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SUMMARY:Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, In Three Parts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine\, religious beliefs\, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina\, Uruguay\, Mexico\, Colombia\, Cuba\, and other parts of Latin America from 1492 to the present. Topics include the persecution of conversos by the Spanish Inquisition\, immigrant Jewish institutions by Ashkenazim and Sephardim\, the Dirty War\, Liberation Theology\, and post-Holocaust Talmudic analysis. Authors featured are Luis de Carvajal the Younger\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Monsieur Chouchani\, and Rabbi Marshall Meyer. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic Antisemitism. \nThis mini-course is possible thanks to the generosity of the friends of Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies. The Fordham-NYPL Research Fellowship Program is made possible by the Knapp Family Foundation\, and the generosity of the friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham. \nMeeting times on three consecutive Tuesdays at 2PM: \nDecember 30th\, 2025: Session 1: “The Faith of Conversos” \nJanuary 6th\, 2026: Session 2: “Ser judío in the 20th Century” \nJanuary 13th\, 2026: Session 3: “The Ethical Jew Today” \nAll who register will receive a reading packet and Zoom link in a separate email.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/jewish-theology-in-latin-america-with-ilan-stavans/2026-01-06/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, In Three Parts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a three-part online mini-course over the winter break about Jewish Theology in Latin America with Ilan Stavans\, the current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. This mini-course explores the divine\, religious beliefs\, and their connections to an ethical life as experienced by Jews in Argentina\, Uruguay\, Mexico\, Colombia\, Cuba\, and other parts of Latin America from 1492 to the present. Topics include the persecution of conversos by the Spanish Inquisition\, immigrant Jewish institutions by Ashkenazim and Sephardim\, the Dirty War\, Liberation Theology\, and post-Holocaust Talmudic analysis. Authors featured are Luis de Carvajal the Younger\, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Monsieur Chouchani\, and Rabbi Marshall Meyer. \nIlan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College\, the publisher of Restless Books\, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His work\, translated into two dozen languages\, has been adapted into film\, TV\, radio\, and theater. His latest book is Conversations on Dictionaries: The Universe in a Book (Cambridge University Press). This academic year\, Stavans is a New York Public Library-Fordham University fellow on Jewish Studies\, completing a book on Hispanic Antisemitism. \nThis mini-course is possible thanks to the generosity of the friends of Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies. The Fordham-NYPL Research Fellowship Program is made possible by the Knapp Family Foundation\, and the generosity of the friends of the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham. \nMeeting times on three consecutive Tuesdays at 2PM: \nDecember 30th\, 2025: Session 1: “The Faith of Conversos” \nJanuary 6th\, 2026: Session 2: “Ser judío in the 20th Century” \nJanuary 13th\, 2026: Session 3: “The Ethical Jew Today” \nAll who register will receive a reading packet and Zoom link in a separate email.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/jewish-theology-in-latin-america-with-ilan-stavans/2026-01-13/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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SUMMARY:On Disagreement in Jewish History: Edward Fram\, "The Glory and Limits of Dispute in the Study in Rabbinic Culture”
DESCRIPTION:In today’s world of sharp polarization\, animosity\, and rigidity of opinions\, it appears to be increasingly difficult to pursue disagreement and mutual engagement on complex issues. But an ethos of disagreement has been a long-standing feature of Jewish culture. Early Rabbinic literature\, especially the Talmud\, extols “dispute for the sake of Heaven” and embraces a form of legal pluralism\, with minority opinions and interpretations very often being recorded. Later\, medieval and early modern rabbis continued to quote alternative interpretations of Jewish law. Chaim Grade’s story “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner\,” first published in 1952 in Yiddish\, is one of the most powerful pieces of contemporary literature about disagreement between friends on the most profound existential questions. But as the traditional explanation of the destruction of the Second Temple suggests\, strife and ungracious confrontation can have tragic consequences for a collective. Our programs this year will explore the question of disagreement—its ideal and its