Seminars

Israel and Jewish Studies

  • Founded
    1968
  • Seminar Number
    501

This seminar brings together approximately forty scholars from Columbia and the greater New York academic community. The seminar deals with the whole range of topics relating to Jewish studies and Israel—history, literature, sociology, religion, and political studies—and frequently presents distinguished lecturers from Israeli and European universities.

Co-Chairs
Professor Elisheva Carlebach
ecarlebach@columbia.edu

Professor Rebecca Kobrin
rk2351@columbia.edu

Rapporteur
Noa Tsaushu
nt2486@columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

10/28/2021 Online Meeting
6:30 PM
Using Material Culture to Write Through Silences in Jewish History
Laura Arnold Leibman, Reed College




02/03/2022 Online Meeting
6:00 PM
The Invention of Jewish Theocracy: The Struggle for Legal Authority in Modern Israel
Alexander Kaye, Brandeis University




03/07/2022 Online Meeting
6:00 PM
In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust
Jeffrey Veidlinger, University of Michigan