Lecture bu Rabbi James Rudin, D.D.

The afternoon lecture (location to be determined) will be free and open to the public. Rabbi Rudin has proposed these topics for consideration: The Jewish Jesus & the Christian Christ Is There a Difference and ¿The Christian Jewish Encounter: One Dialogue or Two Monologues. The Judaic Studies Program is reaching out to community organizations with a shared interest in promoting this dialogue including Bangorns All Souls Congregational Church, Congegation Beth lsrael and Congregation Beth El and The Wilson Center in Orono, among others. The Honors College at UMaine is also supporting this event and Rabbi Rudin is scheduled to have a breakfast meeting with students and faculty at the Honors College on Friday, October 24th

Bennett Center for Judaic Studies Poster and Video Collection

The Bennett Center for Judaic Studies Poster and Video Collection is composed of posters and video recordings pertaining to the programming put on by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies (also called the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and the Bennett Center), including guest lectures, concerts, cultural events, and annual events like Holocaust Remembrance Services, the Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert, and the Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship. It contains material from 1994-2022. The collection includes both the physical versions and digital copies of 180 color posters and 145 event recordings.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/findingaids/1002/thumbnail.jp

Artist in Residence Summary of Events

Summary of event

Arts and Jewish Experience: Exploring Diverse American Identities through Art Syllabus

Arts and Jewish Experience: Exploring Diverse American Identities through Art Syllabus. JST 431 / 431

Fearless Friday: Hannah Lebovitz

This week, we recognize the work of Hannah Labovitz ’21. Hannah is currently pursuing a history major, a Spanish and Public History double minor, and a teaching certification. She is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has been very involved in the Jewish community here at Gettysburg. She is the secretary and communications chair of Hillel, works as an assistant to Stephen Stern in the Judaic Studies Department, serves on the Judaic Studies committee, acts as co-President of Democracy Matters. She also participates in Alpha Phi Omega, College Democrats, and Dance Ensemble. [excerpt

Middle East: An Update on Changing Events

Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist for The New York Times. [Following title] The Bank of America Lecture in Judaic Studies. [Followed by] Now celebrating its successful first decade, the Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University was created through a generous gift made by Carl and Dorothy Bennett. The Department of Judaic Studies offers an interdisciplinary minor that incorporates theological, historical, and cultural perspectives on Judaism and its changing role over the past 4,000 years. The Center for Judaic Studies also boasts an impressive array of scholars from a variety of disciplines, which makes the minor in Judaic Studies an encompassing program of study. Contact the Center at (203) 254-4000, ext. 2066 for more information.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1230/thumbnail.jp

G.I. Jews: How WWII Changed a Generation

The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University presents… The 2007 Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies…Featuring Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Author, Professor of History, & Director of the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1255/thumbnail.jp

Archeology and Re-Discovery of the Sobibor Death Camp

The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents The 2010 Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies… Dr. Richard Freund, Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies & Professor of Jewish History, University of Hartford.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1275/thumbnail.jp

Adaptation and Innovation: Trends and Developments in American Judaism

Celebrating 10 years of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University… The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents The Schurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies. [Dr. David Ellenson] President of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Author of Between Tradition and Culture: the Dialectics of Jewish Religion and Identity in the Modern World (1994) and Tradition in Transition: Orthodoxy, Halakhah and the Boundaries of Modern Jewish Identity (1990).https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1225/thumbnail.jp

Quick to the Party: The Americanization of Hanukkah

Celebrating 15 Years of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University…The 2008 Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies…Dr. Dianne Ashton, Director of American Studies; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Rowan University.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1258/thumbnail.jp