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November 2009

Wednesday November 4, 2009 to Wednesday November 18, 2009
7-9:30 p.m.
Herzl Ner-Tamid Synagogue

Several Jewish Studies Faculty will be presenting

http://www.h-nt.org/torahthon09.htm

The Third Annual Herzl-Ner Tamid Torahthon …..Enrich Your Brain and Delight Your Senses
Wednesdays, November 4, 11 and 18 from 7 to 9:30 PM
 

Enjoy lectures by Jewish Studies Faculty members Prof. Gad Barzilai (JSP Chair), Prof. Paul Burstein and Prof. Michael Rosenthal.

Join Herzl-Ner Tamid and Co-Sponsors Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, Congregation Beth Shalom, The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle and The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle for three evenings of Jewish learning with an array of class choices taught by 33 fabulous teachers from all denominations of our community and from as far away as Kehillat Moreshet Abraham (KMA) in Israel. All classes will be held at Herzl-Ner Tamid Synagogue on Mercer Island. For more details and online registration, go to http://www.h-nt.org/torahthon09.htm.

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Thursday November 19, 2009
3:30-5:00 p.m.
317 Thomson Hall, UW Seattle Campus

David Ehrlich, Schusterman Writer-In-Residence, Portland State University

For more information: 206-543-0138; jewishst@uw.edu

How do famous authors such as Amos Oz, David Grossman and Yehuda Amichai understand and describe the Israeli soul and spirit? What are the themes that interest Israeli writers?

From his experience as the owner of Jerusalem's literary café, Tmol-Shilshom, David Ehrlich, writer and journalist, tells personal anecdotes about these great authors and others, all of whom he’s hosted and befriended. He also discusses current issues in Israel through the lens of Israeli literature.

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December 2009

Thursday December 3, 2009
3:00-4:30 p.m.
202 Communications, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW

Dr. Asya Vaisman, 2009-10 Cole Fellow in Jewish Studies

When browsing through a bookstore in a Hasidic neighborhood in New York or Jerusalem, one is likely to find a number of tapes and CDs of Hasidic male singers and boys' choirs. These recordings, however, do not represent the full spectrum of contemporary Hasidic song culture.
Because of Kol B'Isha, a Jewish religious regulation on a woman’s voice, Hasidic women are unable to publicly perform or commercially record songs, as their voices are considered to be sensually attractive to men. Yet Hasidic women’s participation in creative expression through singing and song-writing should not be discounted.
In fact, since the Second World War, women and girls have created far more songs in Yiddish than have men, and while the men’s music has been collected, published, and analyzed to an extent, virtually nothing is known outside of the community about the enormous repertoire of the Hasidic women’s new songs. This lecture will describe both the main themes and genres of Hasidic women's Yiddish songs and the contexts in which women and girls attend and participate in performances.

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