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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">ReJewvenation: The Futures of Jewish Culture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">October 28- 31, 2005<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a
href="http://www.rejewvenation2005.com/">www.rejewvenation2005.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">ReJewvenation: The
Futures of Jewish Culture</i> is a dynamic four-day exploration of
contemporary
European and North American Jewish culture featuring academic papers,
roundtable discussions, theatrical and musical performances, and a
month-long
art exhibition.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">ReJewvenation</i> is
the first event of its kind anywhere in <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>,
bringing together an international group of Jewish scholars, artists,
and
members of the broader community for conversation, debate, and
reflection about
Jewish culture in the twenty-first century. With events scheduled at
the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName>,
the Wolfond Centre for Jewish Life, the Miles Nadal JCC, and Xpace in
Kensington Market, <i style="">ReJewvenation</i>
celebrates the renewal of a truly vibrant, cutting edge Jewish cultural
scene
in downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It will feature two days of l<span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ectures, panels and
discussions with
over 30 scholars from around the world on contemporary Jewish music,
visual
art, literature, performance, ritual and cyberculture. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Highlights include: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">October
21 – November 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Command J:
Jewish Laws, Digital Arts</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, an exhibition of works
dealing with Jewish law by
four internationally-known new media artists <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">October
28 at 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Opening
lecture</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">:
Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (NYU) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">“Rebel
All You Want…Just be Jewish” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Followed
by “The Rebbetzin’s Tisch,” a performance by the
radically innovative New York-based company Storahtelling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Saturday
October 29 at 8pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Queer
Jewish Weddings</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> <b style="">Concert</b>,
premiere of a specially-commissioned klezmer concert/performance piece
featuring world-famous musicians from the Klezmatics examining the
impact of
gay marriage on Jewish culture <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<h1 style="margin-left: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">October
31 at 4:15pm<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-left: 0in;"><b style=""><span
style="font-style: normal;">Closing lecture</span></b><span
style="font-style: normal;">: Professor Sander Gilman
(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Emory</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">“Can
the Experience of Diaspora Judaism serve as a Model for
Islam in Today's Multicultural Europe?” (Joseph and Gertie Schwartz
Memorial
Lecture)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a full progrmame of events and r<span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">egistration form: <span
style=""> </span><a href="http://www.rejewvenation2005.com/">www.rejewvenation2005.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Contact:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ReJewvenation:
The Futures of Jewish Culture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">c/o
The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">214 College Street</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Toronto</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">, <st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State>,
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">M5T 2Z9</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Tel:
416-978-9786 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Fax:
416-971-1378<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">E-mail:
<a href="mailto:rejewven@rejewvenation2005.com">rejewven@rejewvenation2005.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Co-sponsored and organized by U of T's Graduate
Centre for
Study of Drama with the generous support of the Faculty of Arts and
Science,
the Office of the Vice-President and Provost, the Centre for Diaspora
and
Transnational Studies, the Centre for Comparative Literature, the
Centre for
the Study of the United States, the Connaught Fund<span style=""
lang="FR">,</span> the Departments of English, Fine Art,
Germanic Languages and Literatures, the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian
Studies<span style="" lang="FR">, the </span>Menachovsky Fund of the
Jewish Studies Program, the Joint Initiative in German and European
Studies and
the Faculty of Music. Additional support provided by Hillel of Greater
Toronto,
the Ontario Arts Council, the City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City>
through Toronto Arts Council, and the Zukerman Family Foundation. </p>
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