ucla cjs annual calendar of events 2009-2010

Annual Calendar of Events 2009 - 2010

3:30 pm • Tuesday, October 13, 2009 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Jewish Studies Open HouseFor Jewish Studies majors, minors, faculty and alumni

7:30 pm • Tuesday, October 20, 2009 • FACULTY CENTER

Judah Halevi, Pilgrim and PoetRaymond P. Scheindlin (Jewish Theological Seminary)Arnold Band Distinguished Lecture in Jewish StudiesSponsored by Sheila and Milton Hyman

Fall Quarter

4 pm • Thursday, October 22, 2009 • FACULTY CENTER

The Talmud in its Iranian SettingRichard Kalmin (Jewish Theological Seminary) Jason Mokhtarian (UCLA)Sponsored by the NEH Jewish Civilization EndowmentCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Sunday - Monday, October 25-26, 2009

The Myth of Silence? Who Spoke about the Holocaust and WhenExploring Debates over Post-War American “Silence” about the HolocaustSponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture and the “1939” ClubA brochure with full schedule will be available at www.cjs.ucla.edu

4 pm • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Autobiography in Context: Returning to the Holocaust and Post-Holocaust YearsShimon Redlich (Author)Sponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family Fundand the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture

4 pm • Thursday, November 5, 2009 • FACULTY CENTER

Pius XII and the Holocaust: Some Further RefIectionsSaul Friedländer (UCLA)� e “1939” Club Lecture in Holocaust StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture and the UCLA Department of History

1 pm • Sunday, November 8, 2009 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Sholom Aleichem at 150: Celebrating the Yiddish Comic MasterSymposium on the 150th Anniversary of Sholom AleichemSponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture

4 pm • Thursday, November 12, 2009 • 314 ROYCE HALL

‘Well Worth Saving’: How American UniversitiesSelected Faculty Fleeing Nazi-Era EuropeLaurel Leff (Northeastern University)Sponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture

6 pm • Thursday, November 19, 2009 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Lecture and Film Screening of Amos Oz’s“My Michael”Lev Hakak (UCLA)Sponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

4 pm • Wednesday, December 2, 2009 • FACULTY CENTER

The Parnas: A Scene from the Holocaust in ItalyPaul Dry Lecture followed by round table discussion with Todd Presner (UCLA) and Aaron Hass (Cal State, Dominguez Hills)Viterbi Lecture in Mediterranean Jewish StudiesCosponsored by the “1939” Club, the UCLA Department of English and the UCLA Department of ItalianAudience members are encouraged to read the book in advance of event.Book available for purchase at http://pauldrybooks.com or www.uclastore.ucla.edu

7:30 pm • Tuesday, November 3, 2009 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Paradise Lost and FoundAriel Sabar (Author)Discussion with the award winning author of My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish IraqFollowed by a Q&A session with Ariel and his father, Yona Sabar (UCLA)Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Culturesand Hillel at UCLACosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Returning to the Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Years

7:30 pm • Monday, February 1, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

The Legacy of Abie The Fishman:Unmasking the Archives of Jewish-American MusicJosh Kun (USC)� e Na� ulin Family Lecture on Studies in Jewish Identity

12 pm • Date & Venue TBA

The Biblical Account of Origins: Its Meaning and CompositionTzvi Abusch (Brandeis University)Faculty/Student SeminarSponsored by the NEH Jewish Civilization EndowmentCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

7:30 pm • Thursday, January 21, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Does God Play Favorites?: The Idea of the Chosen in the Hebrew BibleJoel Kaminsky (Smith College)Series on the Bible through the AgesSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCopsonsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and Hillel at UCLA

12 pm • Tuesday, January 26, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Jesus in Modern Jewish ThoughtLeora Batnitzky (Princeton University)Faculty/Student SeminarSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

7:30 pm • Thursday, January 28, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Islam and the BibleWalid Saleh (University of Toronto)Series on the Bible through the AgesSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

7:30 pm • Thursday, February 4, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular ThoughtDavid Biale (UC Davis)Sponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family Fund

Sunday-Monday, February 7-8, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Aesthetics After the HolocaustExploring the Problem of Aesthetic Reactions to the HolocaustSponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture and the “1939” Club

4 pm • Thursday, October 8, 2009 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Bringing Down the House: The Broadway Musical in the Age of the Hollywood BlacklistJoseph Litvak (Tufts University)Sponsored by the UCLA Department of EnglishCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World CultureFor additional information, please email janetb@english.ucla.edu

7 pm • Thursday, October 8, 2009 • HILLEL at UCLA

Refl ections on ‘Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz’A Conversation Marking the Publication of David Myers’ Recent BookRabbi David Wolpe (Sinai Temple)

