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Crafting Objects, Crafting Community: Gender and Material Culture in American Religion

Jodi Eichler-Levine, Alyssa J. Maldonado-Estrada

January 4, 2021

Jodi Eichler-Levine and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada will be in conversation about their new books examining the role of material culture in shaping gender, memory, community,…

Beth Berkowitz – Frontiers in Jewish Studies: The Clever Ox, the Escaping Elephant, and Other Talmudic Animals

October 17, 2013

Full-length video of Beth Berkowitz's lecture, "Frontiers in Jewish Studies: The Clever Ox, the Escaping Elephant, and Other Talmudic Animals."

Frontiers in Jewish Studies: The Clever Ox, the Escaping Elephant, and Other Talmudic Animals

Beth Berkowitz

August 13, 2013

Is Judaism good or bad for animals? Beth Berkowitz hopes to bring us beyond this reductive question, with its frequent focus on the first…

November 4, 2011

Contributors include Kaucyila Brooke, Ann Burlein, Lindsay Caplan, Janet R. Jakobsen, Ins Kromminga, Laura Levitt, Minoo Moallem, Carlo Quispe, Catherine Sameh, Sisters of Perpetual…

The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma

September 24, 2011

Panel featuring Orit Avishai and Lynne Gerber. Moderated by Margot Weiss.

Activism and the Academy: The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma

September 24, 2011

Does a feminist perspective limit researchers' abilities to see and interpret empirical realities? What happens when these perspectives clash with the reality of field…

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster: Intersections of Judaism, Gender, and Human Rights

April 6, 2011

In this year's Rennert Forum lecture, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster '01 reflects on her work as a human rights activist, mobilizing the Jewish community on…

Created in God’s Image: Intersections of Judaism, Gender, and Human Rights

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster '01

April 6, 2011

In this year's Rennert Forum lecture, Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster '01 will reflect on her work as a human rights activist, mobilizing the Jewish community…

Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights

February 9, 2010

Helen Suzman was a member of the South African Parliament for 36 years, from 1953-1989. She was the sole opposition voice condemning apartheid during…

Ruth Behar: Impossible Homecomings

April 10, 2008

Ruth Behar, Jewish Cuban American anthropologist, writer, and noted feminist, reflects on the recent literature being produced by diasporic women ethnographers, journalists, and writers,…

Impossible Homecomings: Women Ethnographers and the Places They Left Behind

Ruth Behar

April 10, 2008

In this year's Rennert Forum on Women in Judaism, Ruth Behar, Jewish Cuban American anthropologist, writer, and noted feminist, will reflect on the recent…

Manifest Your Destiny: Find the Courage to Defy Convention and Create a Life Worth Living

Loolwa Khazzoom '91

October 17, 2007

Since her activist days at Barnard College, Loolwa Khazzoom '91 has followed her passion in building an unconventional career with a DIY (Do It…

October 2, 2006

Contributors include Katya Gibel Azoulay, Maya Barzilai, Shifra Bronznick, Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, Sally Gottesman, Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, Jayne K. Guberman, Judith Hauptman, Rachel…

March 2, 2003

Contributors include Marlene Booth, Michelle Citron, Muriel Hasbun, Marianne Hirsch, Joanne Leonard, Laura Levitt, Lorie Novak, and Ruth Ost.

January 2, 2003

Contributors include Mahnaz Afkhami, Marjorie Agosín, Meena Alexander, Diana Anhalt, Ruth Behar, and Judy Dworin.
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