Rabbis in Paradise: Law and Mysticism in Early Rabbinic Judaism – a Lecture by Nehemia Polen on December 4th
December 4, 2012 at 5 P.M. at the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies 147 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215 (Entrance on Silber Way) 2nd Floor, Room 201 Four Rabbis entered Paradise, and only one of them—Rabbi Akiva—came out unscathed. What does this famous story, found in Tosefta Hagigah, mean? Why does the Mishnah restrict study […]
A Conversation with Gil Hovav
The Hebrew Program in Modern Languages & Comparative Literature at Boston University invites you to a conversation with Gil Hovav Israeli Author, Lecturer, Journalist, Restaurant Critic FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 am, CAS 318 Click here to check out this youtube interview with Gil Hovav.
Three Encounters with Elie Wiesel
We are pleased to welcome Professor Elie Wiesel back to Boston University this fall. Please follow the links on the sidebar calendar for further information on his annual lecture series on The Fascination with Jewish Tales. In the Bible: Ezekiel and His Vision of Our Time Introduction by Robert Brown, President, Boston University October 15, […]
Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps-Application is Open!
AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps strengthens the Jewish community’s fight against the causes and effects of poverty in the United States. We do this by engaging participants in service and community building that inspire them to become lifelong leaders for social change whose work for justice is rooted in and nourished by Jewish values.
Three Graduate Fellowships Available
The Jewish Studies Program is happy to announce that it has 3 graduate fellowships to offer suitably qualified students entering the PhD. Program. The fellowships are for 3 years and provide a full GRS tuition and a duty-free living stipend (currently worth $20,300 per year). Applicants should refer to the Boston University Graduate School of […]
CAS Major in Middle East Studies
Coming soon to a theater near you!! WHY Middle East Studies at BU? Because BU already offers Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, AND Turkish Because BU already offers more than 80 undergraduate courses on Middle Eastern topics Because BU already offers study abroad programs in Rabat (Morocco); Haifa (Israel)); Istanbul (Turkey); and Beirut (Lebanon) Because Midddle East‐interested […]
Bret Werb “We Will Never Die”
Boston University Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies presents: Bret Werb Music Collection Curator of the Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC Monday, November 5, 2012, 5p.m. At the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies 147 Bay State Rd, Boston, 2nd Floor (Entrance on Silber Way) “We Will Never Die” A presentation tracing the genesis and fate […]