Events for March, 2011
Books and Angels: Bibliography and Spirituality in the 17th Century, Dr Avriel Bar-Levav (Open University)
Date: March 8, 2011
The Gabriel Urwitz Jewish Studies Lectures “My Text of Choice” Books are both physical objects and carriers of texts, that might convey abstract ideas. In this lecture, some interactions between books and people in Jewish culture will be analyzed, in order to show the transformation of the concept of the book from a unique personal obj ... ... more »
Choices in Modern Jewish Philosophy
Date: March 21, 2011
Date: Monday, March 21, 2011 Place: Paideia, Nybrogatan 21 March 21 - Apr 1 Rani Jaeger Examining the responses of Jewish thought to the challenges of the modern world. The thinkers, whose works we will read, committed themselves to find new ways of giving meaning and direction to modern Jewish life thus approaching the past from the perspective ... ... more »
Herzl’s Altneuland – An Exploration of a Realistic Utopia. Rani Jaeger (Bar-Ilan University)The Gabriel Urwitz Jewish Studies Lectures
Date: March 22, 2011
Theodor Herzl suffers from the well known “disease” of famous people – becoming a symbol - his fame overshadows his actual ideas. In this lecture we would try to listen to Herzl as he elaborates on the needed social and political structure of the national Jewish project. Reading through Herzl’s utopia Altneula ... ... more »
Jewish Literature Book Club
Date: March 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 23 at 18:00 - 19:00 more ... more »