The Duke Center for Jewish Studies celebrates 40 years as a rigorous academic community which promotes intellectual and academic discourse.
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Marc Zvi Brettler and Mohsen Kadivar of @DukeReligion share perspectives from Judaism and Islam, respectively, on the Church of England reconsidering the use of masculine language to refer to God. wsj.com/articles/must-god-ha…
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This Friday, 2/10 join Saskia Ziolkowski (@SaskiaZio) and a panel of scholars for "Jewish Literature, World Literature" — an exploration of the intersections, tensions and productive relationships between these two areas of literature. Full event details➡️ duke.is/rehfu
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Laura Suzanne Lieber (@DukeU) will give the public lecture for "Characters in Mind" on Wed, 8 Feb at 7PM at @UniBonn. The lecture is entitled, "In Our Image: The Remaking of Esther in Every Age.“ For more info, visit diegesis-in-mind.com/events/
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Please join us for a special evening with poet Ronny Someck. This event will feature readings by the poet and translations in English.
Oct. 24, 5:30p, Graham Memorial, lounge.
Bonus: class visit the next day is open to public.
Details: jewishstudies.unc.edu
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An Overview Of Biblical Scholarship: Considering How Religion Impacts History @DukeU
Listen to it here:bit.ly/3zPWgIe
Episode also available on @ApplePodcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
#hebrews #hebrewisraelites #israelites #bible #hebrew #israel #tribesofisrael #truth
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🎥Next Thurs 3.24@7PM at Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Yael Perlov (@israelinstitute visiting artist @DukeU, Artist in Residence in @DukeCinArts) will screen&discuss her award-winning documentary, "Ben-Gurion, Epilogue" in a Q&A panel moderated by Professor Shai Ginsburg.
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🇪🇸The Spanish expulsion of the “moriscos,” Arab-speaking Christians who converted&stayed in Spain, was a turning point in European statecraft. This talk w/ Elsa Costa(@DukeHistoryDept) examines arguments for/against the expulsion of moriscos.
Register: duke.is/pxbdx
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Tuesday (9/14) at 4 pm: The Global Jewish Modernism Lab launches its new dialogue series with "What Is Jewish Modernism?" Join Beth Holmgren of Duke Slavic & Eurasian Studies, UNC's Priscilla Layne (@pdlayne) & Allison Schachter (@theschac) of Vanderbilt: bit.ly/3AbrbO6
ALT painting of a blue house in the foreground with rolling hills and a city in the background and the words "Global Jewish Modernism. A Humanities Unbounded Collaborative Project in German and Romance Studies at Duke University presents: What is Jewish Modernism?"
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Our latest blog feature!
A STROLL IN THE GARDEN: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROSE WITHOUT THORNS
By Laura Lieber
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Next Week: we have our annual Evans lecture on Monday and the Countering Hate signature lecture on Thursday. We hope you will join us. Details: jewishstudies.unc.edu. @DukeCJS @unccollege
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Chad Spigel is up next, talking about how the excavations have been communicated and how they will continue to be communicated. @DukeU @dukereligion @DukeCJS @css5 #Sepphoris
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Ben Gordon name checks major contributions from EP Sanders and @MarkChancey #Sepphoris – at Durham, NC
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Ben Gordon : "The Meyers knew where to spend the summer!" #Sepphoris @dukereligion @DukeCJS – at Durham, NC
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Applications for the 2019–2020 academic year on the theme of “The Jewish Home: Dwelling on the Domestic, the Familial, and the Lived-In” are due on October 31st.
katz.sas.upenn.edu/fellowshi…
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According to #Ethiopian legend the secrets of #talismanic art were first revealed by the fallen angel Azaziel, before the flood. ( see the #BookofEnoch) መጽሐፈ ሄኖክ. @britishlibrary Or 11390 16th c @BLAsia_Africa #magichandbook
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Just in time for May Day, our collection of Emma Goldman Papers are now available in the reading room and online blogs.library.duke.edu/ruben…
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The Talmud's close relationship with math may explain why so many great mathematicians have been Jewish. tabletmag.com/jewish-life-an…
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Today is #MayDay, the workers' holiday, which was traditionally widely observed by Yiddish labor activists in the US. From our collection, check out Aleksander Trakhtenberg's "Di geshikhte fun ershtn May" (The History of May 1): yiddishbookcenter.org/collec… Photo from May Day, 1909.
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"How did 'science' transform medieval and early modern Jewish cultures? This is the question..."
Read more about the #GrussColloquium in our newest #blog post by Annette Yoshiko Reed (@nyuniversity).
#katzdoesnature
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How's it going, @DukeU? Everyone hanging on through exams/final projects/grading?
Take some calming breaths while reading over this 1980s bookmark from CAPS with some A+ self-care/stress mgmt tips. @DukeWellness
ALT Front of yellow CAPS bookmark, "Tips on Surviving the Stress of Exams," ca. 1980s.
ALT Back of yellow CAPS bookmark, "Tips on Surviving the Stress of Exams," ca. 1980s.