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Long Fight for Freedom
Damien W. Echols, Lorri Davis, and Stephen L. Braga
"The Sixteenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and Open VISIONS Forum… A conversation with Damien Echols, one of the 'West Memphis Three' wrongfully convicted of killing three small boys. Echols, his wife Lorri, and attorney Stephen Braga '78 discuss the twisted road to justice."
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Audrey Flack: Issues, Images & Icons
Audrey L. Flack
"The Samuel and Bettie Roberts Memorial Lecture in Jewish Art, Presented by the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies… A visual presentation and lecture by Audrey Flack, nationally recognized painter, sculptor, and photorealism pioneer."
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Tales of the Mystical God: When the sacred appears within the everyday
Lawrence Kushner
"2013 Scholar in Residence Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Author and scholar in residence at Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco."
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Staged Reading of the Play The Visitor
Carol K. Mack and Martha S. LoMonaco
"New York City, 1985. A rabidly anti-Semitic member of the German Reichstag comes to preach. Assigned to protect him: a specially selected band of NYC policemen, all Jewish."
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Famous Last Words
Walter J. Petry, Joan Fleitas, Ellen M. Umansky, and Donald J. Ross
"What would your professor have to say at their 'last lecture'? Would they give advice? Would they reminisce? Would they talk about academics? Would they talk about spirituality? Come to the Fairfield University 'Last Lecture' series and find out. Find out more about your professors. Find out what makes them tick."
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Girls in Trouble
Alicia J. Rabins and Aaron Hartman
"In honor of the 2013 Daniel Pearl World Music Days, The Carl & Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents Girls in Trouble. Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Alicia Jo Rabins, with bassist Aaron Hartman, fuses American folk music and underground rock with stories of biblical women."
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Understanding Israel and the Middle East
Bob D. Simon
"Bob Simon, Award-winning international journalist, veteran foreign correspondent, and featured contributor to 60 Minutes."
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Jewish History of Small-Town America
Lee S. Weissbach
"Lee Shai Weissbach, author and professor of history, University of Louisville, KY."
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American Jews Look at a Changing Israel
Eric H. Yoffie
"The Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies… featuring Rabbi Eric Yoffie, Past president of the Union for Reform Judaism and former executive director of the Association of Reform Zionists of America."
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Abraham Inc. featuring David Krakauer, Fred Wesley, and Socalled: An Evening of Klezmer-Funk Music
Abraham Inc., David Krakauer, Fred Wesley, and Socalled
"Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert."
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Remember the Dream... It's Our Time to Act!
Herman I. Boone
"Fairfield University's 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance... MLK Convocation Featuring Coach Herman Boone. Coach Herman Boone is the former coach of the T.C. Williams High School football team. Boone was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the highly popular Disney movie Remember the Titans. Come hear his inspiring talk on Thursday, January 26 at 3 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts!"
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Do Jews Believe in Original Sin?
Alan Cooper
"The Doctrine of Original Sin in Jewish and Christian Thought… Dr. Alan Cooper, 2012 Scholar-in-Residence. Dr. Cooper is the Elaine Ravich Professor of Jewish Studies and Provost, Jewish Theological Seminary."
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Peddlers and Modern Jewish Migration
Hasia R. Diner
"A lecture by Dr. Hasia R. Diner, Professor of American Jewish History, New York University."
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Israel: Threatened From Inside and Out...
Martin Fletcher
"Martin Fletcher, Author, fomer NBC News Middle East Correspondent & Tel Aviv Bureau Chief."
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When Christians Were Jews
Paula Fredriksen
"The Center for Catholic Studies and the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies present the 7th Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement." [Speaker] "Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio Professor of Scripture Emertia at Boston University and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem."
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Rising From the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
"The Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies… Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Professor of Performance Studies, NYU and Program Director, Core Exhibition, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw."
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Opening the Covenant: A Jewish Theology of Christianity
Michael S. Kogan
"The Center for Catholic Studies and the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies present the Sixth Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement… featuring Dr. Michael S. Kogan, Professor of Religion, Montclair State University."
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Human Rights: Free Press and Democracy
Kati Marton
"The Fifteenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and Open VISIONS Forum… Kati Marton, Human rights activist and author of Paris: A Love Story and A Death in Jerusalem."
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Staged Reading of The Red Box: An Exploration of Gay Survivors of the Holocaust
Jason Mitchell
"The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University presents A staged reach of The Red Box. An exploration of gay survivors of the Holocaust by Jason Mitchell. To be followed by an on-stage discussion with the playwright."
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When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Jonathan D. Sarna
"A lecture on the 150th anniversary of Grant's infamous General Order No. 11. Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University and Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History."
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Death of Jesus and the Revival of Jewish-Christian Relations
Mary C. Boys
"The Center for Catholic Studies and the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies present the Fifth Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement." [Speaker] "Dr. Mary C. Boys, Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NYC."
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Changing Patterns of Jewish Identity in the U.S Today
Steven M. Cohen
"A lecture by 2011 Scholar in Residence Dr. Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, HUC-JIR & Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive, NYC, Wagner."
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To Honor my People: Reflections of a Jewish Artist
Norman Gorbaty
"A visual presentation and lecture by Norman Gorbaty… Norman Gorbaty's work will be exhibited in the Walsh Art Gallery at the Quick Center and the Bellarmine Museum of Art, Jan. 27 - March 27. Opening reception Walsh Art Gallery, Thurs., Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m."
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Synagogues and Jewish Cemeteries in Eastern Europe: Past, Present & Future
Samuel D. Gruber
"Dr. Samuel Gruber, Lecturer in Judaic Studies, Syracuse University and President, International Survey of Jewish Monuments."
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Beyond the Battlefield: Jews and the Civil War
Adam D. Mendelsohn
"The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University presents… The 2011 Adolp and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies" [Speaker] "Adam Mendelsohn, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C."
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