Special Lectures and Programs


Fall 2009

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Thursday, October 8
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts
8 p.m.

Call Quick Center Box Office
(203) 254-4010

Jacoby - Lunin Humanitarian Lecture - The Voices of Afghanistan

Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Presented in conjunction with
Open VISIONS lecture series of University College

Made possible by a gift from the Frank Jacoby Foundation

Tuesday, October 13
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
7:30 p.m.

Complimentary Admission
Limited Seating
Call Judaic Studies,
(203) 254-4000, ext. 2066

Judaic Studies Scholar-in-Residence - He Was One of Us: American Jewry and the Idealization of Abraham Lincoln

Gary P. Zola, Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center
of the American Jewish Archives, and Associate Professor,
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati

Made possible by a gift from David and Edith Chaifetz of Fairfield, Conn.

Tuesday, November 19
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
7:30 p.m.

Complimentary Admission
Limited Seating
Call Judaic Studies,
(203) 254-4000, ext. 2066


Judaic Studies Lecture - What Does Jewish Look Like? ~ Representation and Image in American Jewish Culture

Dr. Ken Koltun-Fromm, Associate Professor of Religion,
Haverford College

Wednesday, December 2
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
7:30 p.m.

Complimentary Admission
Limited Seating
Call Judaic Studies,
(203) 254-4000, ext. 2066

Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies - Jewish Muslim Dialogue: The Interreligious Challenge of the 21st Century

Rabbi Marc Schneier, President and Founder of
The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Founding Rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue and
The New York Synagogue

Made possible by a gift from
the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation