SPRING EVENTS 2008

• Friday, Feb. 8, 12:00 pm:   Michael Karayanni, Institute of Advanced Studies, "The Arab Minority in Israel - Legal Challenges," The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, Hebrew Language Lunch Talk, 202 Jones Hall.
  
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 13, 4:30 pm:   Efraim Inbar, Bar Ilan University Mosh, "The Rise and Demise of the Palestinian Option," Robertson Hall Bowl 16.
  
  
• Thursday, Feb. 14, 12:00 pm:   David Menashri, Tel Aviv University Moshe Dayan Center, "The Iranian Revolution after 29 Years: Domestic Challenges and Regional Implications," Liberation Hall Carl Fields Center.
  
  
• Thursday, Feb. 14, 4:30 pm:   Ed Greenstein, Professor of Bible and Straus Distinguished Scholar at Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel), "The Problem of Evil in the Book of Job," The Jeannette Krieger and Herman D. Mytelka Memorial Lecture on Jewish Civilization, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Friday, Feb. 15, 8:00 pm:   Jane Kanarek, Hebrew College, "Recalibrating the World: Another Look at Tikkun Ha-Olam," Pomeranz Memorial Lecture, Wilf Hall CJL.
  
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 20, 12:00 pm:   Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University, "The Mystical World of Colonial American Jews: From Colonial Judaism to American Judaism," 105 Chancellor Green.
  
  
• Wednesday, Feb. 20, 4:30 pm:   Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University, “The Democratization of American Judaism”, The Lapidus Family Fund Lecture, McCormick 101.
  
  
• Thursday, Feb. 21, 4:30 pm:   James Diamond, Princeton University Visiting Professor, "The 'Canaanite' Movement: Its Origins, Significance , and Influence on Israeli Culture," **Note Change in Time and Venue - Talk will be in Hebrew, East Pyne 012.
  
  
• Sunday, Feb. 24, 7:15 pm:   Israeli Film Series, "Wasted," All Films will be in Hebrew with English subtitles, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Friday, Feb. 29, 12:00 pm:   Azzan Yadin, Rutgers University, "The Status of Scripture in Early Rabbinic Midrash," Friday Lunch Works-in-Progress Seminar (Limited to faculty and student attendance), 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Friday, Mar. 7, 12:00 pm:   Suzanne Last Stone, Yeshiva University Cardoza School of Law, "Reading Literature as Law: The Case of Aggadah," Friday Lunch Works-in-Progress Seminar (Limited to faculty and student attendance), 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Sunday, Mar. 9, 7:15 pm:   Israeli Film Series, "Salt of the Earth," All Films will be in Hebrew with English subtitles, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Wednesday, Mar. 12, 4:30 pm:   Andrew Plaks, Princeton University, "The Jews of China," Talk will be in Hebrew, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Tuesday, Mar. 25, 4:30 pm:   Amitav Ghosh, Indian author, "The Making of In an Antique Land: India, Egypt, and the Cairo Geniza," The 30th Carolyn L. Drucker Memorial Lecture, McCormick 101.
  
  
• Wednesday, Mar. 26, 4:30 pm:   Sallai Meridor, Israeli Ambassador to the U. S., "US-Israeli Relations And The Middle East Peace Process," Dodds Auditorium.
  
  
• Sunday, Mar. 30, 7:15 pm:   Israeli Film Series, "Sima Vaknin a Witch," All Films will be in Hebrew with English subtitles, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Sunday, Apr. 6, 7:15 pm:   Israeli Film Series, "Year Zero," All Films will be in Hebrew with English subtitles, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Monday, Apr. 7, 4:30 pm:   Michael Kochin, Tel Aviv University, "Love and Reason," 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Monday, Apr. 7, 7:30 pm:   Staged Reading of “Difficult People” by Yosef bar Yosef and translated by Barbara Harshav, McCormick 101.
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr. 8, 8:00 pm:   Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley, "The Bible and American Fiction, Moby-Dick: Polyphony," McCosh 50.
  
  
• Wednesday, Apr. 9, 8:00 pm:   Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley, "The Bible and American Fiction, Absalom, Absalom!: Lexicon," McCosh 50.
  
  
• Thursday, Apr. 10, 4:30 pm:   Hannah Cotton, Hebrew University, "The Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae and the Intriguing History of Baron Plato von Ustinov," East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Thursday, Apr. 10, 8:00 pm:   Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley, "The Bible and American Fiction, Seize the Day: American Amalgam," McCosh 50.
  
  
• Friday, Apr. 11, 12:00 pm:   James Diamond, "Reading the Bible and Writing About It: Some Issues and Questions," Friday Lunch Works-in-Progress Seminar (Limited to faculty and student attendance), 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr. 15, 4:30 pm:   Hindy Najman, Toronto University, "Paideia and Soul Formation in the Writings of Philo of Alexandria," 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Thursday, Apr. 17, 4:30 pm:   Ruth Westheimer, Princeton University Visiting Professor, "The Olive and the Tree: The Secret Strength of the Druze," Film Screening and Discussion, Talk will be in Hebrew, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Sunday, Apr. 27, 7:15 pm:   Israeli Film Series, "Noodle," All Films will be in Hebrew with English subtitles, East Pyne 010.
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr. 29, 4:30 pm:   Paul Levitz, Writer, President of DC Comics, "Jews in Comics, A View From Inside the Four-Color Tribe: A Conversation," 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
  
  
• Friday, May. 2, 12:00 pm:   Natasha Zaretsky, Princeton University, "Women in Between: Jewish/Argentine Social Change in the Aftermath of Violence," Friday Lunch Works-in-Progress Seminar (Limited to faculty and student attendance), 203 Scheide Caldwell House.