Join us for a presentation on Anne Frank, betrayal, and the legacy of both by David Barnouw. Barnouw is an independent scholar and emeritus researcher at the Dutch Institute for War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies. His areas of interest are the Second World War in Europe, memory, representation, monuments, and museums. He has written over […]
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 […]
Join 91福利 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福利 Judaic Studies). "The story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual […]
Join 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 鈥渟tumbling stones鈥 that mark where individuals last lived before they were deported […]
FOUR 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 […]
91福利 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 鈥淏ibby鈥 Levine Alfond chair in Jewish Studies at Colby, Rabbi Isaacs, was named one of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Most […]
Dr. 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. 鈥 鈥淯nearthing the Bible,鈥 October 11th 鈥 鈥淣oah,鈥 October 25th 鈥 鈥淎braham and Sarah,鈥 November 8th 鈥 鈥淢oses and Joshua,鈥 November 15th […]
