Fall 2012 Lectures in Jewish History

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לרפואה שלמה

Hello everyone--

I am happy to announce the Fall 2012 Lectures in Jewish History Series, which we plan to offer to the Miami community at the Young Israel of Bal Harbour this coming September. If you are in town, you are welcome to attend! Those of you who are elsewhere--we're sorry--please visit the course website (www.jewishhistorylectures.org) to view the video recording.

Have an excellent Shabbos,

Hillel

Fall 2012 Lecture Series

September 5:
Hillel: Foundations of Rabbinic Culture
Sponsored by an anonymous donor

September 12:
Rachel, wife of Akiva: Women in Ancient Israel

(no classes September 19, 26, October 3, 10)

October 17:
Queen Salome: Romans and Jews in the First Century

October 24:
Abaye's Wise Mother: The Birth of the Talmud

October 31:
Anan ben David: The Karaite Challenge

November 7:
Benjamin of Tudela: The Wandering Jew

November 14:
Rashi: Teacher of All Israel

November 21:
Yehudah he-Hasid: The Hasidim of Ashkenaz

November 28:
Yehudah ha-Levi The Golden Age of Sepharad

December 5:
Wuhsha the Broker: Women in the Medieval Economy

(no class December 12)

December 19:
Meir of Rothenburg: The Perils of Jewish Leadership

December 26:
Johannes Pfefferkorn: Varieties of Medieval Antisemitism

January 2:
Benvenida Abravanel: The Expulsion from Sepharad

January 9:
Baruch Spinoza: The Intellectual Challenges of Modernity

Sponsorships are available for $200, payable to the Young Israel of Bal Harbour. Please contact Arlene at (305) 866-0203 or yibh@atlanticbb.net for details.

Forthcoming for the High Holidays:

The Difficult Path of Return

Moses Maimonides and The Ways of Repentance

A New Translation and Commentary

About Hillel Hillel Abramson

Henry (Hillel) Abramson holds a PhD in History from the University of Toronto, and has held post-doctoral and visiting appointments at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard, Cornell, and Oxford Universities. He is the author of three books and many scholarly articles on Jewish history and thought, including Reading the Talmud: Developing Independence in Gemara Learning (Feldheim, 2006) and A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917-1920 (Harvard, 1999). His research has been recognized by grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and he received the "Excellence in the Academy" award from the National Education Association. He currently serves as the Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Services at Touro College South in Miami Beach, Florida.