MAURICE GREENBERG CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES
FALL 2014SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Fall Focus: Honoring the Past
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JUDAIC STUDIES COURSES
FALL 2014Classes begin Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Registration and tuition are required for all courses.
Special rates for select courses are available through the Mandell Jewish Community Center. Call the Registrar’s Office, University of Hartford, at 860.768.4999.
Professor Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan ambassador to the United States (center), discusses the exhibit that was part of the University of Hartford’s Kwibuka20 commemoration of the genocide of the Tutsi people in Rwanda at the Greenberg Center’s Museum of Jewish Civilization in April.
Avinoam Patt (left) and Matthew Rubin present the 2014 Joseph Zola Memorial Holocaust Educator Award to Emily Hernberg (second from left) and Christian Bonarrigo of New Canaan High School for their curriculum, “Literature of the Holocaust,” in May.
Many supporters filled the 1877 Club rotunda in May at the opening reception for Return to the Land: Jewish Farming around the World photography exhibition.
Shoshana Coven ’14 (left), Judaic studies major, and Evan Bennett ’14, Judaic studies minor, celebrate their big day at the University of Hartford Commencement on May 18. hartford.edu/greenberg
Monday, October 6Exhibit Opening and LectureLaurel Leff, Buried by the Times Exhibit Opening: 1945
OCTOBER
EXHIBITOPENING
AND LECTURE
Martelange, Belgium, February 1945
Photo: Samuel Cotzin, courtesy of Norma Passow and Alan Cotzin
JS 205 Israel: History and SocietySection 45206: Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:55–4:10 p.m.Instructor: Avinoam Patt
JS 214 Jewish History: Exile to EnlightenmentSection 42121: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30–2:45 p.m.Instructor: Richard Freund
JS 308 Bible and Archaeology: Old Testament Section 41552: Tuesdays, 5–7:20 p.m.Instructor: Richard Freund
JS 310 Ancient Art: EgyptianSection 46948: Tuesdays, 4:50–7:20 p.m.Instructor: C. Manassa
JS 425 Contemporary Studies in Jewish Civilization:Survey Near Eastern HumanitySection 43163: Thursdays, 7:30–9:50 p.m.Instructor: Hazza Abo-Rabia
LANGUAGE COURSES
ARA 110 Elementary Arabic ISection 42976: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30–4:45 p.m.Instructor: Hazza Abo-Rabia
HBR 113 Elementary Hebrew ISection 40199: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:25–10:40 a.m.Instructor: Yifat Avner
HBR 115 Intermediate Hebrew ISection 43122: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:50 a.m.–12:05 p.m.Instructor: Yifat Avner
HBR 117 Advanced Hebrew Language: Conversation and ReadingSection 47351: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:05–3:20 p.m.Instructor: Yifat Avner
WINTERTERM 2015 COURSES
Be a Greenberg Center “Rhodes” Scholar and travel to our archaeological project in Rhodes, Greece, or in Nazareth, Israel, or both.
JS 307, POL 377, SOC 307JS 380 Independent study
PLEASE KEEP US UP TO DATE
Do you receive our mailings under the wrong name?Would you like your name removed or someone else’s name added to our mailing list?Do you have email, so that we can keep you informed of Greenberg Center activities?
If you answered yes to any of the above, please call the Greenberg Center at 860.768.4964 or email Susan Gottlieb at [email protected], so that we can update our database.
PARKING: For all events in Wilde Auditorium, use parking lot D. Handicapped parking is available in Millard Circle and at the rear of the Harry Jack Gray Center (between Abrahms Hall and The Hartt School). For events in Mali I and II (Charles Dana Hall), use parking lot H.For events at the Museum of Jewish Civilization, use parking lot K (opposite Hartford Art School). For events at Konover Campus Center, use parking lot F. A map of the campus is available online at www.hartford.edu/about/map.
Tuesday, October 14, 7 p.m.Mali II, Charles Dana Hall, University of Hartford
“Who Were the First Christians?” Adolfo RoitmanLizbeth and George Krupp Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls Shrine of the BookIsrael Museum, Jerusalem
Limited seating; reservations required: 860.768.5018 or [email protected].
Sponsored in part by the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and St. Thomas Seminary.
Tuesday, October 21, 7 p.m. Mali II, Charles Dana Hall, University of Hartford
“The Real/Reel Moses and Mary in Film and Archaeology”Richard Freund, Director Maurice Greenberg Center, University of Hartford
Limited seating; reservations required: 860.768.5018 or [email protected].
Monday, October 27, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.1877 Club, Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford
Holocaust Educators Workshop“Learn from the Past, Teach for the Future”Registration required by Thursday, October 16. Fee: $40 (limited scholarships available)
Thursday, December 4, 7 p.m. Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford
Muslim-Christian-Jewish Songfest and Poetry Evening Presented in cooperation with the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, Muslim Student Association, and Hillel.
Wednesday, December 10, 7 p.m.Mali II, Charles Dana Hall, University of Hartford“The New Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction”Edward Lewis Wallant Award 50th Anniversary Anthology
Panel:Josh Lambert, Academic Director, Yiddish Book CenterAvinoam Patt, Associate Professor, Maurice Greenberg Center, University of Hartford
Moderator:Carole Goldberg, former books editor, Hartford Courant
Made possible by the Waltman Family Fund.
SEPTEMBER OCTOBERLECTURE
FILM LECTURE
WORKSHOP
SONGFEST
BOOK LAUNCH AND DISCUSSION
PANEL DISCUSSION
PANEL DISCUSSION AND EXHIBIT CLOSING
CELEBRATION
LECTURE ANDEXHIBIT OPENING
All Greenberg Center programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
A TASTE OF THE GREENBERG CENTER
LECTURE AND TASTING Opening of the Qur’an
DECEMBER
Rabbi Stanley Kessler
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Stanley Kessler
Laurel Leff
Crown Market West Hartford, Conn. 1950s
SEPTEMBER
Ever want to return to college for a day?Find out why the community comes to the Greenberg Center to learn. Registration required for each sample class listed below, with limited seating available (first-come, first-served basis), by Thursday, September 4. Call 860.768.5018 or email [email protected].
Tuesday, September 9, 5–7:30 p.m. Bible and Archaeology“The Origins of Biblical Archaeology”Instructor: Richard Freund
Thursday, September 11, 7:30–9 p.m.Contemporary Studies in Jewish Civilization: Survey in Near Eastern Humanity“The Origins of Islam”Instructor: Hazza Abo-Rabia
Friday, September 12, 12–1 p.m.“In Our Own Words”—Holocaust Testimonies of Second and Third Generations Project “The New Holocaust and Genocide Rare Books Collection of the University of Hartford”Instructor: Avinoam Patt
Monday, September 8, 7 p.m.Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford
“Honoring the Crown”Show your support at a food tasting for the New Year. A “Jews and food” event to honor those who saved West Hartford’s historic Crown Market.
A welcome-back reception for our students, new and returning, including a special welcome for new Hillel Director Jason Oruch.
Reservations required: 860.768.5018 or [email protected].
EMPOWERING CHANGEA University of Hartford weeklong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.See the full schedule of events and activities and register athartford.edu/empoweringchange.
Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford “What Would You Do?”Panel discussion exploring how people have been empowered to create social change in the past, present, and future.
Moderator: Warren Goldstein, University of HartfordPanelists:Rabbi Stanley Kessler Hon’14, 1960s Freedom RiderDoug Glanville, ESPNMarissa Lawrence ’16, College of Arts and Sciences University of HartfordElizabeth Horton Sheff M’12, Hon’13, community activist
Sunday, September 28, 7 p.m.Mali II, Charles Dana Hall, University of Hartford
“Jewish Farming around the World” Panel discussion on Jewish farmers past and present.Closing of Return to the Land photography exhibition. Museum of Jewish Civilization Mortensen Library, University of Hartford Limited seating; reservations required: 860.768.5018 or [email protected].
Sunday, October 5Eid Al Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)Major Islamic festival celebration with Muslim, Jewish, and Christian student organizations. Contact the Muslim Student Association for information and reservations at 860.768.5390.
Monday, October 6, 7 p.m.The N. Richard Greenfield Jewish Journalism LectureWilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, University of Hartford
Buried by The Times: The Holocaust and America’s Most Important NewspaperLaurel LeffProfessor of Journalism, Northeastern University
Exhibit Opening, 8 p.m.Museum of Jewish Civilization Mortensen Library, Harry Jack Gray Center University of Hartford1945: The 70th Anniversary of Liberation
Limited seating; reservations required: 860.768.5018 or [email protected].
Lecture made possible by the Maurice Greenberg Center for
Judaic Studies in cooperation with the Connecticut Jewish Ledger.
OCTOBER
Wlodawa and Sobibór Memorial Book
SPECIAL COURSE AUDIT RATE AVAILABLE! The Mandell Jewish Community Center (JCC) and the
University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies are collaborating this semester to offer select University courses at a special auditor’s reduced rate when participants register through the Mandell Center.
Registration and payment are required for all courses.
Register at 860.236.1927 or the JCC Member Services Center.
Fall 2014 classes at the University of Hartford begin Wednesday, September 3.
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