Bennett Center Poster Archive

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  People of the Book: The Bible in Jewish Life and Liturgy

  Ruth Langer

  "Celebrating 15 Years of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University… Dr. Ruth Langer, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies in Theology; Director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Boston College; author of To Worship God Properly: Tensions between Liturgical Custom and Halakhah in Judaism; and co-editor of Liturgy in the Life of the Synagogue."

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  Holocaust Denial: A New Form of Anti-Semitism

  Deborah E. Lipstadt

  "Celebrating 15 Years of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University… A Lecture by 2008 Judaic Studies Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University, Author of Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory; History on Trial; and Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust."

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  Jew or Christian: Who Wrote the Book of Revelation?

  Elaine H. Pagels

  "Second Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement…Dr. Elaine Pagels, Professor of Religion, Princeton University. Author of: Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, The Gnostic Gospels, and Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity."

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  Future of Israel: Economic, Cultural, Religious, & Political Dimensions

  Alon Pinkas

  "In Recognition of the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel… A lecture by Alon Pinkas, Former Counsel General of Israel, Adviser on U.S. affairs, Participant in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations."

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  Dead Sea Scrolls at Sixty: What HAVE they taught us? What CAN they teach us? What can they NOT teach us?

  Moshe J. Bernstein

  "Scholar-in-residence, 2007. Dr. Moshe J. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Bible, Yeshiva University, and author of New Perspectives on Qumran Law and History."

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  Voices of the Jewish Poor in the Middle Ages: Insights from the Cairo Geniza

  Mark R. Cohen

  "Featuring Dr. Mark Cohen, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; author of Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt, The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages, and Under Crescent and Cross."

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  Journey of a Spiritual Life

  Merle Feld

  "A poetry reading and discussion Featuring Merle Feld, Poet, playwright, feminist theologian, and author of a spiritual memoir, A Spiritual Life: Exploring the Heart and Jewish Tradition."

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  Judaism and Christianity: From Contempt to Pluralism and Partnership

  Irving Y. Greenberg

  "First Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement. Presented by the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Catholic Studies, Fairfield University." [Followed by] "Rabbi Irving Greenberg, President of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation; Author of For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christianity."

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  Darfur - Making a Difference

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  "The Tenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences and University College's Open VISIONS Forum presents... Nicholas Kristof, Political scientist, author, and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist specializing in East Asia. Currently a columnist for The New York Times."

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  G.I. Jews: How WWII Changed a Generation

  Deborah D. Moore

  "The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University presents… The 2007 Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies…Featuring Dr. Deborah Dash Moore, Author, Professor of History, & Director of the Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan."

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  Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century

  Ori Z. Soltes

  "Inaugural Sam and Bettie Roberts Lecture on Jewish American Art and Artists."

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  Abraham Joshua Heschel: Celebrating the Centennial of a Teacher of the Nations

  Gordon Tucker

  "Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Jewish Philosophy, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America."

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  Blurred Vision: How Jews and Christians See Israel

  David M. Elcott

  "The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents… The 2006 Adolp and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies…featuring Dr. David M. Elcott, executive director, Israel Policy Forum; and former national director of Inter-religious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee."

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  Paper Clips: Changing the World… Once Classroom at a Time

  Linda Hooper

  "Fairfield University's annual Holocaust Remembrance Service, 'The Power of One,' with guest speaker, Linda Hooper, Principal of the Whitwell Middle School who inspired and helped guide the Paper Clips Project. Showings of PAPER CLIPS the award-winning film of a middle school Holocaust project that changed the lives of students, parents, and the people of Whitwell, Tennessee."

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  Seeking Common Ground: Dialogue between Jews and Muslims

  Judea Pearl

  "The Ninth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and University College's Open VISIONS Forum present… Judea Pearl, President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation and father of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl."

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  Missing Peace - The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace

  Dennis B. Ross

  "The Bank of America Lecture in Judaic Studies. A program of the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences presents… Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy."

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  Use and Abuse of Jewish Tradition in Contemporary Political Debates

  David N. Saperstein

  "A lecture presented by The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center For Judaic Studies of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University. Scholar-in-Residence, 2006, Rabbi David Saperstein. Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Washington, D.C.; lecturer, Georgetown University; and author of Thunder in America (1992)."

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  They Married What They Wanted to Be: The Rebbetzin in American Jewish Life

  Shuly R. Schwartz

  "A lecture by Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Associate Professor of American Jewish History and Dean of Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and author of The Rabbi's Wife."

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  Passover Haggadah & The Jewish Imagination

  David M. Stern

  "A lecture by Dr. David M. Stern, Professor of Classical Hebrew and Jewish Literature, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Parables in Midrash: Narratives and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature and Rabbinic Fantasies: Imaginative Narratives from Classical Hebrew Literature."

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  New Issues in Bioethics: Stem Cell Research & Genetic Screening

  Elliot N. Dorff

  "The 2005-2006 Judaic Studies Scholar-in-Residence at Fairfield University Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Professor of Philosophy, University of Judaism, Los Angeles author of Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics, and Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality: A Reader."

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  Scandals, Values, and the Pursuit of Justice

  Leonard J. Fein

  "Eighth Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship. Leonard Fein, social activist, founder of MAZON and the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy."

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  American Attitudes Towards Jews in America

  Abraham H. Foxman

  "The Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies… A lecture by Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League and Author of Never Again: The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism."

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  Jews, Romans, and the Death of Jesus

  Paula Fredriksen

  "A lecture by Dr. Paula Fredriksen, the William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Scripture, Boston University; Author, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews; From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Jesus; Augustine on Romans."

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  Women in Traditional Judaism: Rights, Roles, and Obligations

  Blu Greenberg

  "Author of On Women and Judaism: A View from Tradition, and How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household."

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  Whatever You Can Carry: Poems of the Holocaust

  Stephen Herz

  "Celebrating 10 Years of Judaic Studies at Fairfield University." [Followed by] "A poetry reading and discussion by award-winning poet Stephen Herz."