Michael Berenbaum (American Jewish University)

Respondent: David Myers (UCLA)Sponsored by Hillel at UCLACosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the UCLA Department of HistoryFor additional information, please contact Hillel (310) 208-3081

5 pm • Wednesday, October 14, 2009 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Freud and the Invention of JewishnessBetty Bernardo Fuks (Author)Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Comparative Literature, the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, and the UCLA Department of ItalianFor additional information, please email clennon@humnet.ucla.edu

1 pm • Tuesday, November 3, 2009 • FACULTY CENTER

Bergen-Belsen DiariesAmira Hass (Ha’aretz)Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the UCLA Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic StudiesFor additional information, email cnes@international.ucla.edu

9:30 am • Sunday, December 13, 2009 • SINAI TEMPLE

Love, Lies and Poetry in Translation: A Lapsed Catholic Shares the Joys of Yiddish LiteratureA Celebration of Jewish Book MonthPeter Manseau (Author)Sponsored by Sinai Temple Blumenthal LibraryCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World CultureFor additional information, please contact bgoelman@sinaitemple.org

CJS Cosponsored Events

7 pm • Wednesday, October 14, 2009 • HILLEL AT UCLA

Jewish MobstersPhoto Exhibit OpeningRachel Schmeidler (Artist)Sponsored by the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA HillelCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish StudiesFor additional information, please contact Hillel (310) 208-3081

Center for Jewish Studies

Events are free and open to the public. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To RSVP please call (310) 267-5327 or email cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu. Parking is available for $10. For maps and parking information visit www.transportation.ucla.edu.The parking kiosk at the corner of Hilgard and Westhol-me closes at 7:30pm on weekdays and is closed on weekends. Please note that event schedules are subject to change without notice. For an up to date schedule, please visit our website at www.cjs.ucla.edu.

Center for Jewish Studies

Phone: (310) 825-5387 • RSVP line: (310) 267-5327

Business hours: Mon - Thur 9am - 12pm, 1pm - 5pm

Box 951485, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485

www.cjs.ucla.educjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu • cjs@humnet.ucla.edu

Pictures (from top)1. Raymond P. Scheindlin2. Richard Kalmin3. Jason Mokhtarian4. Brzezany Rynek before WWI (postcard)

5. My Father’s Paradise book cover6. Ariel Sabar7. Yona & young Ariel8. Saul Friedländer9. Sholom Aleichem

10. Laurel Le� 11. Josh Kun12. Amos Oz book cover13. The Parnas book cover

Winter Quarter

Annual Calendar 2009 - 2010

Sunday - Thursday, March 14-18, 2010

Los Angeles Jews of Yesterday and TodayElderhostel at UCLAFor cost, registration info, and to enroll, please visit www.elderhostel.org

12 pm • Tuesday, March 2, 2010 • 6275 BUNCHE HALL

Title TBAHerbert Davidson (Professor Emeritus, UCLA)Faculty/Student SeminarSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

7:30 pm • Tuesday, February 16, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

Some Measure of Justice: The Holocaust-Era RestitutionMichael Marrus (Massey College in the University of Toronto)Sponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American and World Culture and the “1939” Club

(Massey College in the University of Toronto)

12 pm • Tuesday, February 23, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

What Do We Really Know about the Holocaust?Aaron Hass (Cal State, Dominguez Hills)Sponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture and the “1939” Club

12 pm • Wednesday, March 3, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Jewish Sisters in Muslim Lands: The Teachers of the Alliance Israélite UniverselleFrances Malino (Wellesley College)Maurice Amado Seminar in Sephardic Studies

4 pm • Wednesday, March 10, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

The Jews of Italy’s Response to Challenge: Past, Present and FutureSergio DellaPergola (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)� e Viterbi Program in Mediterranean Jewish StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Italian

12 pm • Wednesday, April 21, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

The Gender of ShabbatAryeh Cohen (American Jewish University)Faculty/Student SeminarSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women and Hillel at UCLA

12 pm • Tuesday, April 27, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Moses Montefi ore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial HeroAbigail Green (University of Oxford)Maurice Amado Seminar in Sephardic Studies

12 pm • Thursday, May 6, 2010 • 6275 BUNCHE HALL

Commotion in the Colony: Being Black and Jewish in SurinameAviva Ben-Ur (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)Maurice Amado Seminar in Sephardic Studies

4 pm • Wednesday, April 14, 2010 • SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, YRL

The Art of Jewish IllustrationJewish Culture Salon In conjunction with the exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center, “Monsters and Miracles: A Journey through Jewish Picture Books”Cosponsored by the Skirball Cultural Center and the Charles E. Young Library, Department of Special Collections

