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Bella, An Immigrant’s Tale
Minsky Recital Hall 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United StatesBella, An Immigrant’s Tale by actress and playwright, Vicki Summers is a one-woman play that chronicles the remarkable life journey of Vicki’s beloved grandmother from the pogroms of Russia (modern day Ukraine), to a new life in America as a Jewish immigrant—filled with courage, humor and love. The play is even more relevant today with the […]
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Goodbye, Lord: How We Changed God’s Pronouns in the Hebrew Bible and Why It Matters
Rabbi Beth Lieberman will take us on a journey through the history of Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible, offer a glimpse into the translation process for the forthcoming JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition, and explore its game-changing potential for the next generation. Rabbi Beth Lieberman served as literary editor and a revising translator of the […]
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Film Screening: “My Name is Andrea”
FeaturedDonald P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100 28 Beddington Road, Orono, ME, United StatesJoin 91 Judaic Studies, and Maine Jewish Film Festival for a screening of "My Name is Andrea" followed by a panel discussion with Tamar Perfit Mathieu ( Rape Response Services & Penquis) and Amanda Cost (Partners for Peace), moderated by Derek A. Michaud (91 Judaic Studies). "The story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual […]
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Anne Knowles on “Landscapes of Remembrance”
FeaturedWells Conference CenterJoin us on April 17th as we mark Yom HaShoah with a public lecture by Professor Anne Knowles on "Landscapes of Remembrance." There are now thousands of Holocaust memorials around the world, from the vast grounds of former concentration camps to the palm-size “stumbling stones” that mark where individuals last lived before they were deported […]
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Film Screening: “Four Winters”
FeaturedDonald P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100 28 Beddington Road, Orono, ME, United StatesFOUR WINTERS: A Story of Jewish Resistance during World War II A film by Julia Mintz "A stunning, heartfelt narrative of heroism and resilience" (Lincoln Center, NYJFF). In this moving documentary, the last surviving Jewish partisans tell the little-known story of their four years in the forests of Ukraine and Poland, who organized to sabotage […]
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Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, on “The Center for Small Town Jewish Life”
FeaturedWells Conference Center91 Judaic Studies is proud to present an evening with Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, Executive Director of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College. The spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville, Maine, and Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond chair in Jewish Studies at Colby, Rabbi Isaacs, was named one of “America’s Most […]
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Dr. Joshua Walton on “Unearthing the Bible”
Donald P. Corbett Business Building, Room 100 28 Beddington Road, Orono, ME, United StatesDr. Joshua Walton presents a series of public lectures on biblical archaeology, drawing on his experience in Israel. Lectures will be in room 100 Donald P. Corbett Hall (Business School) at 7:00 p.m. • “Unearthing the Bible,” October 11th • “Noah,” October 25th • “Abraham and Sarah,” November 8th • “Moses and Joshua,” November 15th […]
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