IJS 2021 Autumn Lecture Series
Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century
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14 October 2021
Lecture from Prof Sarah Abrevaya Stein (UCLA) presented in cooperation with the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
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A Frog under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe
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19 October 2021
Online book launch with Marek Tuszewicki (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) in collaboration with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/Zwh0cBunf17bfOQaquIANuFUE4Y7PYmc-fF5m7swzf...
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German-Jewish Refugees in South Africa
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21 October 2021
Michael Goldmeier Memorial Lecture with Shirli Gilbert (UCL). South Africa was not a significant destination for refugees fleeing Hitler’s Germany. The fates of these refugees are nonetheless worthy of study, in particular because of the distinctive relationship between the Nazi ideology they left behind and the racist practices they encountered in their new homeland. This talk will look at the experiences of German-Jewish refugees who came to South Africa, exploring how their earlier encounters with antisemitism informed their engagement with South African racism before and during apartheid.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/fTiK0jLRtedAYgE728zw4yK1Dj5ju2KRdfzcpLp_sn...
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Book Launch: London Yiddishtown
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28 October 2021
Launching London Yiddishtown by Vivi Lachs (Queen Mary, University of London), chaired Sima Beeri (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/oj5VO-n03JWtbz9FJvo2o5khac3rjDRj-Xt81CIXJw...
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It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity
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4 November 2021
Virtual book launch of It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity with Dr Sonia Gollance
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/Ib3yys_fjuofXkuqeDxa3Q3oMbqmnHR-A7Ll1OPpNg...
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Hasidism Beyond Modernity
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11 November 2021
Virtual book launch for Hasidism Beyond Modernity by Dr Naftali Lowenthal (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wUBcf3jNRf72mX3yDSgeJ9XR3iWIe6SmanQZQJlysM...
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Weimar and Now: Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin
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16 November 2021
Virtual book launch for Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism by Marc Caplan (Dartmouth) chaired by François Guesnet (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/zzY1i6L-ujU3i0uq3DgW3yxgayeoph0ujPYsyiJ7m5...
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The Mysteries of the Ark of the Covenant
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30 November 2021
Thomas Römer (Collège de France) on the importance of the Ark (of God, of Yhwh, of the Covenant) in the Hebrew Bible and more specifically on the so-called Ark narrative in the books of Samuel.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/0o9TCzb8676fmvkyrk6GS_shINCb_cYn3fkZOdaz4f...
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Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians Before the Holocaust
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7 December 2021
In collaboration with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies with Professor Natalia Aleksiun and Professor Antony Polonsky (Chair)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wj_TgcTW0q1gHV8isSgAYFUvIAlF3-KIGSXLxcAVA9...
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Saadya Gaon’s Works on the Jewish Calendar
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9th December, 2021
This Fritz Thyssen Foundation funded project investigates Saadya Gaon’s literary production on the calendar. Nadia Vidro (UCL)
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wvJMKQm9tmI4gYVXmKboBBDp2sPLONIKvgNWTaRtp5...
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Agrippa II: the Last of the Herods
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16 December 2021
David Jacobson (AIAS) discusses his book on Herod Agrippa II, the last king to assume responsibility for the management of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/v-bWfyCPgKaNsKBw0VHv3Lb69QPpTXmvY-ZavGpPgY...
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