12 pm • Wednesday, January 27, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

The Fuggers, Hans Dernschwam, and Gracia MendesMarianna Birnbaum (UCLA)Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish StudiesFor additional information, please email cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu

4 pm • Tuesday, February 9, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Means of Remembering and Commemoration in Medieval Jewish Communities: The Role of Liturgical Poetry and the Commentaries on itSimha Goldin (Tel Aviv University)Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish StudiesFor additional information, please email cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu

12 pm • Wednesday, February 10, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Roots of Kabbalah in the Renaissance: The Cases of Leone Ebreo and Francesco ZorziRossella Pescatori (El Camino College)Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish StudiesFor additional information, please email cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu

4:30 pm • Monday, March 1, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

Multidirectional Memory and the Question of JusticeMichael Rothberg (University of Illinois)Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Comparative LiteratureCosponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American and World Culture and the UCLA Center for Jewish StudiesFor additional information, please email klipp@humnet.ucla.edu

4 pm • Thursday, February 18, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Prophet or God:The Role of Moses in the Hebrew BibleStephen Garfi nkel (Jewish Theological Seminary)Series on the Bible through the AgesSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family FundCosponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

Spring Quarter

Phone: (310) 825-5387 • RSVP line: (310) 267-5327

Business hours: Mon - Thur 9am - 12pm, 1pm - 5pm

Box 951485, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485

www.cjs.ucla.educjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu • cjs@humnet.ucla.edu

Events are free and open to the public. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To RSVP please call (310) 267-5327 or email cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu. Parking is available for $10. For maps and parking information visit www.transportation.ucla.edu.The parking kiosk at the corner of Hilgard and Westholme closes at 7:30pm on weekdays and is closed on weekends. Please note that event schedules are subject to change without notice. For an up to date schedule, please visit our website at www.cjs.ucla.edu.

Wednesday - Thursday, April 7 - 8, 2010

Recovered Voices: Staging Suppressed Opera of the Early 20th CenturyExploring the Music of Composers Destroyed or Displaced by Nazi GermanySponsored by the OREL Foundation, the “1939” Club, and the Natalie Limonick Endowment in Jewish Civilization

7:30 pm • Wednesday, May 26, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

The Minsk Ghetto during World War II: Resistance and Inter-Ethnic SolidarityBarbara Epstein (UC Santa Cruz) and Maurice Zeitlin (UCLA)� e “1939” Club Series in Holocaust StudiesCosponsored by the UCLA Department of Sociology

12 pm • Tuesday, May 13, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Halakhah (Jewish Law)Alex Jassen (University of Minnesota)Cosponsored by the Templeton Foundation and the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

7:30 pm • Tuesday, March 16, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

Homeland for the Jewish Soul: The Jewish Deli in AmericaTed Merwin (Dickinson College)Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies In conjunction with Elderhostel at UCLA

12 pm • Monday, March 8, 2010 • 306 ROYCE HALL

The Seder that Would Have Been:Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Joshua Heschel and Passover 1968Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth University)Cosponsored by the UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American & World Culture and the Progressive Jewish Alliance

4 pm • Tuesday, May 11, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society? Reciprocity and Solidarity in Ancient JudaismSeth Schwartz (Columbia University)A Book DiscussionSponsored by the Viterbi Program in Mediterranean Jewish Studies

7:30 pm • Thursday, April 29, 2010 • FACULTY CENTER

How to Read the Bible: Fact, Fiction, History?James Kugel (Bar Ilan University)Series on the Bible through the AgesSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family Fund Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and Hillel at UCLA

4 pm • Monday, May 3, 2010 • 314 ROYCE HALL

Holy War in Judaism and IslamReuven Firestone (Hebrew Union College)Series on the Bible through the AgesSponsored by the Joy & Jerry Monkarsh Family Fund Cosponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion

Prof. Carol BakhosActing Director

Prof. Eric SundquistDirector, UCLA/Mellon Program on the Holocaust in American and World Culture

Vivian HolenbeckAssistant Director

Mary Enid Pinkerson, Ph.D.Community A� airs Coordinator

David WuBusiness and Marketing Coordinator

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Pictures (from top)1. Some Measure of Justice book cover2. Ted Merwin3. LA Opera, The Birds4. Aryeh Cohen

5. Mordicai Gerstein illustration for Jonah and the Two Great Fish, 1997 (Courtesy R. Michelson Galleries)6. Sergio DellaPergola7. James Kugel8. Aviva Ben-Ur

CJS Cosponsored Events

Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

The Teachers of the Alliance Israélite Universelle

Annual Calendar 2009 - 2010