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THE CHOSEN ONES Steve Sem-Sandberg; Anna Paterson, trans. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016 Hardcover. 576 pp. $27.00 ISBN: 978-0374122805 The fact that Austria recently very nearly elected a far-right candidate who boldly flirted with the iconography and language of the … Read More
This fall, the program for Judaic Studies is very pleased to offer UofL’s first course in Jewish graphic novels and comics, HUM 561-01, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2:15 p.m. I’m the instructor, and I am co-editor of The Jewish … Read More
The Jewish Federation of Louisville has a new Young Adult Director. Benji Berlow brings energy, enthusiasm and a passion for cultivating communities and making Judaism relevant. With a strong background in Judaism across the spectrum and extensive experience working with … Read More
In The Secret Chord, her latest novel, Geraldine Brooks (author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, March, among other international bestsellers), has set herself the daunting challenge of portraying one of the most heroic and yet morally troubling figures in … Read More
There are few people who have had quite as significant an impact on the interdisciplinary field of Jewish studies as Sander L. Gilman, who will deliver the University of Louisville’s Second Annual Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Lecture on Sunday, … Read More
Dr. Ranen Omer-Sherman Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Chair of Judaic Studies, University of Louisville I’m delighted to share my excitement about the publication this month of my latest book. “Imagining the Kibbutz. Visions of Utopia in Literature and Film” (Pennsylvania … Read More
As part of the Louisville Jewish/Israeli Author Series, Palestinian-Israeli author Sayed Kashua will present “The Foreign Mother Tongue: Living and Writing as a Palestinian in Israel” and sign books at the Chao Auditorium in the Ekstrom Library at the University … Read More
JHFE Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies University of Louisville As the newly designated JHFE Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Louisville, it is my great pleasure to invite members of the community to audit Spring 2015 offerings … Read More
Community leaders, KentuckyOne Health leadership and board members joined together at a reception Thursday, November 14, to welcome formally Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky, vice president of mission for Jewish Hospital, University of Louisville Hospital and James Graham Brown Cancer Center … Read More
A new school year and a Jewish new year also mean a new start for the Hillel programs at the University of Louisville and Bellarmine University, and this year, that also means a new staff: Hillel Director Devon Oser and … Read More
