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Spring 2021 Humanities Seminars In Jewish & Middle Eastern Studies
The Humanities Seminar in Jewish & Middle Eastern Studies presents a series of virtual lectures this spring. Free and open to the public. Please use the same Zoom link for each lecture.
Dartmouth chapter of the AAUP condemns anti-Asian violence and stands in solidarity
The Dartmouth chapter of the AAUP condemns anti-Asian violence and stands in solidarity and grief with the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community at Dartmouth and beyond.
Interview by George Yancy with Susannah Heschel in Truthout
White Supremacist Christianity Drives Trump's Loyal Mob. We Must Scream It Down. Article by George Yancy in Truthout.
Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin
Marc Caplan's new book "Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism" was Sunday, March 7th at 12 PM ET. The discussion moderated by Shaul Magid, and respondents Delphine Bechtel(Université Paris IV/Sorbonne), Michael Brenner (American University/University of Munich) and Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp/Hebrew University).
An Orange on Plate for Women — And Spit Out Seeds of Hate
In some Jewish households, you'll find an orange on the Passover Seder plate as a show of support for women and members of the LGBTQ community.
First Year Student Creates Website for Chinese Jews
First Year Student Nicholas Zane has created and amazing website about Chinese Jews. As an avid historian most of his time is spent learning about the past. Of the many lessons not to be repeated, one is strikingly clear, the importance of diversity.
The Lab Kit Series: Online Class, Hands-On Learning
Students in "The Jewish Jesus" explore writing technology from the time of Christ.
Where is the Jewish AOC?
The Jewish president of a major American university came to speak many years ago at Dartmouth College, where I am a professor, and denounced affirmative action as a serious threat to Jews. I pointed out to him that affirmative action had been tremendously beneficial to my own career as a woman who is also a Jew. He was stumped and said, "I never thought of that."
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
Last week, a letter titled "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate" was published in Harper's Magazine. The letter was undersigned by 153 scholars, writers and political theorists, including Dartmouth's Eli Black professor of Jewish Studies Susannah Heschel.
Recent Publications
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"'Standing Before You, World': Nation, Transaltion, and World Literature in Postcolonial Syria."
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Bernhard H. Stern, an American Apologist for Stalinism
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In This Hour Heschel's Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile
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