Thur., Sept. 4

5:00 p.m.

Installation Program

Judah Cohen as the Lou and Sybuil Mervis Chair in the Study of Jewish  Culture

Shaul Magid as the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair in Jewish Studies

Jeffrey Veidlinger as the Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair in Jewish Studies
University Club President’s Room, Indiana Memorial Union

Sept. 2-Dec. 19

“Pushmepullyou: A Jewish/German Dialogue Disclosed” exhibit featuring artwork by Karen Baldner and Bjorn Krondofer focusing on the responses to the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews by children of German Jews and the children of German Nazis.
Mather’s Museum, 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington

Tue., Sept. 9

5:30-6:16 p.m.

Weekly Hebrew Table/Shulchan Ivrit at Hillel

Fee dinner at Hillel's Kosher Cafe for all who come and speak Hebrew.  Every Tuesday thru December 2, except Sept 30, Oct 14, Oct 21, and Nov 25.

730 E. Third Street

Sept 12-28

7:30 p.m.

Cardinal Stage production of The Diary of Anne Frank
Waldron Arts Center Auditorium, 122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington
Additional performances on September 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 25, 26, 27, 28; 2:00 p.m. matinees on Sept 20 and 27)
For ticket cost and availability please contact info@cardinalstage.org

Mon., Sept. 15

6:00 p.m.

Meet the Jewish Studies Faculty
Students are invited to come meet the Jewish Studies Professors at an informal dinner
Hillel, 730 E. Third Street

Wed., Sept. 17

3:30-9:30 p.m.

Special Teacher Training Workshop in conjuction with Cardinal  Stage Company's production of a new adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank

John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Wanut Street

Thurs., Sept. 18

7:30 p.m.

Israeli Film Showing
Ballantine Hall 109

Wed., Sept. 24

5:00 p.m.

"A Warsaw Story: Polish-Jewish Relations in the First World War"
Co-sponsored lecture by Professor Robert Blobaum
University Club, Faculty Room, IMU

Thur., Sept. 25

4:30-6 p.m.

Jewish Studies Welcome Back Dessert
Hoosier Room, IMU

Fri., Sept. 26

12 noon

"`PAGING DR. SHYLOCK!’: Jewish Hospitals and the Prudent Re-Investment of Jewish Philanthropy”
Jewish Studies Workshop led by Robert Katz
Oak Room, IMU

Sun., Oct. 5

1:00-6:00 p.m.

Symposium on “Wit(h)ness” Art, Memory , and the Holocaust”
Mather’s Museum, 416 N. Indiana Avenue, Bloomington
Reception begins at 6:00 p.m.

Cosponsored by the Mather’s Museum, The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, The Dorit and Gerald Paul Program in Jewish Culture and the Arts, and the Institute for Jewish Culture and the Arts.

Mon., Oct. 6

12 noon

"Gender, Moral Agency, and Discourses of Victimization in post-1945 Memoirs of German Theologians"
Jewish Studies Workshop led by Bjorn Krondorfer
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU

Mon., Oct. 6

6:00-7:00 p .m.

Explore Your Options – Jewish Studies
Exploratory undergraduates hear professors, staff, and students talk about Jewish Studies
McNutt

Jewish Women in Global Perspective a documentary film festival
Indiana Memorial Union
FREE

Thur., Nov. 20

7:30 p.m.

“The Future of Yiddish”
Professor Dovid Katz will deliver the George Stolnitz Memorial Lecture
State Room East, IMU

Fri., Nov. 21

12 noon

“The Holocaust Obfuscation Movement in Eastern Europe”
Jewish Studies Workshop led by Professor Dovid Katz
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU

Spring 2009 Semester

Wed., Feb. 11

7:30 p.m.

“Wisdom Undermined: A New Look at the Book of Job”
Professor Ed Greenstein will deliver the James S. Ackerman Lecture
Oak Room, IMU

Sun., Feb. 15

Performance of cantorial music by Cantor Natasha Hirschhorn
Dorit and Gerald Paul Program in Jewish Culture and the Arts.
Time and location TBA.

Fri., Feb. 27

12 noon

Jewish Studies Workshop with Professor Richard Sarason
Title and location TBA

“Creative Expressions of the Sephardic Experience”
Jewish Studies conference convened by Professor Judah Cohen
Oak Room, IMU

Mon., April 20

Jewish Studies Student-Faculty Dinner

Wed., April 22

7:30 p.m.

“German-Jewish Gender History: Where From, Where To, and Why?”
Professor Stefanie Schüler-Springorum will deliver the Dorit and Gerald Paul Lecture for the Study of Germans and Jews
Oak Room, IMU

Thur., April 23

7:30 p.m.

“From Revolution to Resistance: German-Jewish Communists in the 1920s and 1930s”
Professor Stefanie Schüler-Springorum will deliver the Dorit and Gerald Paul Lecture for the Study of Germans and Jews
Indianapolis location TBA