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Runnin’ Wild: Billy Wilder, Hot Jazz, and Weimar Jewish Culture

November 6, 2025

Not yet 20 years old, in the summer of 1926, the Galician-born and Viennese raised “Billie” Wilder followed big-band leader Paul Whiteman and his orchestra to Berlin, where he worked as a cub reporter, budding screenwriter, occasional press agent, and dancer...Read more about Runnin’ Wild: Billy Wilder, Hot Jazz, and Weimar Jewish Culture

Scriptural Vitality and the Shaping of Jewish Tradition

October 16, 2025

This talk focuses on rethinking methodological presuppositions that are central to the field of biblical studies. A central theme is the importance and centrality of the Hellenistic period for understanding the vitality of Judaism. In contrast to standard views...Read more about Scriptural Vitality and the Shaping of Jewish Tradition

A Case Study of Systemic Antisemitism: The Housing Market in Paris during the Holocaust

November 20, 2025

Annual Pell Lecture

In France, during the Holocaust, about three-quarters of the Jewish population avoided arrest and deportation. Should the conclusion be reached that the French population was not very anti-Semitic? This idea is supported by some recent studies in history, which focus...Read more about A Case Study of Systemic Antisemitism: The Housing Market in Paris during the Holocaust

Diasporism and Jewish Politics Today: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Ethan Katz

September 18, 2025

Since the destruction of the First Temple some 2500 years ago, Diasporism has been a particularly Jewish way of imagining relationships between place, power, people, and politics. In modern times, Jewish thinkers have turned to new notions of Diasporism to...Read more about Diasporism and Jewish Politics Today: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Ethan Katz

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