Manchester Jewish Studies
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The Centre for Jewish Studies focuses on Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester and draws in staff from other higher education institutions in the region. Administered in the Dept of Religions and Theology, it is home to a number of outstanding academics in the fields of Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic Judaism, Jewish Thought, Holocaust Studies, ancient, medieval and modern Jewish..
Manchester Jewish Studies
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Annual lecture in Jewish Studies. Prof Hava Tirosh-Samuelson (Arizona State University) will give this year's lecture, co-hosted with the Jewish Rep Council, on "Judaism and Climate Change: Religious Responses to the Eco-Crisis." Mon 27 Nov at 8pm UK (Winter) time, online. For an abstract and Zoom details nearer the time, see further information ..read more
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Rachel Lichtenstein has been working with the Rothschild Foundation Haanadiv Europe for the relaunch of their Hidden Treasures website. Read her blog post here. ..read more
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Consultant role. Daniel Langton has been appointed as the lead assessor for Jewish Studies for the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of Higher Education in England.
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UK Jewish Film Festival. Students taking RELT20121 Religion, Culture and Gender can look forward to a gender-themed evening at Cineworld Parrs Wood on 15 November 2023 at 19:00. Katja Stuerzenhofecker is organizing free tickets for the course group to watch the comedy Matchmaking (2022) with support from the Student Enhancement Fund ..read more
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Jewish Studies. Alex Samely delivered a paper at the 12th congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies in Frankfurt on 19 July 2023, on the topic "Experiencing the Mishnah as an Open or Controlling Text in Antiquity". Further information ..read more
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Jewish studies. The Prophets edited by Rabbi Michael Hilton and Alasdair Nisbet, published by Liberal Jewish Synagogue London, 2023. Further information ..read more
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Religion and Science. Daniel R. Langton, 'An Historical Overview of Jewish Theological Responses to Evolution', Theology and Science (2023) e-pub, 1-25. Further information ..read more
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Ancient Judaism. Alex Samely, “The Use of Genre for Many Text Meanings: Apocalypse and 1 Enoch”, in Lorenzo DiTommaso and Matthew Goff (eds.), Reimagining Apocalypticism: Apocalyptic Literature in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Writings (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature Press), pp. 157–196. Further information ..read more
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Religion and Science. Daniel R. Langton, 'Naphtali Levy's Divine World: Jewish Tradition, Panentheism and Darwinism', Theology and Science 23:1 (2023), 1-19. Further information.
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Forthcoming event. Klezmer Klassica will perform as part of Sacred Music at the Bradford Literature Festival. 2 July 2023, 6.30-8.15pm. Further information.
A video recording of Klezmer Klassica's performance of Joseph Achron's 'Hebrew Luluby & Melody' from earlier this year is now available to watch on YouTube. ..read more