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The Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies New Perspectives in Judaic Studies Lecture Series

 

FALL 1997

September 10 "New Interpretations of the Israeli War of Independence,"

Yoav Gelber, Haifa University, Lipinsky Institute Visiting

Israeli Scholar for Fall 1997, SDSU.

 

September 17

DORSHA WALLMAN LECTURE ON MODERN TORAH INTERPRETATION

"Sir Isaac Newton's Encounter with Malmonides,"

Matt Goldish, University of Arizona.

 

September 24

ABRAHAM NASATIR LECTURE ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY

"The Promised Land in 1925: America, Palestine, and Abraham Cahan,"

Moses Rischin, San Francisco State University.

 

October 8

"Traditional Medicine, East and West: From Beijing to Jerusalem,"Z'ev Rosenberg, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.

 

October 15

AL AND NORMA COOPER LECTURE ON MODERN JEWISH POLITICS

"David Ben-Gurion as Zionist Lobbyist and State Builder,"

Samuel Edelman, California State University-Chico.

 

October 22

"The German Jewish Legacy to American Jewish Life,"

Lawrence Baron, Director, Lipinsky Institute, San Diego State University.

 

October 29

"The Arid Lands Project: SDSU's Role in Fostering Arab-Israeli Cooperation,"

Bonnie Stewart, San Diego State University.

 

November 5

DORSHA WALLMAN LECTURE IN MODERN TORAH INTERPRETATION

"Beyond Your Ego: A Torah Approach to Psychological Health,"

Judith Mishell, Bais Yaakov of Los Angeles.

 

November 12

"Intervals of Silence: Being Jewish in Germany,"

A documentary film presentation.

Deborah Lefkowitz, Filmmaker

(Co-sponsored with the Department of German, SDSU).

 

November 19

"Dina, Tamar, and the Social Location of Biblical Women,"

Risa Levitt Kohn, San Diego State University.

 

Lectures are held in

Nasatir Hall 100 at 3:00 pm.

All Lectures are free and open to the public.

For further information, please call 594-4835.