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 |
| LECTURER |
LECTURE TITLE |
DATE / TIME / LOCATION |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Schusterman / Josey Program in Judaic and Israel Studies |
|
| |
Tel: (405) 325-6508
Fax: (405) 325-6521
email: judaicstudies@ou.edu
|
University of Oklahoma
455 W. Lindsey, DAHT 403A
Norman, OK 73019 |
