Jewish Studies Interdisciplinary Program

Events

Eva Brettler, Holocaust Survivor

Thursday, May 3, 2018 - 9:30am to 10:45am

The University Library

Eva Brettler, a survivor of the Ravensbruck concentration camp, will be speaking about her experiences before, during, and after the Holocaust. Read more

A Member of Two Tribes

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 12:30pm to 1:45pm

A Tale of Two Tribes

Emily Bowen Cohen will discuss her experience as a member of both the Muskogee (Creek) Nation and the Jewish people. Read more

Politics and Culture–What Intercultural Families Can Tell Us About Jewishness

Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 10:30am to 12:30pm

Dr. Jennifer Thompson

American Jewish families increasingly include people who are not Jewish, challenging longstanding boundaries between gentiles and Jews. As intercultural families work out how to live amid contrasting sets of identities and practices, they demonstrate how Jews more generally may resolve key questions about what it means to be Jewish in a free and open society. Read more

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