Friday, September 15
"From Victimizers to Victims: Lithuania and the Prosecution of Holocaust Criminals"
Michael MacQueen
Chief of Investigative Research, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Friday, September 15
"The Politicization of the Past: Teaching Ancient Jewish History in Contemporary Israel"
Isaiah Gafni
Professor of Jewish History, Hebrew University, Isreal
9:00 pm, Hillel, 1429 Hill Street
Co-sponsored with Hillel at the University of Michigan.
Monday, September 18
"Rabbinic Literature as a Source for Historical Research: Pitfalls and Possibilities"
Isaiah Gafni
Professor of Jewish History, Hebrew University, Israel
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Friday, September 22
"High Culture Mothers and Business Wives: Two Paths for Jewish Women in Nineteenth-Century Germany"
Deborah Hertz
Sarah Lawrence College
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Wednesday, September 27
"Expressions of Jewish Nationalism in Yiddish Culture"
Judith Nysenholc
Lecturer of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan
12 noon,1636 International Institute, 1080 S. University
Co-sponsored with the Center for Russian and East European Studies.
Wednesday, September 27
Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Student and Faculty Reception
4:30 - 5:30 pm, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Wednesday, October 4
"The Struggle for Jewish Identity"
Yossi Shain
Georgetown University and Tel Aviv University, Israel
4:00 pm, 3050 Frieze Building
Wednesday, October 11
"Zikhroines vegn Yidishe kultur in Sovetn-farband"
"Yiddish Culture in the Soviet Union: Personal Reminiscences"
Manya Landsman
Formerly a secretary in the Soviet Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee and staff member, Sovietish haimland
4:00 pm, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Thursday, November 2
"Does the Jewish Diplomatic Tradition Have Biblical Roots?"
Aaron Klieman
University of Michigan and Tel Aviv University, Israel
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze Building
Monday, November 6
"Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community of Jedwabne, Poland, July 1941"
Jan T. Gross
Professor of Politics, New York University
4:00 pm, 3050 Frieze Building
Co-sponsored with the Center for Russian and East European Studies.
Wednesday, November 8
The 13th Annual Padnos Lecture
Monday, November 13
"The Future of Israel as a Jewish State"
Ilan Avisar
Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting Associate Professor in Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University, Israel
4:00 pm, 3050 Frieze Building
Wednesday, November 8
"The Future of Isreal as a Jewish State"
Ilan Avisar
Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting Associate Profressor in Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel
8:00 pm, Temple Emanuel, 1715 E. Fulton, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Monday, November 20
"The Bedouin in Israel Today"
Ishmael Khaldi
Tel Aviv University, Israel
12 noon, 3050 Frieze Building