Jael Silliman: "Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women’s Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope"
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the Baghdadi Jewish diaspora stretched from Basra to Shanghai, with Calcutta acting as an important trading center on that route. During that time Calcutta was home to a thriving Jewish community that played an important role in the City’s mercantile development. […]
Alon Tal: “War, Peace and the Environment in the Middle East”
February 7, 2011 / 7:00-8:00 PM / Humanities 1, Room 210
The history of the Israeli- Arab wars has had environmental implications which are often overlooked.
Marcelo Dimentstein & Alejandro Dujovne: “A fragmented tradition: Jewish studies in Argentina”
February 1, 2011 / 4:00-5:45 PM / Humanities 1 Room 210
Compared with other Jewish Communities in the diaspora, the Argentine Jewish community presents a remarkable paradox.