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Public Events
John Coffey, "The Judaic Art Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art"
John Coffey, a native of Raleigh and graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, serves as Deputy Director for Art and Curator of American and Modern Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art. He oversees the continued development of the Judaic Art Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art, one of only two permanent displays of Judaica in an American art museum. In this presentation, Coffey will discuss the Gallery’s history, mission, and collection.
Michael Stone, "Ancient Judaism and the Prism of Orthodoxy"
Michael Stone, Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religious Studies at UNC-Charlotte this academic year, will consider the challenges that face both Jewish and Christian scholars of Judaism in the ancient world. Stone will examine the widespread presuppositions that have impacted Jewish and Christian perceptions of Judaism in the Second Temple period and explore the decisive importance of this period for our understanding of ancient Judaism.
Jodi Magness, "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls"
In 1947-48, the first Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in a cave near the site of Qumran, by the shore of the Dead Sea. These scrolls include the oldest surviving copies of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) as well as other early Jewish religious literature. In this slide-illustrated lecture, Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judiasm at UNC-Chapel Hill, will review the history of this exciting discovery and the excavations of the site of Qumran, and examine how archaeological remains and information from the scrolls shed light on the lifestyle and beliefs of this Jewish sect.
Zion Zohar, "Mysticism, Magic and Rabin’s Murder: The Pulsa DeNura Ritual"
The assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin admitted that he felt justified in his actions based upon a religious decree issued by a group of rabbis who had labeled Rabin worthy of death according to Jewish law.The assassin was also influenced by another group of rabbis who had publicly condemned Rabin by performing a ritual against him known as the “pulsa denura,” essentially a “magical/mystical” death curse. In this lecture, Zion Zohar, Director and Chair of the President Navon Program for the Study of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry at Florida International University, will explore this controversial death curse/ritual and the implications of its use for public discourse about religion and society in Israel.
Tamara Levitz, "Kurt Weill’s Kol Nidre and Jewish Memory"
Tamara Levitz, Associate Professor at UCLA, and currently a visiting professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, will explore Kurt Weill's use of the Kol Nidre melody in three Jewish works composed in American exile: The Eternal Road,We Will Never Die and A Flag is Born. The goal is to understand why Weill chose the Kol Nidre melody as a vehicle for constituting a musical Jewish identity, and how his settings reflect his understanding of the role of Jewish memory.
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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