 The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies offers one of the most comprehensive Jewish Studies programs in North America, encompassing Hebrew language and literature as well as all facets of Jewish history and culture, from the ancient through the medieval to the modern. Courses are taught by faculty whose specialties include ancient Judaism, medieval Jewish history, modern Jewish history, Biblical studies, Middle Eastern studies, Post-biblical and Talmudic literature, Jewish mysticism, Jewish philosophy, Modern Hebrew Literature, Israel studies and related fields.
Upcoming EventsJews & Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition By Marni DavisWednesday, February 29, 3pmJews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition explores American Jews’ relation to alcohol production and their attitudes toward alcohol consumption during the years of the national prohibition movement’s rise and fall. Dr. Marni Davis is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University where she teaches American History, Jewish History, and the history of ethnicity and immigration in the United States. Her current research focuses on the experiences of immigrants who settled in the American South. RSVP by February 22 to fas.hjst.events@nyu.edu. Spring 2012 Lunchtime ColloquiaAll colloquia take place in the Library of the King Juan Carlos I Center from 12-1:45pm unless otherwise noted.Thursday, February 2 Beyond Glory and Agony: David Grossman and the Israeli Narrative of National Sacrifice Presented by Prof. Yael Feldman David Grossman’s latest tale of life in the shadow of trauma, both recapitulates and challenges a deeply entrenched Israeli truism – the fact that Israel’s existence is guaranteed by the most ancient and primitive of human rituals: the periodic sacrificing of its “loved ones,” its contemporary Isaacs, to the Moloch of war and violence. Professor Feldman will discuss Grossman’s bold gender and ethnic re-writing of the Israeli aqedah, and especially his grappling with the oedipal twist it was given by Israeli authors since the 1960s – a trend described in detail in her recent study, Glory and Agony: Isaac’s Sacrifice and National Sacrifice (Stanford UP; Jewish Book Council Awards Finalist). Thursday, February 16 The Didactics of Eranos Religionism: Gershom Scholem, Henry Corbin, and Mircea Eliade Presented by Wouter Hanegraf Professor of Hermetic Philosophy, University of Amsterdam Wednesday, March 7 Title TBA Presented by Christian Wiese Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Monday April 16 Title TBA Presented by David Sorkin Associate Professor, John Marshall School of Law |
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