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Why Study at the GTU?

Submitted by communications on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 3:55pm
Saturday, April 6, 2013 - 9:30am to 1:30pm

A program designed for prospective master's degree students, this event is an opportunity to meet faculty, student, and staff representatives from the member schools and centers -- explore ways to understand the urgent issues of our time in an interreligious graduate study community in Berkeley.

Denniston Commons, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley

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The Berkeley-Jerusalem Fellowship at the Graduate Theological Union and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

Submitted by communications on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 3:22pm

Pardes logoThe Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies are pleased to announce the establishment of a new fellowship for students pursuing an M.A. in Jewish Studies at the GTU, with supplementary studies at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.

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Seidman travels to Warsaw, home of her father and his diary

Submitted by communications on Thu, 04/18/2013 - 1:14pm

Naomi Seidman, Koret Professor of Jewish Culture and Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, received an invitation to Warsaw by Anna Cialowicz, the Polish translator of Hillel Seidman's “Diary of the Warsaw Ghetto.” Hillel was a Jewish historian, Yiddish journalist, and community activist, in addition to being Naomi's late father. The diary will be published in Poland this spring, coinciding with the seventieth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the largest Jewish revolt of World War II.

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The Marriage Plot: Sexuality, Secularization, and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Literature with Naomi Seidman

Submitted by cjs on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 3:34pm
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Secularization involved, among other transformations, the shift in sexual, romantic, and marital practices and structures. In this talk, we will explore the ways that modern secular literature played a role in the romantic education of modernizing Jews, presenting new models of courtship, love, and marriage. Vegetarian dinner will be served. Co-sponsored with Moishe House East Bay Moishe House East Bay, 886 Euclid Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708

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Naomi Seidman to Deliver Carleton College’s Forkosh Lecture in Judaic Studies

Submitted by cjs on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 11:18am

Naomi Seidman, a scholar who specializes in Jewish culture and literature, will deliver Carleton College’s annual Forkosh Family Lecture in Judaic Studies and Religion on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Severance Great Hall. Entitled “The Marriage Plot: Sexuality, Secularization and the Emergence of Modern Jewish Literature,” Seidman’s lecture will explore how the secularizing trends of the 18th and 19th centuries worked through art and literature to influence Jewish sexual norms. This event is free and open to the public.

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CJS Graduation Reception

Submitted by cjs on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 2:53pm
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 3:30pm
Join us to hear CJS 2013 (spring and fall) graduates present their work and celebrate their accomplishments. Students, family and friends are welcome. CJS, Hedco Room, 2465 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley

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'Jew-hunting". New Polish research on the Shoah” with Konstanty Gebert

Submitted by cjs on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 2:44pm
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 4:00pm
PLEASE NOTE DATE AND TIME CHANGE GTU Library, Richard Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley

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CIS and CJS Co-host Annual Madrasa-Midrasha Day of Learning on Jews and Muslims in the Media

Submitted by communications on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 3:49pm

Participants for the Center for Jewish Studies' and Center for Islamic Studies' annual Madrasa-Midrasha Day of Learning gathered at Easton Hall o

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A Brown Bag Lunch and Learn with Bezalel Naor; Translator and Interpreter of the Thought of Rav Kook will present "The Janus-Faced Messianism of Rav Kook: Planetary Consciousness / Ethnocentricity"

Submitted by cjs on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 1:34pm
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 12:30pm
The Center for Jewish Studies at GTU presents A Brown Bag Lunch and Learn with Bezalel Naor; Translator and Interpreter of the Thought of Rav Kook will present "The Janus-Faced Messianism of Rav Kook: Planetary Consciousness / Ethnocentricity" Thursday, February 14th, 12:30pm Cheeseboard Pizza Will Be Served Hedco, 2465 Le Conte Ave, 2nd Floor, Berkeley, CA For more information and to RSVP, please contact cjs@gtu.edu or 510.649.2482

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CJS Career Day

Submitted by cjs on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 2:31pm
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
This will be an opportunity for current CJS students and prospective students to learn about professional opportunities after graduation. Vegetarian lunch will be served. Monday, March 18, 12:30pm Richard Dinner Board Room, GTU, 2400 Ridge Rd, Berkeley

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