reality—in Jewish history and culture through lectures\, film screenings\, and a reading list. \nIn this lecture\, Edward Fram\, PhD\, will discuss disagreement in rabbinic culture and legal disputes. Rabbinic culture is characterized by a multiplicity of possibilities. Even in codes of law\, be they from ancient or modern times\, presenting readers with more than one conclusion is commonplace. Jews do not view this as an anomaly—quite the contrary. Once basic guidelines were established\, rabbinic culture encouraged the discovery of new meanings\, as this expanded the parameters of the source texts. This was crucial because the ultimate source text\, the Five Books of Moses\, could not be altered for it was perceived as the word of God. If the word of God was not to become a dead letter in changing times\, it had to be updated to meet evolving needs and values of those who lived by it. \nEdward Fram taught for many years in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva\, Israel. His research focuses on the history of Jewish law in the early modern period. He is the author of numerous books and artiles on Jewish history and rabbinic culture in the early modern period. His most recent book\, The Codification of Jewish Law on the Cusp of Modernity\, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/on-disagreement-in-jewish-history-edward-fram-the-glory-and-limits-of-dispute-in-the-study-in-rabbinic-culture/
LOCATION:Fordham Law School\, Room 4-02\, 150 W 62nd St\, New York\, NY 10023\, 150 W 62nd St\, New York\, NY 10023\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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SUMMARY:Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies—Olga Rusinova\, “From Form to Identity: Jewish-Brazilian Modernists in a Transnational Frame”
DESCRIPTION:This talk focuses on Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001) and Anatol Naftali Wladyslaw (1913–2004)\, two Jewish-Brazilian modernists who engaged with questions of identity through non-figurative art in postwar Brazil. While their Jewish background was largely absent from official narratives of Brazilian modernism\, their artistic choices reflected broader transnational debates on Jewish visual culture. By examining their connections to European and New York art scenes\, the talk highlights how their work negotiated ethno-national belonging within multiple modernist contexts. \nOlga Rusinova holds a PhD in art history and previously served as associate professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. In 2023\, she relocated from wartime Russia to Campinas\, Brazil\, where she now teaches at the Ilum school of science\, and volunteers at the Museum of Visual Arts (MAV-UNICAMP). Rusinova’s academic work in Russia focused on postwar modernist art in the USSR and Eastern Europe. She has published extensively for scholarly journals\, museum catalogues\, and exhibition essays. This background informs her research on Jewish-Brazilian modernist artists of Eastern European origin\, and supports her ongoing work on how artistic identity takes shape across histories of exile\, migration\, and cultural translation. In spring 2026\, Rusinova is a short-term Fordham-NYPL Fellow in Jewish studies.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/fordham-nypl-lecture-series-in-jewish-studies-olga-rusinova-from-form-to-identity-jewish-brazilian-modernists-in-a-transnational-frame/
LOCATION:McMahon\, Room 109 155 West 60th Street\, New York\, NY 10023\, 155 West 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T173000
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SUMMARY:Hidden Sparks—A Menachem Daum Film Dialogue Series: A Life Apart
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Jewish Studies presents a retrospective of Menachem Daum’s compelling and challenging films. The four-film series begins on Jan. 27 with a screening and discussion of A Life Apart: Hasidism in America\, the first in-depth\, documentary portrait of the daily life\, beliefs\, and history of contemporary Hasidic Jews in New York City\, exploring conflicts\, burdens\, and rewards of the Hasidic way of life. \nAyala Fader\, PhD\, professor of anthropology; Oren Rudavsky\, co-director and producer of A Life Apart; Marty Dornbaum\, producer of A Life Apart; and Rifke Daum\, Menachem Daum’s wife\, will take part in a post-screening discussion. \nThe remaining films in the series include Hiding and Seeking on Feb. 3\, The Ruins of Lifta on Feb. 9\, and Memory Keepers on Feb. 17. \nAbout Menachem Daum \nMenachem Daum\, a child of survivors of the Holocaust\, stumbled upon a family story in the Polish town of Dzialoszyce that would change the course of his life. His films explore his quest to find common ground between Jews and non-Jews\, Orthodox Jews and secular Jews\, Polish Catholics and Polish Jews\, as well as between Palestinians and Holocaust Survivors. His Orthodox upbringing as a child of survivors born in a DP camp and