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  • Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies: Ilan Stavans, “Notes on Hispanic Antisemitism”

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Antisemitism cannot be studied in the abstract, for its varieties are always tied to specific historical circumstances. These reflections by internationally renowned, award-winning public intellectual Ilan Stavans, author of The Seventh Heaven: Travels through Jewish Latin America and other works, on the varieties of Hispanic antisemitism, contemplate its vicissitudes and principal ideologues, from 1492 to

  • ‘The Rise of Talmud’: A Conversation with Moulie Vidas and Alyssa Gray

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    This year, Fordham's Center for Jewish Studies brings programs touching on a theme of disagreement in Jewish History. Join us for a discussion of The Rise of Talmud (Oxford University Press, 2025), Moulie Vidas’s new book on the emergence of commentary on rabbinic teachings in the third and fourth centuries CE. In conversation with Alyssa

  • One-Hour Retreat—Feminine Faces of the Divine: Multifaith Perspectives

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Reflections and dialogue honoring the nurturing, powerful, and compassionate dimensions of the Divine Feminine from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. The One-Hour Retreats Series for students, faculty, and staff is a series of one-hour, on-campus gatherings to connect with others in a space for thoughtful reflection, genuine connection, and personal renewal. A light meal

  • Book Launch: The Concentration Camp Brothels

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a book launch of Robert Sommer’s new book, The Concentration Camp Brothels, published by Fordham University Press. In this seminal work, Robert Sommer reveals the hidden hor­rors of sexual forced labor within the SS camp system, a subject long overshadowed and seldom acknowledged in the discourse on the Holocaust. Through his rigorous

  • One-Hour Retreat for Caregivers

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Calling all Caregivers! Whether you take care of kids, older adults, or anyone in between, give yourself the gift of this one hour for reflection, conversation, and community-building with people in similar positions in life. The One-Hour Retreats Series for students, faculty, and staff is a series of one-hour, on-campus gatherings to connect with others

  • The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner

    The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner
    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    As the new year begins, we pause, reflect, and celebrate together over a Rosh Hashanah dinner—a festive evening of delicious food, traditions, and the warmth of community. Whether you're familiar with the holiday or just curious, there's a seat at the table for you. Contact Rabbi Katja Vehlow (kvehlow@fordham.edu) with any questions! ROSH HASHANAH EVENTS

  • The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner

    The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner
    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    As the new year begins, we pause, reflect, and celebrate together over a Rosh Hashanah dinner—a festive evening of delicious food, traditions, and the warmth of community. Whether you're familiar with the holiday or just curious, there's a seat at the table for you. Contact Rabbi Katja Vehlow (kvehlow@fordham.edu) with any questions! ROSH HASHANAH EVENTS

  • The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner

    The Nights of Rosh Hashanah Dinner
    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    As the new year begins, we pause, reflect, and celebrate together over a Rosh Hashanah dinner—a festive evening of delicious food, traditions, and the warmth of community. Whether you're familiar with the holiday or just curious, there's a seat at the table for you. Contact Rabbi Katja Vehlow (kvehlow@fordham.edu) with any questions! ROSH HASHANAH EVENTS

  • Lecture: “Bringing ‘Tikkun Olam’ to the South: New York Jews in the Civil Rights Movement”

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Miyuki Kita, professor of American studies at the University of Kitakyushu, Japan, will examine an unknown, unacknowledged episode of the commitment of New York Jews to the Civil Rights Movement and its impact outside of New York City. During the summer of 1963, 16 Queens College students—14 of whom were Jewish—traveled as far as the

  • Lecture: “The Tangibility of the Secret: A Mystical View of the Senses”

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    This discussion from Anna Sierka on kabbalistic traditions about the senses will turn to the Christian phrase, noli me tangere (“do not touch me” in Latin), which plays on the touching and absence of any touching in the resurrection of Christ, and thus engaging both touch and sight. The tactile sense will be explored in this

  • Ghosts Between the Lines: Historical Fiction and the Haunted Page

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Novelist Rachel Kadish, current Fordham-NYPL Research Fellow in Jewish Studies, will discuss the power and challenges of historical fiction and the process through which she approaches history in her own work. Rachel Kadish’s most recent novel, The Weight of Ink, was a National Jewish Book Award recipient and a USA Today bestseller. Her work has

  • Joshua O’Driscoll Lecture: Imagining the World in the Medieval Book of Marvels

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    This lecture expands upon themes raised in the exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum, titled "The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World" (January 24 to May 25. The show focuses on late medieval illuminated manuscripts that evince the ways in which European elites imagined foreign cultures. Highlights include rare illustrated manuscripts of Marco

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  • Black History Month: ‘Soaring to Glory’ Community Reading and Conversation

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a powerful community reading and discussion in honor of Black History Month! We will explore selections from Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman’s Firsthand Account of World War II, by Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., a decorated Tuskegee Airman, and engage in a meaningful conversation about the legacy of Black service

  • St. Ignatius & the Creative Imagination featuring George Drance, S.J.

