Major Issues in Contemporary Jewish Life
Lecture Series
Spring 1998
The Office of Jewish Affairs and the Center for Jewish Studies presented the following public lectures in conjunction with Prof. Jay Berkovitz' course, "Major Issues in Contemporary Jewish Life" (Judaic 394A).
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is Peace Possible?”
Shmuel Bolozky (Judaic Studies)
and Mohammed Jiyad (Five College Arabic Studies Program)
2/10/98
“The Religious Component in Mid-East Politics”
Tayeb El-Hibri (director, Middle Eastern Studies Program)
and Jay Berkovitz (Judaic Studies)
2/17/98
“Holocaust, Memory, and Jewish Identity”
James Young (Judaic Studies and English)
3/3/98
“Blacks and Jews”
Julius Lester (Judaic Studies)
3/24/98
“Jewish Identity and Continuity in American Society”
Arnold Dashefsky (professor of sociology and director of
the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life
at the University of Connecticut, Storrs)
4/17/98
“The Jewish Renewal Movement”
Ruth Abrams (Judaic Studies)
4/14/98
“The Impact of Feminism in Jewish Life”
Martha Acklesberg (professor of political science, Smith College )
4/21/98
“Traditional and Liberal Jewish Approaches to Jewish Life”
Rabbinic panel
5/5/98
