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“Ottomans After Empire: Sephardi Immigrant Space and Daily Life in Interwar Paris”

February 10, 2022

Robin Buller In the first decades of the twentieth century, tens of thousands of Sephardi Jews migrated out of the crumbling Ottoman Empire and its successor states to build new lives in France. Most Ottoman Sephardi immigrants settled in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, which became known in common parlance as “Little Turkey.” With streets lined with Sephardi restaurants and...

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Exhibit Opening and Book Launch | Anatomy of Torture: Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive

October 18, 2022

Testimonies from the Berkeley Archive Don’t miss Professor Ron Hassner’s special exhibit opening and book launch, ...

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Fashion Metropolis Berlin 1836-1939: The Story of the Rise and Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry

February 15, 2023

A unique phenomenon emerged in the heart of Berlin in the nineteenth century: a creative center for fashion and ready-made clothing. Hundreds of garment companies were established, manufacturing modern wear and developing new designs that were sold throughout Germany – and the world. The industry reached the height of its success in the 1920s. Freed from corsets,...

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Shared Appeals to Different Gods: Jews, Christians and Medieval Prayer (Helen Diller Annual Lecture)

February 21, 2023

Helen Diller Annual Lecture.

This talk will focus on private prayers found in Hebrew manuscripts from medieval northern France that both adapt and adopt known Christian prayers. It will trace the ways in which these prayers would have been known by Jews, and discuss the adaptations made by Jews to make these prayers usable. What do such prayers...