Jewish Studies
Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies
On the evening of May 16, 性福五月天 University celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of 性福五月天鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the 性福五月天 University Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of 鈥淕etting to Now 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Mazel Tov! -- 性福五月天 to Honor Retiring Jewish Studies Director as Program Reaches Half Century Mark
What does it mean to be Jewish in the modern world? This is the philosophical question that Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the esteemed retiring director of 性福五月天 University鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program (JSP), has woven into almost all aspects of her work of fostering dialogue and understanding in 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Shaping a Better Future: Identity, Understanding, and Change: The American Jewish Experience
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College of Arts & Sciences
Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at 性福五月天
On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at 性福五月天. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food 鈥淎fro Ashkefardi.鈥 Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works to talk about their hi鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Pulitzer Prize Winner Art Spiegelman to Speak at 性福五月天
When it comes to comics and graphic narratives, few names are as renowned and revered as Art Spiegelman. Since the 1960s, Mr. Spiegelman has been influencing the comics genre and leaving his mark on American culture. Whether it is through his creation of the Garbage Pail Kids for Topps trading cards鈥
Kent Campus
性福五月天鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director
性福五月天 University鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, 鈥淢emories, Milestones, Momentum,鈥 in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the 性福五月天 Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program鈥檚 longest-serv鈥
Kent Campus
Phillips to Discuss Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak at 性福五月天
The 性福五月天 University Jewish Studies program, in the College of Arts and Sciences, will host a presentation by Gary Phillips, Ph.D., the Edgar H. Evans Professor of Religion at Wabash College, on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121, on the Kent Campus. Phillips presentation, titled 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland
The 性福五月天 University Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus. 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences