Learn about the origins of the modern Purim play in Eastern European yeshivas of the early nineteenth century and how they developed in American institutions of Jewish learning across the Jewish spectrum, including here at Hebrew Union College. This event is cosponsored by the American Jewish Archives.
Engaging with religious canon potentially raises questions that challenge a person’s or community’s ethical values. David Aron explores these questions through the lens of Pirke Avot, one of the central compilations of Jewish ethical teachings of the Rabbinic period.
Before the Second World War, Yiddish literature painted vivid, intricate maps of Jewish life in Eastern Europe—charting not just the physical terrain, but the imagination itself. Robert Adler Peckerar’s recent […]
Remarks by Elinor Carucci, an award-winning fine art photographer whose work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions worldwide and The New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, Time, W, Aperture, and ARTnews, among others. Carucci’s photographs are also included in prestigious museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum, and the Houston
Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Enjoy a light lunch and illustrated overview of the exhibition followed by a walk-through of the exhibition.
Join guest curator Abby Schwartz for an illustrated talk about the collars of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg followed by a walk-through of the exhibition.
