IJS 2021 Spring and Summer Lecture Series
Jewish Religious Life in Poland since 1750
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11 January 2021
A one-day Online Conference to launch Volume 33 of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry organised by the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, the Institute of Jewish Studies, and JW3 London. Co-organised and supported by the Polish Cultural Institute,
Published by: Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link not available.
Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls so Sensational?
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14 January 2021
Prof James Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary) on why scholars concur that the recovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is the most sensational discovery of ancient writings.
Published by: Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/FkhagUUjfvgKowfm7_0aqksdtQTEA4k682pRPEaC-Z...
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Placing the Blame for COVID-19 in and on Ultra-Orthodox Communities
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19 January 2021
Haredi communities and the external and internal rhetoric about COVID-19.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/xY2EpPbkZWxYC78SJ62e56nPrUIl20rrPkjbPt-Tzh...
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Antisemitism in the Bolshevik Revolution
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20 January 2021
In collaboration with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies with Dr Brendan McGeever, and Prof Elissa Bemporad responding; Prof François Guesnet, Chairing
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/EMu_7U7OtCtInolgK0xPHChg6Mhoan0hLshyXkhgWs...
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Heavenly Palaces in Judaism: a Historical Travel Guide
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4 February 2021
An introduction to heavenly journeys in Jewish mysticism from late antiquity to early middle ages.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/cukc9itLvQafz0dco4OzRj6QxXNQmsx_f17Z2yPOCw...
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Dvorah Vogel: Yiddish Modernist Poetry
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9 February 2021
Dvorah (Debora) Vogel (1900-1942) considered Yiddish as central vehicle for her modernist writing experiments.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/pmzeh4IM_2bhyLlhKLjVtgA5Zx31-WI3Fyv405v6vM...
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Thoughts On the Study of the Role of Women in Hasidism
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11 February 2021
Lecture by Naftali Lowenthal in memory of Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert (1945-2020)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/D4Nrd6oj5QK5xoXdOepqaUmIZzWrfGLz9W7WAfT116...
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Jonathan Sacks Memorial Lecture : Humanism and Human Progress
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17 February 2021
Prof Steven Pinker (Harvard) will discuss of human progress, material and moral, and its relation to humanism and Judaism
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/5LjVOtylA-djAiOMLCbkNClKnz5xZTOSVZ5TxR68rC...
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The Legacy of the Shtetl: Investigating Polish-Belarusian-Ukrainian Borderlands
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23 February 2021
Magdalena Waligórska and Natalia Romik (UCL) in conversation.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/GY2MXxDHfo-68V3fJjefJrH5sdSyMKGjWOeomPGKP8...
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The Bible in 19th-century Culture: biography and nationhood
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4 March 2021
Tracing the history of the reception of the Bible in Victorian Britain with Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/ACTxOK_-napUkauGRuhoPSbEZEmwPTTMebCN5GfsC3...
The Jews in the Band: Anders Army's Special Troups
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9 March 2021
Fascinating insights about Jews in the entertainment troupes of the Anders Army in WW2
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/vImdBGi3o3stueAX_qmIo_n643MmDTHQdQ-HULsuav...
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Hebrew Manuscripts: Journey of the Written Word
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11 March 2021
A virtual tour of the exhibition at the British Library exploring the relationships between Jews and their neighbours
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link not available due to copyright reasons. However you can view the manuscripts and others the following way:
The link to the Digitised Manuscripts site is: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/
The link to the 3D virtual Tour of the Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word exhibition is: https://v21artspace.com/hebrew-manuscripts-journeys-of-the-written-word
Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word exhibition, PACCAR2 Gallery, the British Library open until Sunday 6 June 2021: https://www.bl.uk/events/hebrew-manuscripts
The work of Heaven and Earth and its Creator
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6 January 2021
Some notes on the Enoch “astronomical” tradition by Henryk Drawnel (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/LRUSsc2_zOY-LTk7t4zP4hnmIvvit8RtEY3pYQ9qqy...
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The Rebellion of the Daughters: Young Jewish Women in Galicia 1900
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13 April 2021
The educational gender gap and intergenerational conflict among young Jewish women in Galicia around 1900.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/EKLBgNxaAvvD2UxcwoorZTcA9ntKWY3kqNQsUowx22...
The Treasures of the Bezalel Narkiss Jewish Art collection
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6 May 2021
Lecture by Vladimir Levin of the Center for Jewish Arts, Jerusalem in memory of Thea Zucker
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: www.bfhu.org/product/the-treasures-of-the-bezalel-narkiss-jewish-art-collection/
Relations between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans before and after 1933
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11 May 2021
Lecture by Professor Mary Fulbrook, UCL Institute of Advanced Studies
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/8_H2zKtOHcvhLvkW0ULkFlFp2DyDiBGxI-_mvArCA5...
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The SS Officer’s Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life
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20 May 2021
A gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer during World War Two with Daniel Lee
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/9tXQGq-3D5RIHLGj8nnNkw5flo6ibJt7gKYaIlGIaw...
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'As God is our Judge’: Water Ordeals, from Babylon to Jerusalem
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27 May 2021
Raymond Westbrook Memorial lecture with Professor Jack Sasson (Emeritus, Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/rq025547hxs1Pn9D_BaohLel8u34cciy7WoHCLZekY...
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- Other Lectures in Collaboration with other departments:
Enlightened Hasidic Yiddish: From Digital to Print-Media
Lecture from Ayala Fader (Fordham University) as part of the Ada Rapoport-Albert seminar series on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesYiddish among ex-Haredim
Yiddish is often thought of as a dying language, or as a language confined to insular Haredi communities. However, this view ignores the growing numbers of Yiddish speakers who choose to leave Haredi communities and live more secular lives. Public
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesThe Holocaust in Eastern Europe: Sources, Memory, Politics
Symposium in Honour of Professor Antony Polonsky in co-operation with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies and the Wiener Holocaust Library
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesWeinreich's Transcarpathian Journey
This lecture will follow Uriel Weinreich through his interviews with Transcarpathian Yiddish speakers, Oyberlanders and Unterlanders.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesDiscussion Weekend: Ada Rapoport-Albert Seminar Series on Hasidic Yiddish
An opportunity to watch recordings of previous seminars and discuss topics arising in live panel discussions.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesGefilte fish and sushi: Hasidic orientation and vowel change in New York Hasidic Yiddish
Public lecture with Chaya Nove from The City University of New York (CUNY)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesThe Rise of Hasidic Yiddish theatre
Wojciech Tworek, University of Wrocław
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish StudiesAttitudes toward Change in a Maintained Language: Yiddish in New York
Although most descendants of Yiddish-speaking immigrants to the United States are now monolingual in English, vibrant Yiddish-speaking communities continue to exist.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies