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The Queens College Center for
Jewish Studies Speakers Bureau has been established as a public
service to the community to foster learning and education about
Jews and their culture. Supplementing the Center's numerous,
varied, and rich cultural programs on the campus, the Speakers
Bureau seeks to serve organizations and agencies that wish to
sponsor stimulating, appealing programs for their members in
the community. Its faculty resources are also available to educational
institutions, such as high schools and colleges.
The Speakers Bureau is composed
of outstanding faculty members from Queens College who are associated
with the Jewish Studies Program on campus. Many are award-winning
scholars and teachers and
internationally-recognized figures whose opinions on historical
and contemporary issues are much sought after by academicians
and laymen alike. They are specialists in Jewish history, sociology,
philosophy, political science, music, media, and language and
literature. Specific areas of expertise are as follows -
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Jewish History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
· Sephardi Jewish history and culture
· Jewish-Christian relations
· Jewish-Muslim relations
· Jewish sectarianism in antiquity
· East European Jews
· German Jewish culture
· Latin American Jewish history and culture
· Women in Jewish history
· Israel/American relations
· American Jewry and Judaism
· New York Jewry
· Contemporary American Jewish sociology
· History of the Holocaust
· The Holocaust in film and literature
· Religious responses to the Holocaust · Biblical
literature
· Medieval Jewish literature
· Modern Hebrew and Israeli literature
· Yiddish literature and culture
· American Jewish literature
· Jewish music
· History of Zionism/Modern Israel
· Israel-Arab conflict
· Israel and the Palestinians
· Jewish philosophy and thought
· Denominations in Judaism |