SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Studies program at San Diego State University has announced its schedule of public events during the fall semester:
October 4, 7 p.m. Preview and Panel Discussion of PBS Series: God in America, Professors Lawrence Baron, Khaleel Mohammed, and Rebecca Moore, SDSU. Sponsors: The Anti-Defamation League; SDSU Jewish Studies and Religious Studies. 201 Arts and Letters Building 201, SDSU
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October 13 , 3 p.m. (25th Anniversary of Jewish Studies Program Lectures) “From Frank Sinatra to Anne Frank: The Holocaust in Hollywood Film, 1944-1959,” Professor Lawrence Baron, SDSU. 301 Geology, Mathematics, and Computer Science Building, SDSU/ (Across bridge and right turn from Parking Structure on S.E. corner after I-8 Exit onto College)
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October 17 , 1 p.m.: (25th Anniversary of Jewish Studies Program at SDSU): “Jews of the Pacific Coast: Reinventing Community of America’s Edge,” Ava Kahn, University of California, Berkeley; Ellen Eisenberg, Willamette University. Sponsors: College of Liberal Arts, Jewish Studies Program. 220 West Commons, SDSU Campus (Paid Parking in Lot W.)
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October 28, 7 p.m. Common Chords Concert: The Shared Roots of Islamic and Jewish Music ($10 per ticket, but free for SDSU faculty and students).Salman Ahmad, Fred Benedetti, Samir Chatterjee, Elizabeth Schwartz, Yale Strom. Sponsors: President’s Fund, Jewish Studies Program, Center for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Daniel Pearl Foundation Music Month. Smith Recital Hall, 101 Music Building, SDSU Campus.
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November 7 12 p.m., “Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav and Franz Kafka.” Rodger Kamenetz in Conversation with Gabriel Sanders.Sponsored by Tablet Magazine, A New Read on Jewish Life, SDSU Jewish Studies Program, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
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November 17, 3 p.m. (25th Anniversary of the SDSU Jewish Studies Program)”What are Jewish Girls and Boys Made Of?: Gender in Books for Jewish Adolescents,” June Cummins-Lewis, SDSU.301 Geology, Mathematics, and Computer Science Building, SDSU.(Across bridge and right turn from Parking Structure on S.E. corner on College after I-8 Exit).
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All programs are free (except for non-SDSU community members attending the Common Chords Concert) and open to the public. For further information, contact Lawrence Baron, 619-594-5338.
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Preceding provided by SDSU’s Jewish Studies Department