Jewish Heritage Report
Vol. I, No. 2 / Summer 1997
Exhibitions, Conferences and Events
EXHIBITIONS
COURTSHIP AND CONTRACT: DECORATED KETUBOT FROM EUROPE
AND THE ORIENT. Through August 31, 1997. Exhibit of 240 decorated
Ketubot from the 17th through the 20th century from Italy, Persia, India
and elsewhere. Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.
LETTERS FROM CAIRO: JEWS AND MUSLIMS 800-1500.
Through Oct. 12, 1997. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery
of the Cairo Genizah, the greatest cache of medieval manuscripts ever found.
Over 70 works, providing insights into medicine, philosophy, etc. and everyday
life in the Eastern Mediterranean from the 9th through the 15th centuries.
Jewish Museum, New York.
REVEALING AN ANCIENT MESSAGE: A SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FROM
SEPHHORIS. June 29-Oct. 12, 1997. A recently excavated mosaic
floor from a 5th-century synagogue in Sapphires with scenes of Abraham
and Isaac, the Tabernacle, the Jerusalem Temple and a Zodiac. Jewish Museum,
New York.
FORGING AN IDENTITY – THE ART OF THE YEMENITE SILVERSMITH,
through Dec. 31, 1997. A new exhibition form the museum’s collection displaying
tools, jewelry and ritual objects celebrating Yemen’s Jews as silversmiths.
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA.
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON JEWISH GENEALOGY, PARIS,
FRANCE, JULY 13-17, 1997. This annual conference is the biggest
event in the Jewish genealogy calendar and brings together researchers
from dozens of countries. Many of the presentations touch upon Jewish monuments
and issues of access to Jewish archival records. For more information contact
the organizers -- Cercle de Genealogie Juive, 14, rue Saint-Lazare -- 75009
Paris, France tel. 01 40 23 04 90, or consult the 4 page insert in the
winter 1996 issue of Avotaynu (XII:4).
THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MISGAV YERUSHALAYIM,
THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND STUDY OF SEPHARDI AND ORIENTAL JEWISH HERITAGE,
JERUSALEM, JULY 20-25, 1997. The theme is Eretz Yisrael and
the State of Israel as Perceived by Sephardi and Oriental Jews Historical
and Cultural Perspectives. For more information: tel. (972-2) 883962 /
fax (977-2) 5883687.
1997 GOMBINER GATHERING, FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY, AUGUST
17, 1997. Annual gathering of descendants of Jewish community
of Gombin, Poland. This year plans for the restoration of the cemetery
will be discussed. For more information contact Mindy Prosperi, tel. (914)
928-8211.
THE GAON OF VILNA: ELIJAHU BEN SCHLOMO ZALMAN. A BICENTENARY
COMMEMORATION OF THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED TALMUDIC SCHOLARS
OF ALL TIME. VILNIUS, LITHUANIA, SEPTEMBER 10-15, 1997. Buried
in Vilnius, the Gaon's gravesite is sacred to Jews throughout the world.
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his death, the Lithuanian Jewish
Community is organizing a full program of commemorative events. Approximately
60 speakers from ten countries will be attending the scientific conference.
The commemorative program is organized under the patronage of: Mr. Federico
Mayor, Director General, UNESCO. The Honorary Committee is composed of:
Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee; H.E. Oded Ben-Hur, Israeli
Ambassador to the Baltic countries; Mr. Serge Cwajgenbaum, European Jewish
Congress; Prof. David Fishman (USA); Rabbi Prof. Arthur Hertzberg (USA);
Mr. Nicholas Lane, American Jewish Committee; Mr. Dan Mariaschin, B'nai
B'rith International; Mr. Michael May, European Council of Jewish Committees;
Mr. George Rohr (USA). For further information on the Program, please contact
the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Dr. I. Lempertas, Programme coordinator,
Pylimo g. 4, Vilnius 2001 Lithuania fax: 370 2 227915 E-mail: root@lzb.vno.osf.lt
DEDICATION OF CEMETERY MONUMENT AT WYSZKOW, POLAND,
SEPT. 14, 1997. For more information contact the U.S. Commission
for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, 1101 15th St., NW, Washington,
DC, 20005.
THIRD ANNUAL HISTORY OF THE CATSKILLS CONFERENCE, WOODRIDGE,
NEW YORK AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 1, 1997. Presented by the Catskills
Institute the conference will address several themes in the history., culture
and architecture of the Jewish resort communities of New York State’s Catskill
Mountains. Speakers include writer Vivian Gornick , "The Culture of
the Catskills"; social historian Jenna Weissman Joselit, "Summer
Resort Judaism and the Relaxation of Ritual"; Prof. Shalom Goldman
(Emory University), "Isaac Bashevis Singer in the Catskills: A Literary
and Personal Turning Point"; and many others. For more information
consult: http://www.brown.edu/Research/Catskills_Institute/
or contact, Dr. Phil Brown, Professor of Sociology, Brown University, Box
1916, Providence RI 02912, tel. (401) 863-2633 or fax (401) 863-3213
THE HOLY LAND IN WORD AND IMAGE FROM LATE ANTIQUITY THROUGH
THE CRUSADES, TORONTO, CANADA, OCTOBER 25, 1997. Many lands
are considered holy in one context or another, but a small patch of western
Asia was holy to three major religions throughout the Middle Ages. This
conference brings together scholars concerned with how Jews, Christians
and Muslims perceived, represented, and experienced the Holy Land. For
more information contact Chair, Centre for Medieval Studies 1997 Conference,
39 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C3, Canada or e-mail
to: cms-conf@chass.utoronto.ca
THE JEWS IN GALICIA, CRACOW, POLAND, MAY 30-JUNE 1,
1998. Contact AAPJS, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
02138, (617) 547-7701.
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