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    The Jesuit Conversation Series presents: St. Ignatius & the Creative Imagination featuring George Drance, S.J. Wednesday, January 29th at 1:00 p.m. McMahon 109, Lincoln Center Campus Father Drance is a Fordham Theatre Artist in Residence and Artistic Director of the Magis Theatre Company. Join him for a lunchtime conversation to explore how the imagination is

  • Rabbi Vanessa Ochs, “A Living Tradition: Jewish Ritual Responses to COVID and October 7th”

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    It seems as if it happened “overnight,” when during the COVID quarantine, Jewish practices were mostly shifted to virtual platforms or were held in environments providing for social distance. Likewise, only days after October 7, 2023, new Jewish practices emerged to mark concern for the hostages, including installing “empty Shabbat tables” worldwide and wearing “Bring

  • Ignatian Examen for Civic Life Lincoln Center

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Celebrate St. Ignatius's birthday by participating in one of his greatest gifts to us—the Ignatian Examen—focused on civic life in preparation for the upcoming election. Enjoy a non-partisan reflection and conversation in this one-hour retreat over lunch!

  • Book Launch: Rachel Gordan on Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Rachel Gordon will be discussing her book Postwar Stories: How Books Made Judaism American, which details a transformational era in American history immediately following World War II. At the start of the 1940s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to all but promise that if Americans entered the war, it would not be to save the

  • LC Summer Blood Drive

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Please consider donating blood at one of the upcoming blood drives. There is currently a great need for blood donations. Every donor will get two Mets tickets. Registering for an appointment is strongly recommended. Walk-ins will be accepted based on availability. Thank you in advance for your support!

  • Meet the New Directors of Muslim and Jewish Life at Lincoln Center

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Members of the Fordham Community are invited to welcome Rabbi Katja Vehlow and Imam Ammar Abdul Rahman! Light refreshments will be served.

  • A Conversation with John Patrick Shanley

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Tony-winning playwright and renowned screenwriter John Patrick Shanley will visit Fordham to talk about the hit Broadway revival of his play Doubt and his career, from winning an Oscar for Moonstruck to his newest play, Brooklyn Laundry, and much more. The Center on Religion and Culture’s director, David Gibson, will moderate a conversation with the audience.

  • Book Launch: Emanuel Fiano’s Three Powers in Heaven: The Emergence of Theology and the Parting of the Ways

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    How, when, and why did Judaism and Christianity diverge into separate religions? Three Powers in Heaven reinterprets the parting of the ways between Jews and Christians as a split between two intellectual traditions—a split that emerged within the context of ancient debates about Jesus’ relationship to God and the world. The book explores how Christianity

  • Discussion: Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Until fairly recently, Orthodox people in Israel could not imagine embracing their LGBT sexual or gender identity and staying within the Orthodox fold. But within the span of about a decade and a half, Orthodox LGBT people have forged social circles and communities and become much more visible. This has been a remarkable shift in

  • Amy Weiss on Realigning Faith: American Jews, Protestants, and Israel 1945–2020

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    In 1977, the American Jewish Committee awarded Billy Graham its first National Interreligious Award in recognition of the evangelist’s support of Israel and endorsement of interfaith relations. While bestowing the award upon an evangelical—and not a mainline Protestant or Catholic—made sense to the AJC, not all Jewish communal organizations or American Jews understood this decision.

  • ‘Futures Not Yet: Jewish Exiles, Black Politics’

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for a hybrid lecture from Jana Schmidt, part of the Fordham-NYPL lecture series. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, a small contingent of Jewish German refugees received asylum in the United States to find that the flame of democracy had been a sword to some. As African American publications across the country

  • Separation Anxieties: Jews, Judaism, and the Creation of Christianity — Conflict Theory (Part 3)

    McMahon 109 McMahon Hall, 113 West 60th Street, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY, United States

    Join us for part three of a distinguished lecture series with professor Adele Reinhartz, featuring an introduction by Mara Foley and a faculty response by Emanuel Fiano. This is a hybrid event, with in-person details to follow. Hybrid: In person at Lincoln Center and Virtual on Zoom