Passover Seder Experience 1996

Campus Ministry, Kadima & Judaic Studies invite all members of the Fairfield University Community to a Passover Seder Experience with Dr. Ellen Umansky, the Bennett Chair in Judaic Studies.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1188/thumbnail.jp

Passover Seder Experience 1994

Campus Ministry & The Jewish Forum invite all members of the Fairfield University Community to a Passover Seder Experience.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1182/thumbnail.jp

I Am Joseph Your Brother: Relations Between the Catholic Church and the Jewish People Over the Past Half Century

Viewing of this award-winning documentary film, followed by an inter-religious discussion led by Rabbi Ron Kronish and Sister Mary C. Boys, moderated by Dr. Ellen M. Umansky. [Speaker descriptions] Rabbi Ron Kronish, Director of the Inter-religious Coordinating Council in Israel and noted rabbi, educator, author, and lecturer. Sister Mary C. Boys, Union Theological Seminary, N.Y. Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Teachers College, Columbia University.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1235/thumbnail.jp

After Constantine\u27s Sword: The Past, Present, and Future of Jewish-Christian Relations

An Interfaith Conversation with award-winning author: James Carroll. With responses by: Dr. Ellen M. Umansky, Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies and Dr. Elizabeth A. Dreyer, Professor of Religious Studies. Also participating: Bill Huselman \u2798; M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School, \u2701.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1216/thumbnail.jp

Famous Last Words

What would your professor have to say at their \u27last lecture\u27? Would they give advice? Would they reminisce? Would they talk about academics? Would they talk about spirituality? Come to the Fairfield University \u27Last Lecture\u27 series and find out. Find out more about your professors. Find out what makes them tick.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1307/thumbnail.jp

“At ‘Amen Meals’ It’s Me and God” Religion and Gender: A New Jewish Women’s Ritual

New ritual practices performed by Jewish women can serve as test cases for an examination of the phenomenon of the creation of religious rituals by women. These food-related rituals, which have been termed ‘‘amen meals’’ were developed in Israel beginning in the year 2000 and subsequently spread to Jewish women in Europe and the United States. This study employs a qualitative-ethnographic methodology grounded in participant-observation and in-depth interviews to describe these nonobligatory, extra-halakhic rituals. What makes these rituals stand out is the women’s sense that through these rituals they experience a direct con- nection to God and, thus, can change reality, i.e., bring about jobs, marriages, children, health, and salvation for friends and loved ones. The ‘‘amen’’ rituals also create an open, inclusive woman’s space imbued with strong spiritual–emotional energies that counter the women’s religious marginality. Finally, the purposes and functions of these rituals, including identity building and displays of cultural capital, are considered within a theoretical framework that views ‘‘doing gender’’ and ‘‘doing religion’’ as an integrated experience