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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Jewish Peddlers in America

Lecture by Professor Hasia Diner

7 p.m., Moyer Hall, Muhlenberg College

 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Jews in the Economies of the South Atlantic: West Africa, Argentina and Brazil

Talk and discussion with Professor Cathy Oullette

7:30 p.m., Muhlenberg College Hillel

Co-sponsors: History Department, Muhlenberg Hillel

 

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Philip Roth: Representing American Business

Book discussion with Professor James Bloom

7 p.m., The Banko Gallery at the Banana Factory, ArtsQuest Center, Bethlehem

Co-sponsor: English Department

 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Jewish Giving in Comparative Perspective

Noam Zion of the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem, speaking about his new trilogy

7 p.m., Moyer Hall, Muhlenberg College

Co-sponsors: Institute for Jewish Christian Understanding

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Jewish and Christian Approaches to Philanthropy

Roundtable discussion moderated by Professor Peter Pettit

7:30 p.m., JCC of Allentown

Co-sponsors: Institute for Jewish Christian Understanding

 

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Jews and the Left in America

Brunch discussion with Professor Roger Simon

10:30 a.m., Bnai Abraham Synagogue, Easton

Co-sponsors: Bnai Abraham Synagogue, Easton Leadership Council of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley

 

Thursday, May 23, 2013

New Research on Family Stories Behind the Local Textile Industry, 1930 to 1980

Jewish Federation Women’s Division Lunch & Learn with Professors Susan Clemens and Gail Eisenberg

12 p.m., JCC of Allentown

Co-sponsors: Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, History and Business and Economics departments

 

Friday, May 31, 2013

Capstone discussion

with Dr. Jessica Cooperman

10:30 a.m., ArtsQuest Center, Bethlehem

Muhlenberg College's series is sponsored by a grant from the Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project and the Association for Jewish Studies. All of the programs in the series are co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley and the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding, as well as host of other Muhlenberg College departments and local Jewish institutions.