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Public Events
Drew Levinson, Film Screening and Discussion of "Lasting Impressions"
"Lasting Impressions" is a powerful documentary about two members of a Jewish community living in a small town in the heart of the South's Bible Belt. Nearly two decades after they moved away, Drew Levinson, CBS news correspondent and Melinda Weinstein, associate professor of English at Lawrence Technological University come home to Robeson County, North Carolina to explore the unique history of their Jewish community. Levinson and Weinstein's story reveals of how the Jewish people of Robeson County contributed to their community both as "insiders" and "outsiders." ["Lasting Impressions," 47 minutes]
Paula Hyman, "Gender, Antisemitism, and Modern Jewish Identity"
In the modern era, Jews have typically defined their identity in relation to the social and political worlds with which they have come into contact. In her lecture, Paula Hyman will explore how Jewish men and women fashioned their identities at the turn of the 20th century, an era that challenged their most basic assumptions about the place of Jews in state and society. Hyman, Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University, has written widely on the history of French Jewry and on Jewish women's history.
Stephen Whitfield, "The (Harry) Golden Era of Civil Rights"
Stephen Whitfield, Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University, will discuss the colorful life of Harry Golden, a Charlotte journalist and transplanted liberal New Yorker who felt at home in North Carolina. A best-selling author of wry and humorous essays, Golden was forthright in his commitment to racial equality when such a stance was not only courageous, but dangerous.
Daniel Boyarin, "The Son of Man: A Jewish Life"
Daniel Boyarin, Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California at Berkeley, will discuss how the Son of Man figure in the Gospels may provide important clues for unlocking the mysteries of rabbinic and non-rabbinic Judaism and Christianity. The fact that in the Parables of Enoch we find the Son of Man as a redeemer figure without reference to any particular Christian context provides a highly significant clue to the history of Judaism.
Marc Bregman, "Midrash as Visualization: Depicting the Binding of Isaac in Text and Image"
Midrash, the creative interpretation of scripture, though preserved in texts, is often highly visual. Using both texts and images depicting the Aqedah (the "Binding of Isaac," Genesis Chapter 22), Bregman, Bernard Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, UNC-Greensboro, explores how Jewish biblical interpretation invites its readers to visualize the biblical narrative.
All lectures free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the Bell Tower parking lot, located at 150 South Road, right next to the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Directions from I-40 (from Raleigh and points east): Take Exit 273-B (Highway 54) towards Chapel Hill. Continue approximately 4 miles to the top of the hill. You will see a cemetery on your right, and then you will see the Bell Tower on your left. At the stop light directly past the Bell Tower, turn left into the Bell Tower Parking lot
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Public Lectures,
Spring 2006
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