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Jun
05

‘Mobile internet is worse than the internet; it can destroy our community’ Old Order Amish and Ultra-Orthodox women’s responses to cellphone and smartphone use

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This research explores exposure patterns and perceptions of cellphone and smartphone use among Amish and ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, while examining symbolic meanings these non-users might attribute to these devices. Triangulation of participant observations, interviews, and a survey, serve to demonstrate that although these populations differ in their cellphone use (the Amish mostly don’t use them […]

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6275 Bunche Hall
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May
27

Crossroads of Cultures: The Jezreel Valley in the Bronze and Iron Ages – Karen Covello-Paran

Free

The Jezreel Valley is Israel’s largest and most fertile valley. Strategically located in Northern Israel, this region played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and economic developments of major political entities during the second and first millennia BCE. In this lecture, we will explore Canaanite urban culture, Egyptian imperial rule, and the Kingdom of […]

At 2:00 pm
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
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May
22

Landscapes of Print: Jews, Arabs, and Judeo-Arabic in Colonial North Africa – Noam Sienna

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Arabness and Jewishness are sometimes understood to be identities at odds, or even mutually exclusive, but there are many contexts in which they have overlapped. This talk explores one such time and place: the attempt in nineteenth-century North Africa to create a modern “Arab Jewish” or “Judeo-Arabic” reading public. Dr. Sienna will investigate the development […]

At 2:00 pm
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
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May
13

Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust – Robin Judd

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Facing the harrowing task of rebuilding a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jews and military personnel as a way to move forward after unspeakable loss. Proponents believed that these unions were more than a ticket out of war-torn Europe: they […]

At 2:00 pm
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
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May
08

Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century – Tobias Buck

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On 17 October 2019, in Hamburg’s imposing criminal justice building, a trial laden with extraordinary historical weight begins to unfold. Bruno Dey stands accused of being involved in a crime committed over seven decades ago: the murder of at least 5,230 inmates at Stutthof, the Nazi concentration camp in present-day Poland. Only seventeen at the […]

At 4:00 pm
314 Royce Hall, UCLA
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May
01

Haredi Women in the Arts in the Digital Age: Contradictions and Paradoxes of a 21st-Century Phenomenon – Jessica Roda

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Have you had a glimpse of the mesmerizing music videos of ultra-Orthodox women celebrities, Bracha Jaffe and Devorah Schwartz, captivating over half a million viewers on YouTube, or the myriad of films and Yiddish plays crafted by Hasidic girls in Montreal and New York? Probably not. This enduring lack of awareness persists because these spaces […]

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314 Royce Hall, UCLA
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