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Center for Jewish Studies
Culture & Arts
2008 - 2009 Guide


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Fall 2008

OCTOBER
October 23
Thursday, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
LECTURE SERIES:
Dr. Ismar Schorsch, The Contribution of Jewish Scholarship to the
Emergence of Islamic Studies

October 26
Sunday, 2 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
MUSIC & THEATER SERIES:
Shlomo Liederman & Old Red Wine, Klezmer Meets Dixieland

October 29
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
LECTURE SERIES:
Rabbi Moshe Tessone, Contemporary Sephardic Communities in America

NOVEMBER
November 2
Sunday, 2 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
CINEMA ON SUNDAYS:
Kaddish Discussant: Dr. Paul Marcus

November
5
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SERIES:
Professor Jodi Magness The Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor

November 12
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SERIES:
Professor Mark Smith God and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel

November
16
Sunday, 2:00–5:00 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
CONFERENCE AND RALLY:
Commmitments and Challenges to Combating Anti-Semitism and Hatred
Professor Moshe Halbertal,
keynote speaker
Sponsored by Queens College Center for Jewish Studies, Queens Jewish Community Council, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, and the Central Queens YMHA

DECEMBER
December 3
Wednesday, 7:30 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SERIES: Professor Eric M. Meyers
Sepphoris, Ornament of All Galilee—Recent Excavations and the Case for Multiculturalism

spring 2009
This listing does not include the Spring Jewish Lecture Series.

MARCH
March 29
Sunday, 2 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
MUSIC & THEATER SERIES:
The New York Synagogue Choir Izchak Haimov, music director

APRIL
April 5
Sunday, 2 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
CINEMA ON SUNDAYS:
Beaufort
Discussant: Professor Mark Rosenblum

MAY

May 3
Sunday, 2 pm
LeFrak Concert Hall
CINEMA ON SUNDAYS:
Distant Journey
Discussant: Professor Stuart Liebman

 

The Jewish Lecture Series
Free Admission - Donation will be appreciated

Biblical Archaeology -
Slide Lecture Series

Admission for reserved sitting $5 for each program or $12 subscription for all three.

Music & Theater

Admission for reserved seating $15.     Special Discounts:
Non-group for the two events series: $25, a discount of $5
Group discout (20 or more) for the two events series: $23, a discount of $7
Group discount (20 or more) fore a single event: &12.50, a discount of $2.5

Cinema on Sunday - Discussion Series
Admission: $5 per screening or discount of $10 for the series of 3 films

Please visit or call the Kupferberg Box Office for tickets, 718-793-8080, during its regular hours.  Tickets are also on sale in the LeFrak foyer prior to each screening, if available
.

Free parking in Lot 15 on Reeves Avenue (behind the Music Building) and easy elevator access to the Concert Hall)