Tagged as “Jewish Studies”
4/17/2013
ITHACA, NY—Noted Jewish feminist author and activist Judith Plaskow will speak at Ithaca College on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Textor 103. Her talk, “Judaism through a Feminist Lens: Feminism in a Post-Feminist Era,” is free and open to the public.
Plaskow has been teaching, writing and...
3/19/2013
Poet and essayist Joy Ladin will give two free public presentations during an upcoming visit to Ithaca College. Ladin holds the David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College of Yeshiva University, where in 2007 she became the first openly transgender employee of an Orthodox Jewish...
11/1/2012
ITHACA, NY — The Jewish studies program at Ithaca College is sponsoring a film screening and a lecture on the subject of Nazi propaganda and life in the Warsaw Ghetto. The documentary “A Film Unfinished” will be shown on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Textor 101. Holocaust researcher Bradley Prager will present “Signs...
11/16/2011
ITHACA, NY — “Eyes Wide Open,” a documentary about American Jews visiting Israel, will be shown at Ithaca College on Wednesday, Nov. 30, as part of the Israeli Voices film series. Free and open to the public, the screening will take place at 7 p.m. in Textor 101.
Filmmaker Paula Weiman-Kelman spent more than a year...
10/28/2011
ITHACA, NY — Aaron Kintu Moses, director of education for the Abayudaya Jewish community in Mbale, Uganda, will give a multimedia presentation at Ithaca College on Thursday, Nov. 3. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. in Textor 103.
Moses will share the story of the 1,000-member Abayudaya community — which was established nearly a...