brought up in Schenectady and mostly in New York City\, and his early encounters at Brooklyn College with secular Jews\, as well as in New York with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach\, led him on his first journey to Poland in the late 1980s. Carlebach’s outreach to the Polish people was in total contradiction to his experience with his own survivor community\, who often had disdain for their former Polish neighbors. That experience inspired him to re-examine his own viewpoints and to embark on a lifelong search for a way to bridge the often insurmountable gaps between people. Equally central to Menachem’s lifelong search was seeking to understand his father’s faith after losing his wife and a child during the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis. This search led to his exploration of the Hasidic Jewish community and its rebirth in the United States. For over 20 years\, Menachem travelled repeatedly to Poland\, seeking out “memory keepers\,” Polish Catholics and Jews who sought to preserve Jewish memory and bring Jewish life and culture back to Poland\, where it was decimated. \n 
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/film-screening-a-life-apart-hasidism-in-america/
LOCATION:McNally Amphitheatre\, 140 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural,Inside Fordham,Jewish Life,Lectures
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SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Spiritual Dialogue Series
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Georgetown University’s Hoyas with Pride\, the Rainbow Rams Affinity Chapter invites you to attend a virtual event for our LGBTQ+ Spiritual Dialogue Series. Join us as we hear from James Martin\, SJ\, founder of Outreach\, and Chris Lawton\, CSP\, pastor of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle\, in a thoughtful conversation on topics of identity\, inclusion\, and lived experience within the Catholic tradition. \nThis event will take place virtually\, and all are welcome. A Zoom link for the event will be shared via email with all registrants.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/lgbtq-spiritual-dialogue-series/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Catholic Life,Lectures,Spiritual and Religious Events
ORGANIZER;CN="John Morin":MAILTO:jmorin4@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T173000
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Humanitarians: Bernard Wiseman of the IIHA and MSF/Doctors Without Borders
DESCRIPTION:Bernard Wiseman\, an adjunct professor with IIHA and international associative coordinator and former head of mission with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders\, will talk about MSF’s work around the world and what a typical day at the office looks like for him. He’ll also talk about how he has navigated his career and offer tips on searching for internships and employment. This will also be a great opportunity for peer-to-peer networking with fellow students and networking with a humanitarian professional. \nLimited seats available! Please email iihaoutreach@fordham.edu if you need to cancel your registration. \nAbout Bernard Wiseman:\nPlease join us at the institute to listen to Bernard Wiseman\, international associative coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders and its former head of mission. Wiseman has worked with MSF since 2015 in the Central African Republic\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, South Sudan\, Papua New Guinea\, Bangladesh\, Myanmar\, and Ukraine. He began his international career working with the Peace Corps\, where he served in Senegal as an environmental education volunteer. He is also an adjunct professor and teaches the Internship Seminar and The Humanitarian System.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/conversations-with-humanitarians-welcomes-bernard-wiseman-with-the-iiha-and-msf-doctors-without-borders/
LOCATION:2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY\, 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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SUMMARY:The Refugee Crisis and the Role of Business
DESCRIPTION:One of the most pressing humanitarian challenges of our time is the global refugee crisis\, with more than 40 million refugees worldwide. As with many complex societal challenges\, businesses have an important role to play in alleviating human suffering and advancing well-being while creating shared value for a broad range of stakeholders. Join the Responsible Business Center and Professor Sertan Kabadayi for this important webinar that will explore how responsible business practices can contribute meaningfully to efforts addressing the global refugee crisis.
URL:https://newsuat.fordham.edu/event/the-refugee-crisis-and-the-role-of-business/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Responsible Business Center":MAILTO:gsbrbc@fordham.edu
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