Lapidus Lectures

Lapidus Family Fund 

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

Past Events

Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Lambert

Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Lambert
Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:30 pm

What effects do new distribution technologies and current philanthropic practices have on the production of contemporary culture?

Location: McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Josh Lambert
Visiting Lecturer in American Studies; Academic Director, Yiddish Book Center
“Rebooting Jewish Television: ‘Transparent,’ Streaming Media, and Foundation-Backed Culture”

“The Right and the Left Yell at Us, So We Must Be Doing Something Well”: The Depoliticization of American Jewish Politics and Philanthropy

“The Right and the Left Yell at Us, So We Must Be Doing Something Well”: The Depoliticization of American Jewish Politics and Philanthropy
Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 4:30 pm
The Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies
Location: Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Lila Corwin Berman
Temple University

Theater of History: Performing the Past in American Jewish Museums

Theater of History: Performing the Past in American Jewish Museums
Wed, Apr 19, 2017, 4:30 pm
Whereas there were only two major Jewish museums in the United States before the Second World War, there has been a proliferation of Jewish museums and Holocaust museums since. What stories do they tell? Who are they for?
Location: McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

A Conversation with Deborah Kass

A Conversation with Deborah Kass
Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 4:30 pm
Deborah Kass is a multimedia artist who engages with popular culture from a Jewish and feminist perspective. Called “a pop-culture mastermind,” Kass is well-known for her “Jewish Jackies”—a series of paintings of Barbra Streisand in the style of Andy Warhol—and for the sculpture “OY/YO,” which sits at the Williamsburg Ferry on the East River.
Location: McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Deborah Kass

An X-citing Evening with Legendary X-Men Writer Chris Claremont

An X-citing Evening with Legendary X-Men Writer Chris Claremont
Mon, Nov 7, 2016, 4:30 pm
Chris Claremont has had a record-setting 17-year run on comics’ most successful title in modern times, providing the fuel for a generation’s imagination with over 750 million copies sold, and movies, television programs, cartoons and video games based on his work.
Location: Whitman Theater, Whitman College
Speaker(s):
Chris Claremont

Frames: Jewish Culture and the Comic Book

Frames: Jewish Culture and the Comic Book
Thu, Apr 9, 2015 (All day)
A conference organized by Charlotte F. Werbe and Marie Sanquer, featuring speaker JT Waldman, an exhibit curated by Assaf Gamzou, and a roundtable with Miriam Katin, Rutu Modan, Miriam Libicki, Liana Finck.
Location: Burr Hall, Room 219

Golda Meir: American roots, Zionist life

Golda Meir: American roots, Zionist life
Mon, Mar 23, 2015, 4:30 pm

Born into abject poverty in Kiev in czarist Russia, Golda ended her formidable life as prime minister of Israel. This lecture explores the American tissue of her identity.

Location: Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Pnina Lahav, Professor of Law
Boston University

“Fiddler” at 50

“Fiddler” at 50
Thu, Nov 14, 2013 (All day)

The Lewis Center for the Arts presents an anniversary symposium examining the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Location: James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street
Speaker(s):
Sheldon Harnick
John Doyle
Joanna Merlin
Alisa Solomon
Jeremy Dauber
Jenna Weissman Joselit

American Jewish Culture: “Fresh Vitality in Every Direction”

American Jewish Culture: “Fresh Vitality in Every Direction”
Sun, Apr 7, 2013, 10:00 am to 9:00 pm
Lapidus Family Fund Conference in American Jewish Studies
Location: Bowen Hall, Room 222
Speaker(s):
Francine Prose

In Defiance of Amnesia: Reading Postwar American Jewish Poetry

In Defiance of Amnesia: Reading Postwar American Jewish Poetry
Sat, Feb 23, 2013, 12:00 pm

A workshop with Julian Levinson.

Speaker(s):
Julian Levinson, Samuel Shetzer Professor of American Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of English
University of Michigan

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