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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2007-2008
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SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY 30
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Albert Barry, Independent Film Maker
Video presentation and
discussion of The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe
2:30
p.m., West Bloomfield Township Public Library, 4600 Walnut Lake Road, West
Bloomfield
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OCTOBER
SUNDAY 21
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The Annual PEARL A. AND GEORGE M.
ZELTZER LECTURE ON
WOMEN AND JUDAISM
On the Occasion of the Cohn-Haddow Center’s First
Publication, “Women Remaking American Judaism”
Riv-Ellen Prell, University of Minnesota
Have
Women Remade Judaism? How Judaism Looks in the 21st Century:
Remarks by the Editor
2:30 P.M., Congregation B’nai Moshe, 6800
Drake Road, West Bloomfield
Book-signing and reception to follow
RSVPs suggested by Wednesday, October 17th
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DECEMBER
SUNDAY 2
MONDAY 3
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Leonard J. Greenspoon, Creighton University
Textually Speaking:
How–and Why–Jews Are Translating the Bible Today
3:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield
FACULTY/STAFF
SEMINAR
Narrowing the Gap or Hallowing It: Jewish and Christian Translators of the
Bible in Context
3:00 p.m., Judaica Resource Center, 2311
Faculty Administration Bldg.,
656 W. Kirby, Wayne State University
Co-sponsored by the Religious Studies
Program and the Humanities Center at Wayne State University
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MARCH
TUESDAY 25 |
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Veerle Van Den Daelen, University of Antwerp
Reconstructing a Community: Jewish Life in Antwerp in the First Years
After the Liberation (1944-1960)
2:00 p.m., Judaica Resource Center, 2311
Faculty Administration Bldg.,
656 W.Kirby, Wayne State University
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of History |
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MARCH
SUNDAY 30 |
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Jeffrey S. Gurock, Yeshiva University
Jewish History through the Lens of Sport: Present-Day Challenges to Jewish
Group Identity
1:00
p.m., Young Israel, 27705 Lahser Road, Southfield
Co-sponsored by The Jewish Forum and Young Israel of Southfield
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MAY
FRIDAY 2
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ANNUAL
HOLOCAUST AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION
Joanna Michlic, Lehigh University
Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California and Lorna Miller,
Independent Researcher
9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.,
McGregor Memorial
Conference Center, 495 Ferry Mall, Wayne State University
Co-sponsored by
The
Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive and The Armenian
Research Center at UM-Dearborn; and The Armenian Studies Program at UM-Ann
Arbor
Reservations required by April 29
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MAY
SUNDAY 18 |
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Micha
Balf, Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael, Israel
The
Kibbutz in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges, Dreams
and Disappointments
2:30 p.m.,
Congregation T’chiyah, David and Miriam Mondry Building, Jewish Community
Campus, 15000 W. Ten Mile Road, Oak Park
Co-sponsored by
Congregation T’chiyah and Ameinu-Detroit
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JUNE
SUNDAY 22
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JOHN M. HADDOW ANNUAL PROGRAM ON
JEWISH CULTURE
The Anat Cohen Quartet
Jazz Interpretations of Jewish and Israeli
Music
2:30
p.m., Temple Israel,
5725
Walnut Lake
Road, West Bloomfield,
Advance tickets- Seniors (60+) and
students: $15
General Public: $18
Tickets at the door- $25
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All programs are free and open
to the public unless otherwise noted. |
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Faculty Seminars
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The Center intends to hold a series of faculty
seminars during the academic year highlighting current research by area
specialists in the field of Jewish Studies.
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For further information, please visit the Cohn-Haddow
Center's website at
www.judaicstudies.wayne.edu, call (313) 577-2679,
or e-mail:
aa2690@wayne.edu
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