Return-Path: Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca ([142.150.102.138]) by mx6.mindspring.com (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id s8p0hq.hpn.37kbi14 Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:47:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28423 for js-network-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:55:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:55:13 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: JSN: Jewish Studies Newsletter [9.007p4] 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 9.007p4 * January 2000 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: * Posts - Assistant/Associate Librarian (Part time), Judaica Collections [California - Berkeley] * Calls for Papers and Conferences - The Thirteenth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium [Nebraska and Creighton] - The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association [Michigan State] - Samuel Holdheim Symposium * Notices - Summer Research Fellowship [Temple] - Archaeological Field School in Israel [York and Bar Ilan] - Lecture Series: "Unexpected Encounters: Jewish and Western Cultures at the Crossroads" [Kean] - Ashkenaz Events in 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------ POSTS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Janice H. Dost Subject: Assistant/Associate Librarian (Part time), Judaica Collections Assistant/Associate Librarian (Part time) Judaica Collections University of California, Berkeley, CA USA The Librarian for Judaica Collections (.60 fte) will develop and maintain collections in Hebrew and Yiddish, in Israeli materials, and in Jewish and Hebrew studies from any country, and will mediate the collections for U.C. faculty, students and other scholarly users. S/he will also provide bibliographic instruction regarding research methodologies in both print and electronic forms. An MLIS or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required as well as fluency in classical and modern Hebrew. Experience in grant writing and fundraising is highly desirable. Annual salary range: $32,940 - $47,268 (1.0 fte); deadline for receipt of applications: March 31, 2000. Please see http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/LHRD/librec.html for additional information or call or write Library Human Resources, 447 Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: 510/642-3778. The University of California is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Janice Dost Director for Library Human Resources University of California, Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------ CALLS FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Leonard Greenspoon Subject: The Thirteenth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium September 17 and 18, 2000 "Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism" The University of Nebraska at Lincoln's Harris Center for Judaic Studies, Creighton University's Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, and Creighton's Center for the Study of Religion and Society announce the Thirteenth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium to take place in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday, September 17, and Monday, September 18, 2000. (This is a continuation of the Klutznick Symposia, held from 1988-1999.) The theme of the Symposium will be "Spiritual Dimensions of Judaism." The Program Committee seeks proposals from presenters in the humanities (especially theology, literature, and philosophy), social sciences, applied and fine arts, and other appropriate fields. We hope to prepare a program that encompasses a variety of approaches and contexts. Preference will be given to individuals who have not been presenters at previous Klutznick Symposia. Those chosen to participate in the Symposium will be expected to make original oral presentations of their material in a manner suitable to an audience composed of the general public, undergraduate students, and other scholars. Audiovisual aids are encouraged. Participants must also submit written forms of their papers in a scholarly format; selected papers will be published in a thematic volume. The reading of papers as submitted for publication will not be appropriate for our audience. Some support for the presenter's costs of transportation and accommodation will be provided. For further information contact Jean Axelrad Cahan (jcahan@unlserve.unl.edu), Leonard J. Greenspoon (ljgrn@creighton.edu), or Ronald A. Simkins (rsmkns@creighton.edu). One page abstracts and vitae should be submitted by April 1 (via e-mail, fax, or hard copy) to: Leonard Greenspoon, Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization (ljgrn@creighton.edu, phone 402-280-2304, fax 402-280-1454); mail address: Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dean Bell Subject: The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association Announcement and Call for Papers The twelfth annual conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association (MJSA) will be held September 17-18, 2000 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. All interested scholars and professionals of Jewish Studies, including advanced graduate students, are cordially invited to submit proposals for papers, presentations, and workshops. Proposals may be for complete sessions or for