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ASU Jewish Studies
Enhances knowledge of all facets of Jewish life through undergraduate and graduate courses, research conferences, workshops, scholar-in-residence programs and public lectures.
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Committed to critical inquiry and scholarly entrepreneurship, ASU Jewish Studies offers a new and creative model to integrate a Jewish perspective into all relevant disciplines and academic units, including history, religious studies, political science, justice studies, international letters and cultures, film and media studies, and law.
Mordechai Kaplan: Judaism as Civilization
Valley of the Sun J 12701 N Scottsdale Rd #201, Scottsdale, AZ, United States“Modern Jewish Philosophy” Three-Part Series. Hava Tirosh Samuelson (ASU).
A close examination of three leading Jewish philosophers who articulated distinctive pathways to being Jewish in the modern world: Martin Buber (1878-1965) focused on ethics, Joseph Soloveitchik (1903-1993) highlighted the rational interpretation of Jewish Law (Halakhah), and Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983): offered a socio-cultural, evolutionary interpretation of Judaism.
Shifting Attitudes Toward Israel Among American Jews
Valley of the Sun J 12701 N Scottsdale Rd #201, Scottsdale, AZ, United StatesAlbert and Liese Eckstein Scholar-in-Residence Program featuring: David N. Myers (UCLA)
Myers explores important new ideological and generational fault-lines that have emerged in recent decades among Jews in the United States toward Israel, including the impact of October 7, 2023, on those divisions.
Note: The presentation is both in-person and Zoom
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