Lapidus Lectures

Lapidus Family Fund 

Thanks to a grant by Sidney and Ruth Lapidus and their family, the Program in American Studies collaborates with the Program in Judaic Studies to offer courses and events related to American Jewish studies.

Recent Lectures

Rachel Rubinstein in discussion with the audience following her March 13, 2019 lecture in McCormick Hall, Room 101. Photo by Sarah Malone.

Rachel Rubinstein on ‘The Yiddish Columbus’

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Still frame from the video of Josh Lambert's November 27, 2019 lecture

Josh Lambert on ‘Rebooting Jewish Television’

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Poster Gallery

Posters advertising, from left to right, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, and Spring 2017 Lapidus Lectures in American Jewish Studies

Lapidus Lectures in American Jewish Studies, supported by a grant from Sidney and Ruth Lapidus and their family, include Rachel Rubinstein on “The Yiddish Columbus,” Josh Lambert on “Rebooting Jewish Television,” and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett on “Theater of History: Performing the Past in American Jewish Museums.”