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October 3, 2018

"Jews Invisible and Visible: Television and the Question of Difference"

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The history of Jews, film, and television in the United States has most often been constructed around the binaries of visibility and invisibility. While Jews and Judaism have certainly been...

October 4, 2018

"Rabbinic Drinking: Learning Themes in Rabbinic Literature Through the...

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Though classical rabbinic texts are fundamental to understanding the history and evolution of Judaism, they are also quite complex and daunting for the novice to read. Rabbinic literature...

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