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Known as a center of early 20th-century avant-garde and experimental theatre, Paris does not tend to figure on the map of pre-World War II Yiddish theatrical production specifically. This pop-up talk will realign our understanding of Yiddish theatre in Paris and ask whether or not we can consider Paris as the capital of a Western European Yiddish theatre during the first half of the twentieth century. Not only were there important Yiddish theatrical productions in Paris, but Parisian Yiddish theatre would make its mark outside of Yiddish-speaking circles, garnering praise from luminaries...

Join musicologist and klezmer music pioneer, Walter Zev Feldman, for a fascinating talk based on his new book, Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory

This program was made possible in partnership with the following institutions: The Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.

Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory (Oxford University Press 2016) is the first comprehensive study of the musical structure and social history of klezmer music, the music of the Jewish musicians’ guild of Eastern Europe. Emerging in...

This two-session conference explores theology in Benjamin and Kafka. The first session, moderated by Karen Feldman, includes paper presentations by Gilad Sharvit and Vivian Liska, with a response by Niklaus Largier. The second session is a conversation between Robert Alter and Chana Kronfeld.

2:30-4:30 pm: Session 1

Moderator: Karen Feldman

Gilad Sharvit, “Exile and Tradition: Benjamin and Scholem on Kafka ”

Vivian Liska, “Kafka, Narrative, and the Law”

Response: Niklaus Largier

4.30-5...

Rabbinizing Heresy: Korah in the Midrash

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