individual papers. Individuals willing to chair a session (rather than give a paper) are invited to submit a curriculum vitae, with an indication of areas of expertise. The conference welcomes proposals in all areas of Jewish Studies: from any discipline (history, philosophy, literature, religion, sociology, music, etc.) and from any time period (ancient to contemporary). The MJSA encourages panelists to address pedagogical aspects of their topics, and papers centered on pedagogical issues are most welcome. The deadline for submission of proposals is May 1, 2000. Send two copies of a one-page abstract, including an e-mail address to: Dean Bell, MJSA Program Chair Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 618 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 Phone: (312) 322-1791 Fax: (312) 922-6406 e-mail: dbell@spertus.edu [Note: If proposing a complete session, please send all abstracts together.] Further information about the conference is available from Dean Bell at the address above, or from the local host, Steve Weiland, Director of the Jewish Studies Program at MSU, (517) 432-3493 or weiland@msu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ralph Bisschops Subject: Samuel Holdheim Symposium Samuel Holdheim Symposium April 17 to April 20, West-LB Academy (Castle of Krickenbeck) Nettetal, Germany The deadline for the abstract submissions has been extended to March 1, 2000. Until now the participating scholars are: Keynote speaker: Michael A. Meyer (Hebrew Union College, Cincinatti). Speakers (in alphabetical order): Ralph Bisschops (University of Ghent), Andreas Braemer (Institut fuer die Geschichte der Deutschen Juden, Hamburg), Michael Brocke (University of Duisburg, Steinheim Institute), Katrien De Graef (University of Ghent), David Ellenson (Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles), Andreas Gotzmann (University of Erfurt), Susannah Heschel (Dartmouth College); Wolfgang Holdheim (Prof. em. University of Florida), Ken Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College); Robert Platzner (California State University at Sacramento), Julius Schoeps (Moses Mendelssohn Centre, University of Potsdam), Celine Trautmann-Waller (University of Paris), Christian Wiese (University of Erfurt), Carsten Wilke (University of Duisburg). All information (call for papers, organisers, place, deadline for paper submissions etc.) are displayed on the symposium website: http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/holdheim/symposium Ralph Bisschops, co-organiser University of Ghent ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Nancy Isserman Subject: Summer Research Fellowship Temple University, Feinstein Center for American Jewish History The Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History in cooperation with the American Jewish Committee, announces their annual summer fellowship to support research in American Jewish History. The grant of $2,500 is available to graduate students and untenured faculty members at any American or Canadian university. The Center has a special interest in research that focuses on Philadelphia Jewish history, but it will consider all appropriate subjects in making its awards. Candidates should submit proposals of no more than five typewritten, double- spaced pages to Dr. Murray Friedman, 117 S. 17th St., Suite 1010, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. A letter of support from the graduate student's research director, or -- in the case of faculty members -- a colleague familiar with the applicant's qualifications to undertake the project, should accompany the proposal as well as a copy of the applicant's curriculum vitae. Smaller grants for honorable mention may be awarded if qualified proposals are submitted and funding permits. Proposals for the summer fellowship are due by April 10, 2000. Announcement of awards will be made in June 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Carl Ehrlich Subject: Archaeological Field School in Israel Follow in the Footsteps of David and Goliath: DIG PHILISTINE GATH July 23-August 18, 2000 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, 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 As of the summer of 1999 York University joined 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 university credit through York. All others may earn credit through Bar Ilan. Accommodations (including kosher food) will be provided at idyllic Kibbutz Kfar Menahem, a short drive from the site. A TYPICAL DAY AT TEL GATH 4:45 wake up & snack 5:30 drive to site 6:00 begin work 9:00 breakfast in the field 11:00 snack break 12:30 end of work at site 1:15 lunch at kibbutz 2:00 pottery washing & analysis 4:00 field trip (2X a week) or free time 7:00 dinner at kibbutz 8:00 lecture/class (2X a week) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact in North America: Prof. Carl S. Ehrlich Division of Humanities York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada Telephone: 416-736-2100 ext. 77097 Fax: 416-736-5460 Email: ehrlich@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/dept/human/ehrlich.htm In the rest of the world, please contact: Dr. Aren M. Maeir The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900 Israel Telephone: 972-3-531-8299 Fax: 972-3-535-1233 Email: maeir@h2.hum.huji.ac.il http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~maeira ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dennis B. Klein Subject: Unexpected Encounters: Jewish and Western Cultures at the Crossroads Dear Online Colleagues: The Kean University Jewish Studies Program is sponsoring five lectures this February, March, and April exploring the creative Jewish and Western cultural intersection and its century-shaping influences. All events, featuring distinguished critics at large, begin at 8 pm and are free and open to the public. Please forward this message to interested parties. You may request program brochures and posters by replying to this Email message. For directions to Kean University, which is close to Newark Int'l airport, call 908-527-2000. Following is the program schedule. I look forward to seeing you then. Regards, Dr. Dennis B. Klein Director, Jewish Studies Program Kean University "Unexpected Encounters: Jewish and Western Cultures at the Crossroads" Kean University 2000 Jewish Studies Lecture Series (Free and Open to the Public) Monday, February 14 at 8 pm FRANCINE PROSE "What Is a Jewish Novelist"? Monday, February 28 at 8 pm DAVID LEVERING LEWIS "W.E.B. Du Bois in Nazi Germany: The Nuremberg Laws and Jim Crow" Monday, March 27 at 8 pm PETER LEVINE "Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience" Tuesday, March 28 at 8 pm AVIVA KEMPNER "How Hank Greenberg Made Jews Stand Taller During the Depression Era and World War II" Monday, April 10 at 8 pm ROBERT N. PROCTOR "Why Did the Nazis Wage the World's Most Aggressive War on Cancer?" ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Emily Pohl-Weary, Ashkenaz Subject: Ashkenaz Events in 2000 The 1999 Ashkenaz Festival took place at Harbourfront Centre from August 30 to September 6 to great public and critical acclaim. We are already looking towards Ashkenaz 2001, but in the meantime we are actively pursuing our mandate to promote Yiddishkayt and innovative new work year round. Ashkenaz's growing list of year 2000 events include Purim and Chanukah celebrations in conjunction with the BloorJCC and the Downtown Jewish Community Council, involvement with Kensington Carnival's Festival of Lights in Toronto's historic Jewish community, helping to create events for Holocaust Education week, developing a pilot project to bring Ashkenaz into the schools at Bialik Hebrew Day School and more. In addition to these non-festival events we are happy to announce two upcoming original shows that Ashkenaz is co-producing. These co-productions continue to fulfill our mandate of supporting new work of importance to the Jewish community and also offer unique opportunities for bridge-building between the contemporary art world and Jewish communal and educational institutions. Kaeja d' Dance in association with Ashkneaz will present Resistance, February 1-5, Premiere Dance Theatre at Harbourfront Centre. Resistance is the much awaited last installment of six original dance creations and more than six years of research examining various issues surrounding the Holocaust from award-winning choreographer Allan Kaeja. This latest evocative work investigates the power of the human spirit against oppression, and the profound virtue of humankind revealed under the most intolerable of circumstances. Moriah Productions in association with Ashkenaz will bring The Offering, March 16 - April 2, to Artwood Theatre. From Dora award-winning and critically acclaimed playwright Anton Piatigorsky and director Chris Abraham, this world premiere is a modern investigation of three stories from the book of Genesis. Using Biblical tales of the patriarchs and the difficult decisions they faced, The Offering raises timely questions of intimacy, assimilation, identity and the tradition of lineage. Group tickets are available for both these shows, as well as student matinees and specially scheduled lectures or Q and As for educational groups. For more information on how to book tickets or get involved in our non-festival events please call Elisa at (416) 703-6897. Sincerely, David Buchbinder Elisa Kukla Artistic Director Artistic Coordinator Festival Administrator ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture August 27 - September 3, 2001 phone (416) 703-6892 fax (416) 703-5489 www.ashkenaz.org ashkenaz@echo-on.net ____________________________________________________________________ DIGEST MODERATORS : Charles David Isbell Faydra Shapiro Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein MANAGING EDITOR: Avi Jacob Hyman CHAIR: Jonathan Sarna JEWISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER EDITOR and BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Lorenzo DiTommaso WEBSITE: Avrum Goodblatt JEWISH STUDIES ON-LINE EDITORIAL BOARD: Henry Abramson, Josh Backon, Lewis Barth, Judith Baskin, Herb Basser, Aviva Ben-Ur, Marsha Cohen, Bernard Cooperman, Alan Crown, Nathan Ehrlich, Yossi Galron, Penny Schine Gold, Avrum Goodblatt, Joseph Haberer, Guy Haskell, Howard Joseph, Yitzchak Kerem, Peter Margolis, Richard Menkis, Barry Mesch, Jim Mott, Leslie Train, Tzvee Zahavy, Belarie Zatzman, Reena Zeidman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jewish Studies Network Homepage: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Jewish Studies Newsletter is published & distributed for members of H-Judaic@h-net.msu.edu - The Jewish Studies Network, an affiliate of H-Net: Humanities On-Line and Shamash.Org. 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