Return-Path: Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca ([142.150.96.236]) by mx7.mindspring.com (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id rdl7sa.4j2.37kbi15 Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:09:13 -0500 (EST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA29209 for js-network-outgoing; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 07:21:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 07:23:34 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: JSN: Positions and Notices Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-js-network@oise.utoronto.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jewish Studies Newsletter THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER positions & events in academic Jewish Studies Published by H-Judaic: The Jewish Studies Network ____________________________________________________________ Issue 8.005p6 [#8.022] * February 1999 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: * Positions - High School Positions [The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston] * Notices - Excavation Opportunity in Israel (Gath) [Bar-Ilan/York (Toronto)] - Jacob Rader Marcus Center Fellowship Program - A Judeo-Maghrebi Web Site - YIVO/US Holocaust Museum Lecture - Clarification of AJS Conference ------------------------------------------------------------ POSITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Daniel Lehmann Subject: High School Positions The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston Positions are available in the following areas: Bible Rabbinic Literature Hebrew Language Jewish/General History Our school attracts students from a wide variety of religious and educational backgrounds. The Jewish Studies program has a rigorous, text-based curriculum with levels to accommodate our diverse student body. The school is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach to learning with a unique emphasis on the arts, culture, and social activism. This is a wonderful opportunity to work in a school that is at the forefront of Jewish high school education. Please send or fax a resume to Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, Headmaster New Jewish High School of Greater Boston 8 Prospect Street Waltham, MA 02453 (781) 642-6800 (781) 642-6805 fax visit our web site at www.njhs.org ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Carl Ehrlich Subject: Excavation Opportunity in Israel Follow in The Footsteps of David And Goliath: Dig Philistine Gath July 11 - August 6, 1999 The Site Tell es-Safi (Hebrew Tel Tsafit) is a commanding mound located on the border between the Judean foothills (the Shephelah) and the coastal plain, approximately halfway between Jerusalem and Ashkelon. At about 100 acres in size, it is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in Israel. Most scholars identify Tell es-Safi with Philistine Gath, known from the Bible as the home of Goliath and Achish. Archaeological surveys indicate that the site was inhabited pretty much continuously from the Chalcolithic period (5th millennium BCE) until 1948. The Project Since 1996 a team of archaeologists from the Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University, under the overall direction of Dr. Aren M. Maeir and assisted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been digging at Tell es-Safi. It promises to be one of the major archaeological undertakings of the next decade or two in Israel. Preliminary results have underlined the great importance of the site. Major finds from the first few seasons include the discoveries of a 9th century BCE destruction layer with extraordinarily rich remains and of a siege trench surrounding the site, whose date has yet to be determined. The Program Beginning in the summer of 1999 York University will join Bar Ilan University in offering a summer field school for students and volunteers. All able and willing people of university age or older are invited to join us for a unique and exciting experience uncovering the history and culture of the Holy Land. In addition to participating in all facets of the excavation process, participants will be provided with the opportunity to learn excavation techniques, to hear lectures about the archaeology of Israel, and to go on field trips to nearby sites of interest. North American students may earn 6 university credits through York. Students from the rest of the world may register for academic credit through Bar Ilan. Accommodations (including kosher food) will be provided at idyllic Kibbutz Kfar Menahem, a short drive from the site. For further information, please contact: In North America: Prof. Carl S. Ehrlich Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Division of Humanities York University Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada In the rest of the world: Dr. Aren M. Maeir Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Israel 52900 Fax: 972-3-5351233 Email: maeir@h2.hum.huji.ac.il ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kevin Proffitt Subject: Marcus Center Fellowship Program The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is pleased to invite applications to its annual Fellowship Program for the 1999-2000 academic year. The Marcus Center's Fellowship Program provides recipients with month-long fellowships for research and writing at The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, located on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Fellowship stipends will be sufficient to cover transportation and living expenses while in residence in Cincinnati. Applicants for the Marcus Center Fellowship program must be conducting serious research in some area relating to the history of North American Jewry. Typically, Marcus Center Fellowships will be awarded to post-doctoral candidates, Ph.D. candidates who are completing dissertations, and senior or independent scholars. Fellowship candidates should submit the following information: An up-to-date curriculum vitae A research proposal: The research proposal must detail the precise nature and purpose of the applicant's research interests. The proposal must demonstrate clearly how the resources and holdings of the American Jewish Archives are vital to the applicant's research interests. Proposals should be no more than five typewritten pages (double-spaced) in length. Academic recommendations: Applicants must provide two written recommendations, preferably from academic colleagues or advisors where possible. For Ph.D. candidates, one of these recommendations should be from the candidate's dissertation advisor. The submission of these materials -- by no later than April 15, 1999 -- will constitute a completed application to the Marcus Center's Fellowship Program. The Marcus Center will announce its list of Fellows for the 1999-2000 academic year by May 1, 1999. All inquiries and application materials should be forwarded to: The Director of the Fellowship Program c/o The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives 3101 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 -2408 (513) 221-7444, ext. 304 Fax: (513) 221-7812 E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu For further information on the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives and its collection please call, write, email, or fax your request. Or, consult the Marcus Center's website: http://www.huc.edu/aja ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Charlotte.Wells@uni.edu Subject: A Judeo-Maghrebi Web Site I am pleased to announce that the new Web site of Judeo-Maghrebi Literature is now on line. If your browser is Netword supported, just type in (case sensitive): judeo_maghrebi_lit Otherwise, the site can be accessed at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Jardin/2471/judeo_maghrebi_lit/index.html The site includes: - 1931 Maps of Jewish communities in the French Maghreb (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria). - An extensive chronology 1827-1962. - Search engines for books and for jobs throughout the US. - Great links to: Bibliotheque Nationale; Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France; Grants; a printable atlas of countries; Apartments in Jerusalem; Eurorail, and more. Yael Even-Levy Brandeis University ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Eddy Portnoy Subject: YIVO/US Holocaust Museum Lecture The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Ewa Geller of Warsaw University on Germanocentric versus Slavocentric Approaches toward Yiddish. Wednesday, March 3, at 7pm Park East Synagogue 164 East 68th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues) New York City This lecture is free and open to the public. For further information, call YIVO at (212) 246-6080. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Aaron L. Katchen Subject: Clarification of AJS Conference [Prof. Prell's notice appeared in last week's Newsletter -- L.D.T.] The Call for Papers for the 1999 Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies may be found on the AJS web site: http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs. The recent posting by Prof Riv-Ellen Prell to the js-network listing of Conferences applies only to those in the social sciences who wish to make proposals in that area. For others wishing full information on the 20+ areas in which proposals may be submitted, and for complete guidelines on the submission process, as well as detailed information on the AJS and its activities, please visit the AJS web site. Please do not contact Prof. Prell except in specific response on topics and themes relating to the social sciences. Aaron L. Katchen Executive Director, Association for Jewish Studies MB 0001 Brandeis University P.O. Box 9110 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: ajs@brandeis.edu Voice: (781) 736-2981 FAX: (781) 736-2982 http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs ____________________________________________________________ CHIEF EDITOR and DIGEST MODERATOR: Aviva Ben-Ur ASSOCIATE MODERATOR: Marsha B. 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