Lectures tagged "Jewish"


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Eric Nelson: The Hebrew Republic
Eric Nelson
March 8, 2010
00:52:04
Eric Nelson discusses his new book, The Hebrew Republic: Jewish Sources and the Transformation of European Political Thought.
Pinker and Goldstein: Science, Fiction, and God
Steven Pinker
February 17, 2010
01:23:00
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and author of the new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, discusses mind-body problems with her husband, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Linda Hirsch on Cuba: Threads of Hope and Renewal
Linda Hirsch
February 11, 2010
00:34:34
Photographer Linda Hirsch speaks to arts curator Evan J. Garza about her experiences documenting communities of Cuban Jews, and discusses works on view in her current exhibition, "CUBA: Threads of Hope & Renewal", a 9-year survey of the artist's ongoing project.
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: 36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: 36 Arguments for the Existence of God
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
February 2, 2010
00:49:06
Award-winning novelist and MacArthur Fellow Rebecca Newberger Goldstein reads from her new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God. After Cass Seltzer's book becomes a surprise best seller, he's dubbed "the atheist with a soul" and becomes a celebrity.
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Rebecca Goldstein: The Atheist with a Soul
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
January 30, 2010
Author and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein discusses her latest work, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, which is perhaps best described as a hybrid.
Hiding in the Spotlight
Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson
November 1, 2009
01:05:47
Writer Greg Dawson, joined by his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya Dawson, discuss her Holocaust survival, as portrayed in the new book, Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941 - 1946.
Jews and Sufis: A Sacred Bridge II
Jews and Sufis: A Sacred Bridge II
Robert Labaree
October 29, 2009
00:45:11
Following a panel discussion about cultural, historical, religious, and musical aspects of the Jewish-Sufi collaborations in Turkey from the 16th to the 20th centuries, an ensemble of Jewish and Muslim vocalists and instrumentalists play examples of relevant musical repertoire.
Jews and Sufis: A Sacred Bridge I
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol
October 29, 2009
00:48:51
A panel of scholars speak on cultural, historical, religious, and musical aspects of the Jewish-Sufi collaborations in Turkey from the 16th to the 20th centuries. This event was produced by the DUNYA Organization, under the direction of Mehmet Ali Sanlikol.