Monthly Archives: October 2022

Online Talk by Hannah Teddy Schachter about “De Judeis Dotalicii: Jüdisches Leben in den Wittumsstädten der Königinnen von Frankreich” (German)

Take part in this online Talk by Hannah Teddy Schachter about “De Judeis Dotalicii: Jüdisches Leben in den Wittumsstädten der Königinnen von Frankreich” (in German) at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 31 October 2022, 18:15 CEST.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jög Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.

Online Talk by Amina Boukail on “Jews of Algeria in Light of Modern Studies: Major Trends and New Horizons”

Tuesday, 25 October, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT (so 6:00 pm UTC)

In her (virtual) talk at the University of Michigan, organzised by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Amina Boukail (University of Jijel-Algeria) is going to offer a critical examination of the contemporary research on Algerian Jews from the medieval times onwards, and will address questions such as current trends and new interdisciplinary avenues, but also desiderata and still existing taboos.

Join the talk here (registration required)

Norman E. Alexander Celebration of Collections: “Fleeing France, Portraying the Plague, and Cultivating Commentaries,” 14 November 2022 (Zoom)

This year’s Celebration of Collections features manuscripts from the medieval, early modern, and modern period, and spanning topics such as expulsion, plague, and translation.

Charlie Steinman, “I heard there was a return in France:” A Codicological Approach to the Liturgical Identity of Post-Expulsion French Jewry

Susan Einbinder, “Writing the Stories of Plague: Abraham Catalano’s ‘Olam Hafukh”

Dan Klein, “Shadal’s First Draft: Translating the Commentaries of Samuel David Luzzatto With the Aid of a Columbia Manuscript.”

The event takes place at 12:30 GMT-4.