Events

A Jewish Film Festival - Fall 2009

Meacham Auditorium, Memorial Student Union, University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus


A SECRET

Sunday, October 18th
7:00 p.m.

Adapted from Phillippe Grimbert’s best-selling novel Un Secret , the film is a story of passion and guilt in troubled times as a teenager uncovers the truth about his parents’ past. In French w/English subtitles. Running time: 110 min. Co-sponsored with OU’s Tournées French Film Festival.


BEING JEWISH in FRANCE

Sunday, November 1st
5:00 p.m.

A documentary by Yves Jeuland which explores the rich and complex history of Jews in France, the first country to grant Jews citizenship. In French w/English subtitles. Running time: 185 min.


SHIVA - THE SEVEN DAYS

Sunday, November 8th
7:15 p.m.

As a Moroccan family’s remaining 8 brothers and sisters gather to mourn the sudden death of their brother, jealousy, gossip, long-term rivalry and financial problems come to the fore. In Hebrew / French Moroccan w/English subtitles. Running time: 103 min.


WALTZ with BASHIR

Sunday, December 6th
5:00 p.m.

Based on a true story, the film is director Ari Folman’s quest for the missing pieces of his memory of days in the mid 80s Lebanon War. In Hebrew, German, English, Arabic w/English subtitles. Running time: 90 min. Co-sponsored with the Hillel Jewish Students’ Association.


JuSt Lunch Brown-bag Lecture Series, Fall 2009

Time: Noon - 1:00 pm
Location: Room 109, Gittinger Hall, 760 Van Vleet (South) Oval, Norman Campus
DATE     LECTURE TITLE        LECTURER
Sept. 2 “Can Jews Have Saints?”
Dr. Norman A. Stillman
Judaic Studies Director University of Oklahoma
Oct. 7 "Late to bud, swift to bloom: Was there an Arab 'printing revolution'?"

Dr. Ami Ayalon, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Nov. 4 “Herbert Bolton, Jews, & Red Baiting at Berkeley, 1920-1950”           

Dr. Albert L. Hurtado
Travis Chair, OU Department of History

Dec. 2

“Jews in Modern Iraq: A Window on Identity, Nationalism, and State Formation”

Dr. Ariel Ahram
OU School of International
and Area Studies
 


Evening Lectures, 2009/2010

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  Schusterman / Josey Program in Judaic and Israel Studies
  Tel: (405) 325-6508
Fax: (405) 325-6521

email: judaicstudies@ou.edu
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