ReJewvenation: The Futures of Jewish Culture,,October 28- 31, 2005

[Luella Massey]

ReJewvenation: The Futures of Jewish Culture

October 28- 31, 2005

University of Toronto

www.rejewvenation2005.com <http://www.rejewvenation2005.com/>

 

 

 

 

 

/ReJewvenation: The Futures of Jewish Culture/ 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.

 

/ReJewvenation/ is the first event of its kind anywhere in North 
America, 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 University of Toronto, the Wolfond Centre for 
Jewish Life, the Miles Nadal JCC, and Xpace in Kensington Market, 
/ReJewvenation/ celebrates the renewal of a truly vibrant, cutting edge 
Jewish cultural scene in downtown Toronto.

 

It will feature two days of lectures, panels and discussions with over 
30 scholars from around the world on contemporary Jewish music, visual 
art, literature, performance, ritual and cyberculture.

 

Highlights include:

 

October 21 - November 20

*Command J: Jewish Laws, Digital Arts*, an exhibition of works dealing 
with Jewish law by four internationally-known new media artists

 

October 28 at 8:00pm

*Opening lecture*: Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (NYU)

"Rebel All You Want...Just be Jewish"

Followed by "The Rebbetzin's Tisch," a performance by the radically 
innovative New York-based company Storahtelling.

 

Saturday October 29 at 8pm

*Queer Jewish Weddings* *Concert*, 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

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  October 31 at 4:15pm


  *Closing lecture*: Professor Sander Gilman (Emory University)

"Can the Experience of Diaspora Judaism serve as a Model for Islam in 
Today's Multicultural Europe?" (Joseph and Gertie Schwartz Memorial Lecture)

 

For a full progrmame of events and registration form: 
 www.rejewvenation2005.com <http://www.rejewvenation2005.com/>

 

*Contact:*

ReJewvenation: The Futures of Jewish Culture

c/o The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama,

214 College Street,

Toronto, ON, M5T 2Z9 

Tel: 416-978-9786

Fax: 416-971-1378

E-mail: rejewven at rejewvenation2005.com 
<mailto:rejewven at rejewvenation2005.com>

 

 

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, the Departments 
of English, Fine Art, Germanic Languages and Literatures, the Emilio 
Goggio Chair in Italian Studies, the 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 Toronto through Toronto 
Arts Council, and the Zukerman Family Foundation.

 

 

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