UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies

Biblical Monotheism: Exclusive or Inclusive?

Benjamin Sommer (Jewish Theological Seminary)
Moderator: William Schniedewind (UCLA)

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Biblical Monotheism: Exclusive or Inclusive? - Ben Sommer (Jewish Theological Seminary) This lecture will examine the discussion of pluralism in the field of comparative theology in light of a core question in the history of Israelite religion. ...

Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum

Shaul Magid (Harvard Divinity School)

Respondents:
Leah Hochman (Hebrew Union College)
David N. Myers (UCLA)
Joshua Shanes (UC Davis)

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UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum - Shaul Magid

All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat

John Efron (UC Berkeley)
Moderator: David N. Myers (UCLA)

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UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat - John Efron

In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Fiction by Jewish Writers in the Soviet Union

Sasha Senderovich (University of Washington, Seattle)
Harriet Murav (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Moderators:
Michael Rothberg (UCLA) & Lilya Kaganovsky (UCLA)

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UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union

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Black Lives Under Na**sm: Making History Visible in Literature and Art

Sarah Phillips Casteel (Carleton University)
in conversation with Ben Ratskoff (Occidental College)
Introduction: Michael Rothberg (UCLA)

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Black Lives Under Na**sm: Making History Visible in Literature and Art - Sarah Phillips Casteel In a little-known chapter of World War II, Black people living in N**i Germany and occupied Europe were subjected to ostracization, forced sterilization, and...

Warsaw Testament

Samuel D. Kassow (Trinity College)
Moderator: Todd S. Presner (UCLA)

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Warsaw Testament - Samuel D. Kassow (Trinity College) Until recently, very few people knew about Rokhl Auerbach, a remarkable woman who survived the Holocaust and then dedicated her life to preserving the memori...

Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule

Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Moderator: Aomar Boum (UCLA)

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Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule - Paris Papamichos Chronakis How did the cosmopolitan bourgeoisie of the Eastern Mediterranean navigate the transition from empire to nation-state in the early twentieth century? In this...

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Frances Tanzer (Clark)
Moderator: Michael Rothberg (UCLA)

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Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City - Frances Tanzer Frances Tanzer will discuss her new book, Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City (University of Pennsylvania Press), which tr...

Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism: Before and After Babel

Steven Fraade (Yale)
Moderator: William Schniedewind (UCLA)

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Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism: Before and After Babel - Steven Fraade Steven Fraade explores the practice and conception of multilingualism and translation in ancient Judaism. Interrogating the deep and dialectical relationship...