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Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania: News, Things to Do

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Join the Department of Religious Studies, the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins, and the Jewish Studies Program for a book launch of Prof. Steve Weitzman's Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World! Mar 19, 5:00pm, COLL 319

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"A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe" with Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan, Feb 17, 5:15pm, Class of '78 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt Library.

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"The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust," Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration Lecture with Lisa Silverman (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Monday, November 10, 5:15pm, Class of '55 Room, 248 Van Pelt Library.

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"All Consuming: Germans, Jews and the Meaning of Meat," with John Efron (UC Berkeley), Oct 21, 5:15p, Van Pelt Library, where he argues that meat has played an especially important role in the formation of Jewish & Christian identities in Germany from the Middle Ages until today.

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Tonight, 4/7, "German Jews, Political Pluralism, and the History of Compromise" with Philipp Nielsen (Penn Silvers Visiting Scholar from the Univ. of Groningen, Netherlands), 5pm, Class of 1955 Room, Van Pelt Library. Also Zoom webinar: https://t.co/Ppp17DhJLg

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Join us Thursday, Mar 27, at 12:30p for a Zoom webinar with Matthias Lehmann (University of Cologne) speaking on his award-winning book, "The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Century." Register here: https://t.co/4a1MHq99tU

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"Purim and Local Purims in Early Modern Italy: Tales of Freedom and Survival," with Martina Mampieri, Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at Penn, Tues. Mar 4 at 5 pm, 543 Williams Hall. Reception to follow.

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2/19, Translating Women Yiddish Poets: A conversation with Professor Kathryn Hellerstein (Penn professor of Yiddish), 6:00pm | Kelly Writers House. RSVP: https://t.co/riVUto6ckX

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2/19, To Hold a Mirror Up to Nature: The Case of Israeli Theater, Roy Horovitz (Bar-Ilan Univ), 4:45pm - 5:45pm | Penn Hillel, 215 S. 39th St. Readings and clips from outstanding theatrical performances to show the theatrical abundance and richness of Israeli cultural scene.

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2/18, Dating Saints: A Remarkable Late Medieval Hebrew Compendium of Astronomy and Calendars,
SIMS-Katz lecture, Sacha Stern (University College London) 5:15pm | Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion & via Zoom. Registration required: https://t.co/hG3GcyVKPF

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Nov 11, 5:15pm, 241 Van Pelt Library, Kerry Wallach (Gettysburg College) will be speaking on her new book, "Traces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit." This is our Kristallnacht memorial lecture.

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10/29, The Return to Sepharad: History and/as Fiction in Modern Jewish Literatures, with Dr. Marina Mayorski (Penn's Goldin Family Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies), 5pm, 543 Williams Hall.

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The term antisemitism invokes actions, arouses passions, and enflames debate. On Sun, Apr 7, Penn’s Jewish Studies Program will host a scholarly symposium on the history, meanings, and responses to antisemitism in the past and present. Register: https://t.co/sfKBrxTaao

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Join us Wed, 3/27, 5-6:30pm for talk with Ken Stern, attorney/author/director, Bard Center for Study of Hate, discussing how college campuses can best engage w/ deeply contested Israel & Palestine conflict. Penn students invited for meal & chance to share perspectives afterwards.

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Earlier this month, @pennjsp hosted a webinar featuring Derek J. Penslar, “The 1948 War in the Eyes of the World: From the Local to the Global."

Did you miss it? Never fear! Check it out on YouTube:
https://t.co/WUQxxedWye

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In case you missed it, you can watch "The Jewish Catalog Turns 50: Revolutionary Manifesto of DIY Judaism," with Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, Joshua Teplitsky, and Beth Wenger here: https://t.co/8XYscUaksA

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Starting now! Penn Jewish Studies Graduate Student Conference "Jews and Political Authority: Citizenship, Homeland, and Diaspora" https://t.co/qaYRT7we8y

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In case you missed it: We celebrated 50 years of the Jewish Catalog last Wednesday at the @weitzmanmuseum. https://t.co/qaNP8h4WMm

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Our program director, Joshua Teplitsky (@PennHistory), was featured in @Penn_Today working with two second-year students through PURM. They got the opportunity to explore Rabbi David Oppenheim’s grand collection of Jewish books. https://t.co/4Ng5hI7VwH