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The Lunar Calendar in Judaism and Islam: 10.6.16 12:30pm

The Lunar Calendar in Judaism and Islam Thursday, Oct 6 12:30-2:00 PM GTU Library Dinner Boardroom 3rd Floor 2400 Ridge Road Please join us to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & the Islamic New Year. This event will be led by Prof. Deena Aranoff and Prof. Abdullah Ali, and will provide an overview of the Lunar Calendar in both traditions, the convergence of Rosh Hashanah and the Islamic new year, and Yom Kippur and Ashura.

And Then I Killed Him: Soviet Jewish Veterans of World War II Speak of Encountering Perpetrators of the Holocaust,” with Anna Shternshis

Thursday, September 29th
“And then I killed him: Soviet Jewish Veterans of World War II Speak of Encountering Perpetrators of the Holocaust,” with Anna Shternshis  

12:45pm: Graduate Theological Union  | Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley CA 94709

 

In the evening, Anna will be speaking at another event:

“Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews during World War II” with Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko,

The Marriage Plot, a Conversation with Naomi Seidman

The GTU's Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies is hosting an event celebrating the publication of Dr. Naomi Seidman's long-awaited work, The Marriage Plot Or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature (Stanford University Press).  Dr. Seidman will be speaking about her latest book in conversation with Stanford University's Dr. Gabriella Safran at a CJS event on October 13 at 5:30 pm in the GTU's Dinner Board Room, 2400 Ridge Rd., Berkeley.

The Marriage Plot, with Naomi Seidman

The GTU's Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies is delighted to inform you about the publication of Dr. Naomi Seidman's long-awaited work, The Marriage Plot Or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature (Stanford University Press).  Dr. Seidman will be speaking about her latest work at two upcoming events sponsored by CJS. The first will be: 

Sunday, August 21, 5:30 pm 
Congregation Netivot Shalom 
1316 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702

Mirror Texts: Muslim Jewish Interfaith Art and Text Study

Join us for an afternoon of interfaith text study, and open dialogue co-facilitated by Dr. Leyla Ozgur Alhassen, scholar of Qur’anic narrative, and Arielle Tonkin, visual artist and specialist in Jewish text. We will explore text as an intellectual and artistic pursuit in the Jewish and Islamic traditions, focusing on the stories in the Qur'an and the Torah that explore the character of Musa/Moshe's sister. We look forward to learning, creating, and building community with you! Hosted at the Graduate Theological Union, this event is open to the public and to people of all faiths.

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