UCL Institute of Jewish Studies

Programme of lectures, conferences, and publications from scholars around the world. @ucl @uclhjs
💻Online on Zoom with special events in person at UCL.

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Bruno Schulz and the Jewish-Polish-Ukrainian Triangle free in-person event tonight 6pm GMT in the Masaryk room, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies,16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW

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Tonight - learn how two wars have transformed Russian and Ukrainian attitudes toward Israel and Jews. Free online lecture 6pm from David Fishman professor of Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary New York Register for zoom link https://t.co/jDN5TEuEJn

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Jewish childhood in Eastern Europe before and after the Holocaust - register for free online conference Thursday Feb 22 1-5pmGMT https://t.co/pGG55RT9rP

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Hear all about the sexual politics of Yiddish theatre in its heyday. Free Zoom lecture Wed Feb 7 6pm GMT on a Yiddish actor and a gender-bending play https://t.co/UXyBkVu3HB

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Explore the Jewish community of Odesa tonight, free online lecture 6pm GMT addressing how Jewish life in Ukraine has been affected since the 2022 Russian invasion and the responses of members and leadership amid challenging conditions of war and refuge. https://t.co/9rqlphGzBM

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Jews have been in Serbia since the 16th century. Learn about their exotic visual and literary culture Monday Jan 22 free online 2-6pmGMT https://t.co/RVY7Ud3BLr

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Delve into the world of medieval philosophy with a free online lecture on how the Bible was interpreted in the 14th century and beyond. Wed Jan 17, 6pm GMT https://t.co/Csd4V4xWRu

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The "Dark Side" of the Torah: life-giving Jewish text or a menace, resulting in severe punishments and death? Speaker Menahem Kister explores the latter idea in a free online lecture Wed Jan 10, register for your zoom link https://t.co/pJNix5xEMV

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Explore how Ashkenazi Jews integrated in the past into Arab society throughout the Middle East. Free online lecture 'The Ashkenazi Arab: The untold history of Jewish European integration in the Middle East' tomorrow, Dec 12 6pm https://t.co/yjeQPaSDDl

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Find out about the history of the mystical 'maps of God' in an online lecture The Kabbalistic Tree, tomorrow Nov 29 6pmGMT https://t.co/5golSQrGkE

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The Polish-Jewish community and Polish Catholics - learn how they interact in the 21st century. Register now for free online lecture 6pm Tuesday Nov 21
https://t.co/2Vzt0XhVtS

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Delve into the mysteries of Akkadian written on clay tablets from the first millenium BCE, and the comparison with stories told by Rabbis centuries later. Free online IJS lecture this Wednesday https://t.co/CAlGemD7cQ

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Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated in 1656 for rejecting rabbinic authority yet he continued to love the Hebrew language and his Jewish identity. Discover more about his complex personality, lecture at UCL and on zoom this Thursday.
https://t.co/oA6s27YIpO

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Jews and Muslims - can they be ‘secret sharers’, in their intersecting experiences of colonisation, Orientalism, secularisation, antisemitism, and Islamophobia? Free lecture online and in person at UCL Wednesday, registration https://t.co/LI2vvTSKaM

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Free online lecture Wed 25 on The Middle Eastern Origins of Kabbalah
https://t.co/mruGcyJATv
Hear new and alternative insights about the influence of Islam, Karaism, and some pagan cults on the beginning of Kabbalah.
Your zoom link will be sent after registering on Eventbrite

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This evening learn about how modern technological developments are keeping an ancient Jewish language alive, free online lecture from Carlos Yebra López 6pm
https://t.co/z2Y3uDVg3a

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Learn about Ladino with the IJS this Wednesday: https://t.co/YmSYb6sLQO

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Learn about Ladino with the IJS this Wednesday: https://t.co/YmSYb6sLQO

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