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For the time being, all Library events are taking place virtually, via Zoom or other online video services. Check each event to find the online address.
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06
Oct
2020
Jews and Moneylending in the Middle Ages
This virtual program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in… -
13
Oct
2020
Karaite Judaism: An Alternative to the Religion of the Rabbis
This virtual program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in… - 18 Oct 2020
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27
Oct
2020
“Perhaps Redeemed”: Literature, the Holocaust, and the Survivor’s Need for a Radical Humanism
This virtual program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in… -
28
Oct
2020
“And for the groom a sardine”: Sephardi Women’s Songs
Click here to register. Most of the Judeo-Spanish or Ladino Sephardi song repertoire was traditionally sung by women. This presentation… -
01
Nov
2020
Tiberian Hasidic Responses to Plagues and Riots
Please click here to register for this event. In the year 1777, a group of Jewish spiritual seekers from Eastern… - 08 Nov 2020
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10
Nov
2020
The Rise of Religious Cinema in Israel
This program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in Jewish… -
17
Nov
2020
Juda and the New Jew: Undead Jewish Israeli Identities
This program is presented by the SFSU Department of Jewish Studies as part of the Fall 2020 Lectures in Jewish… -
18
Nov
2020
Creating Moscow’s New Jewish Museum: A View from the Inside
Please click here to register. In 2012, the Federation of Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization for Chabad-Lubavitch in Russia, opened… -
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Nov
2020
The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently
Please click here to register. Why do Jews and Christians interpret the same texts differently? In their new book, The…
