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Jewish Studies April 11, 2013

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Defining Jewish Identity

Jewish Studies November 17, 2013

Elon University Conference on Jewish Christian Relations, November 17, 2013 Dr. Lynn Huber Dr. James Tabor The Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations brought together students, scholars and members of the general public for an in-depth look at the history of the relationship among the world’s Jewish and Christian communities and offering an outlook for how that […]

Dr. Emily Filler | The God Who Saves and the God Who Kills

Jewish Studies April 14, 2017

The Israelites’ exodus from Egypt in the Hebrew Bible is frequently invoked as a profound and enduring example of liberation. But whose liberation? How does the Exodus look different from the perspectives of the text’s “others”? Emily Filler of Earlham College facilitated a lively discussion of these questions and of the biblical texts that prompt […]

Evangelical Jewish Relations

Jewish Studies November 17, 2013

Elon University Conference on Jewish Christian Relations, November 17, 2013 Dr. Shalom Goldman Dr. Yaakov Ariel Dr. Motti Inbari The Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations brought together students, scholars and members of the general public for an in-depth look at the history of the relationship among the world’s Jewish and Christian communities and offering an outlook […]

How Did the Holocaust and Human Rights Intersect (and was it a Good Thing)? | Samuel Moyn

Jewish Studies March 13, 2014

In Moyn’s lecture, “How Did the Holocaust and Human Rights Intersect (and was it a Good Thing)?,” he considers the relationship between the Holocaust and its memory, and the rise of human rights norms and movements. Surveying the post-World War II era, he asks why not only Holocaust consciousness but also human rights activism came […]

Jewish and Christian Feminist Ritual Innovation

Jewish Studies November 17, 2013

Elon University Conference on Jewish Christian Relations, November 17, 2013 Dr. Vanessa Ochs Dr. Diann Neu The Conference on Jewish-Christian Relations brought together students, scholars and members of the general public for an in-depth look at the history of the relationship among the world’s Jewish and Christian communities and offering an outlook for how that […]

Kosher/Soul | Michael Twitty

Jewish Studies November 12, 2015

Being African American and Jewish is for many a combination that many can’t wrap their heads around. However, for thousands of Jews of color; having heritage, faith and family in both Diasporas—African and Jewish—and their many intersections means creating material, social and ideational lives that interweave identities and histories. For Michael Twitty, this includes food […]

One Man’s Incredible Journey against Considerable Odds | Maj. Gen. Sidney Schachnow

Jewish Studies April 28, 2014

Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, and imprisoned during the Holocaust in a German concentration camp, Major General Sidney Shachnow escaped from captivity and eventually settled in the United States, where he attained the rank of major general and served as commander of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command. He is also the author of the gripping […]