semitic languages at Hebrew University, and the foremost scholar on late Biblical Hebrew in the world, will be speaking on the topic:
"Continuity and Change in the Linguistic History of Biblical Hebrew".
Wednesday, September 13th, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Cannon Chapel 106
(light vegetarian supper included at 5:30, lecture to begin at 6:00)
Sponsored by the Graduate Department of Religion, with co-sponsorship from the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, and the Candler School of Theology
The 2006 Decalogue Lecture in Law and Religion
'Maimonides: Science Generates Faith'
featuring Professor David Blumenthal, Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion; with respondent Michael S. Berger, Associate Professor of Religious Authority and Ethics in Judaism and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, and chair Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law and Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion.
September 18th, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Emory University School of Law, Tull Auditorium, 1301 Clifton Road
(kosher reception to follow)
free and open to the public
Israel Study Abroad Information Session
For any students interested in learning more about study abroad in Israel, there will be an information session at the CIPA Office at 1385 Oxford Road
Thursday, September 21st, 5:00 p.m.
A Professor's Trial
Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor and Director of the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, will lecture on her recent high-profile court case against Holocaust denier David Irving
Part of Emory's Department of Women's Studies Fall 2006 Colloquia Series
Monday, September 25th, White Hall 102, 4:00 p.m.
Saul Viener Tribute
Memorial tribute to Saul Viener, former president of the Southern Jewish Historical Society
Jones Room, 3rd floor, Woodruff Library
Wednesday, September 27th
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Mediterranean Archaeology Lecture Series
"Gleanings from the Excavations of Tel Dan, Israel", a lecture by David Ilan, Director of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Institure of Religion
Tuesday, October 3rd, 7:00 p.m. Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall
"New Discoveries in Jerusalem Related to Temple Mount", a lecture by Dan Bahat, one of Israel's leading archaeologists and a senior lecturer at the Land Of Israel Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is an expert on the Temple Mount, Herod's Palace, and the 1,600 foot tunnel that runs under the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount.
Thursday, November 2nd, 7:00 p.m., White Hall 112
Eric Goldstein's "The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity"
Book Talk and Signing
In this original, bold and well-researched inquiry into the complicated intersections of "race" and Jewish-American identity, Emory University's Eric Goldstein explores how Jewish immigrants gradually began to understand themselves as "white" (i.e., fully European) when most of America did not.
Q & A session will follow presentation
Thursday, October 5th, 1:30 p.m.
Bremen Museum, 1440 Spring St. NW
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist David Krakauer continues to expand the boundaries of music. One of the most original clarinetists of our time, Krakauer with the Klezmer Madness! ensemble infuses traditional klezmer music with rock, R&B, jazz, classical, funk, and hip-hop, appealing to those who remember yesterday's klezmer and to world music enthusiasts of today. This program has been warmly received at international festivals and such notable venues as the Library of Congress and La Cigale and New Morning in Paris. Krakauer will also hold a lecture/demonstration discussing his Jewish identity and music.
Friday, October 6th, 8:00 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Tickets are $48 for general public, WABE, ArtsCard members, patrons over 65 and under 18, and Emory Staff, $36; Emory students, $5
RELATED EVENTS:
"A Personal and Musical Journey Through Klezmer Music"
A lecture/demonstration by David Krakauer
Thursday, October 5th, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
Tharp Rehearsal Hall, Schwartz Center
"Hope, Guilt and the Value of Life: The Holocaust and its Impact on End-of-Life Decisions in Israel"
a lecture by Randy Linda Sturman, J.D., Ph.D.
Randy Linda Sturman earned her J.D. at the University of Florida College of Law and a Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She spent thirteen years working as a trial lawyer. Her current appointment is in the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia. Her recent book, "Six Lives in Jerusalem," focuses on the lives of six individuals grappling with different end-of-life decisions and is a product of research conducted in Jerusalem. These cases provide insight into the legal, medical, ethical and cultural issues that families and patients go through when having to deal with death. An unanticipated result of Dr. Sturman's research revealed the extent to which memories of the Holocaust impact medical decision-making. Dr. Sturman's case studies have brought to light themes relating to the experience of the Holocaust to patient care decisions and physician behavior.
Sponsored by the Center for Health, Culture and Society, the Institute for Liberal Arts, and the Institute for Jewish Studies
Thursday, October 12, 2006, 4:00 p.m.
ILA conference room, 415 South Callaway
"Reflections of a Hidden Child in Nazi-occupied France and an Exploration of How World War II Has Shaped the Heart, Mind and Soul of Contemporary France"
A lecture by Ruth Hartz, adjunct professor of French at Arcadia University, and world-renowened Holocaust Educator
Part of the Halle Institute Speaker Series
Co-sponsored by Alliance Francaise, the Institute for Jewish Studies, and the Department of French and Italian at Emory University
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006, 4:15-5:30 p.m.
White Hall, Room 206
"30 Years of Jewish Studies at Emory"
Panel discussion with long-standing members of the Jewish Studies faculty. Professors David Blumenthal, Oded Borowski, Benjamin Hary, and Deborah Lipstadt will share their reflections.
Wednesday, October 18th, 7:30 p.m.
Joseph W. Jones Room, 3rd Floor, Woodruff Library
Reception to follow
Sponsored by the Rabbi Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, the Emory University Archives, and the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University
Presented in conjunction with the exhibit "Jews at Emory: Faces of a Changing University" which will be open for viewing during the reception
Israeli Films at Emory - "Out of Sight"
This sensitive documentary follows Ya'Ara, a blind 24-year-old Ph.D student in Mathematics at Princeton, who returns to Israel upon receiving news of her cousin's suicide. When she investigates and discovers the horrible reasons behind her cousin's untimely death, Ya-Ara must redefine herself as a blind person.
Winner: Best Director for Daniel Syrkin, Israeli Academy Awards
The director will speak after the film.
Wednesday, November 1st, 8:00 p.m.
205 White Hall
Co-sponsored by Emory University's Film Studies department, the Rabbid Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, and Emory Hillel
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