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SUMMARY:From Clay Tablet to Digital Tablet: The History of Jewish Books
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life\, an NJCH grantee\, presents “From Clay Tablet to Digital Tablet: The History of Jewish Books\,” a public talk by Joseph A. Skloot of Hebrew Union College\, NYC. \nWhat is a Jewish book? How has it evolved from antiquity to the present? \nJoin the Bildner Center as it explores how Jewish ideas have been transferred over the centuries–from oral traditions to handwritten manuscripts\, from printed books to computer code. \nRSVP required. Register online at BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu. \nMonday December 8th | 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm \nTrayes Hall | Douglass Student Center
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/from-clay-tablet-to-digital-tablet-the-history-of-jewish-books/
LOCATION:Trayes Hall\, Douglass Student Center\, Rutgers University-New Brunswick\, 100 George Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black Americans\, Jewish Americans Book Club (Session 2)
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will hold a virtual book club in conjunction with the interdisciplinary symposium that it held in March\, “Black Americans\, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections\, Collisions\, and Passings.” \nThe book club\, which is free and open to the public\, will consist of two sessions. On June 5\, participants will focus on The Human Stain by Philip Roth. On June 26\, participants will focus on Passing by Nella Larsen. \nThe sessions will include discussion of key points and themes in each book\, as well as comparisons between the two novels\, guided by Donavan Ramon\, an assistant professor of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the fall 2023 Bildner Visiting Scholar at Rutgers. \nThe event is presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library\, the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee\, and the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries. Participants should read the books prior to the event and must RSVP for each session separately. \nRSVP Required\n Information & RSVP for Session One\n  \n Information & RSVP for Session Two
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/black-americans-jewish-americans-book-club-session-2/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life":MAILTO:RSVPBildner@sas.rutgers.edu
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SUMMARY:Black Americans\, Jewish Americans Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will hold a virtual book club in conjunction with its interdisciplinary symposium\, “Black Americans\, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections\, Collisions\, and Passings.” \nThe book club\, which is open to the public\, will consist of two sessions. On June 5\, participants will discuss The Human Stain by Philip Roth. On June 26\, participants will discuss Passing by Nella Larsen. \nThe sessions will include discussion of key points and themes in each book\, as well as comparisons between the two novels\, guided by Donavan Ramon\, an assistant professor of African-American and English literature at University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville and the fall 2023 Bildner Scholar at Rutgers. \nThe events are presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library\, the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee\, and the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries. \nRSVP is required by email.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/black-americans-jewish-americans-book-club-2/
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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SUMMARY:Black Americans\, Jewish Americans Book Club (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will hold a virtual book club in conjunction with the interdisciplinary symposium that it held in March\, “Black Americans\, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections\, Collisions\, and Passings.” \nThe book club\, which is free and open to the public\, will consist of two sessions. On June 5\, participants will focus on The Human Stain by Philip Roth. On June 26\, participants will focus on Passing by Nella Larsen. \nThe sessions will include discussion of key points and themes in each book\, as well as comparisons between the two novels\, guided by Donavan Ramon\, an assistant professor of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the fall 2023 Bildner Visiting Scholar at Rutgers. \nThe event is presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library\, the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee\, and the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries. Participants should read the books prior to the event and must RSVP for each session separately. \nRSVP Required\n Information & RSVP for Session One\n Information & RSVP for Session Two
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/black-americans-jewish-americans-book-club-session-1/
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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SUMMARY:Black Americans\, Jewish Americans Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will hold a virtual book club in conjunction with its interdisciplinary symposium\, “Black Americans\, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections\, Collisions\, and Passings.” \nThe book club\, which is open to the public\, will consist of two sessions. On June 5\, participants will discuss The Human Stain by Philip Roth. On June 26\, participants will discuss Passing by Nella Larsen. \nThe sessions will include discussion of key points and themes in each book\, as well as comparisons between the two novels\, guided by Donavan Ramon\, an assistant professor of African-American and English literature at University of Southern Illinois at Edwardsville and the fall 2023 Bildner Scholar at Rutgers. \nThe events are presented in partnership with the New Brunswick Free Public Library\, the New Brunswick African American Heritage Committee\, and the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries. \nRSVP is required by email.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/black-americans-jewish-americans-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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SUMMARY:Not Quite White in Fiction and Film: Laura Z. Hobson’s Gentleman’s Agreement and Nella Larsen’s Passing
DESCRIPTION:The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University will host a moderated discussion of two films based on novels that explore themes of racial and ethnic passing\, Gentleman’s Agreement and Passing in conjunction with its “Black Americans\, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections\, Collisions\, and Passings\,” supported by an NJCH grant. \nGentleman’s Agreement and Passing are critically-acclaimed novels on racial and ethnic passing that have also been adapted for the screen. The novels investigate how anti-Black racism and antisemitism have shaped the integration of Blacks and Jews into White Christian American society. Penned by women\, both novels also explore issues of gender and social class. \nNella Larsen’s Passing\, published in 1929 during the Harlem Renaissance\, was adapted for film in 2021 and stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga as Black friends who must confront the limits of their friendship and the color line when one is more successful than the other at “passing” as White. \nLaura Z. Hobson’s bestselling Gentleman’s Agreement was originally published in 1946\, shortly after World War II\, in serial form in Cosmopolitan. In the 1947 Academy Award-winning film adaptation\, Gregory Peck stars as a gentile reporter tasked with uncovering antisemitism. He soon discovers the depth of bigotry and hatred that exists in the United States. \nRachel Gordan\, Shorstein Professor of American Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Florida\, and Donavan Ramon\, Assistant Professor of African-American and English Literature\, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville\, will discuss the novels and their adaptations to the screen in a panel moderated by film and cultural critic Gene Seymour. Excerpts from both films will be shown during the program. \nThe event is part of a series of events exploring the historical intersections of Black and Jewish Americans supported by an NJCH grant. Open to the public as part of the series is a virtual book club discussing Philip Roth’s The Human Stain on June 5 and Larsen’s Passing on June 26. Find information and RSVP for the book club events here.
URL:https://njhumanities.org/event/not-quite-white-in-fiction-and-film-laura-z-hobsons-gentlemans-agreement-and-nella-larsens-passing/
LOCATION:Trayes Hall\, Douglass Student Center\, Rutgers University-New Brunswick\, 100 George Street\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grantee Event
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