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.
Upcoming
Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Rachel Rubinstein
Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Rachel Rubinstein
Professor of American Literature and Jewish Studies, Hampshire College
“The Yiddish Columbus: Critical Counter-History and the Remapping of American Jewish Literature”
Past Events
Lapidus Family Fund Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Lambert
Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
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
Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location:
Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Lila Corwin Berman
Temple University
Theater of History: Performing the Past in American Jewish Museums
Wed, Apr 19, 2017, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
A Conversation with Deborah Kass
Mon, Nov 14, 2016, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
An X-citing Evening with Legendary X-Men Writer Chris Claremont
Mon, Nov 7, 2016, 4:30 pm
Location:
Whitman Theater, Whitman College
Speaker(s):
Chris Claremont
Frames: Jewish Culture and the Comic Book
Golda Meir: American roots, Zionist life
Mon, Mar 23, 2015, 4:30 pm
Location:
Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Pnina Lahav, Professor of Law
Boston University
“Fiddler” at 50
Thu, Nov 14, 2013 (All day)
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”
Sun, Apr 7, 2013, 10:00 am to 9:00 pm
Location:
Bowen Hall, Room 222
Speaker(s):
Francine Prose
In Defiance of Amnesia: Reading Postwar American Jewish Poetry
Sat, Feb 23, 2013, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Julian Levinson, Samuel Shetzer Professor of American Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of English
University of Michigan