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The Gisella Levi Cahnman Open Seminars continue in December.
December 16, 17, 18, 6pm
GADI LUZZATTO VOGHERA
University of Venice/Boston University
From "Jews" to "Israelites." Identity and tradition at the dawn of emancipation.
Gadi Luzzatto, a scholar of modern Jewish and European history, anti-semitism, and the State of Israel, will raise interpretative issues and explore real life stories of 19th century men and women against the background of the political and cultural changes that redefined Italy in the wake of unification.
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The Gisella Levi Cahnman Open Seminars in Italian Jewish Studies
Ghetto and Nation:
A Post-Modern Conundrum?
NOV. 3 at 6 pm
DAVID RUDERMAN
University of Pennsylvania
Beyond the Dialectic of Ghetto versus Integration. Towards a new vision of Jewish cultural history in Italy.
David Ruderman, director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and renowned expert in the history of ideas that shaped the identity and culture of Italian Jewry reframes in thought-provoking terms the historical dynamics of one of the oldest European minorities.
Re-examining the place of Jews in Italian culture and society during and after the Renaissance, and trying to assess the nature of their integration and segregation during the Ghetto period, he looks at the work of Judah Messer Leon (15th cent.), Judah Del Bene (17th cent.) and Elijah Benamozegh (19th cent.) in search of a cultural posture common to them all, perhaps a key to understanding the unique nature of Italian Jewish cultural history.
Whether and how strongly are his views affected by the post-modern homiletics of a 21th century American Jew remains to be seen. But the ideas and methodological questions sparkled by Ruderman's work continue to stand today as precious references for scholars in all fields and for the public at large. |
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About us
Inspired by the humanistic legacy of writer and chemist Primo Levi, who survived Auschwitz and defined the place of memory in modern societies, CENTRO PRIMO LEVI is dedicated to studying the history and culture of Italian Jewry, sharing beyond linguistic borders its current ferments and future perspectives.
With twenty-two centuries of history and a unique tradition of communal diversity, tolerance and integration, the Italian Jewish community is today considered one of the most vital minorities in Europe.Through cooperative policies, programs, networking, grant-making, and publishing, CPL helps individuals and institutions coordinate goals, optimize resources, and ensure that the historical heritage and contemporary ideas of Italian Judaism are accessible through a unified portal.
Centro Primo Levi is located at the Center for Jewish History in New York and operates under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in close collaboration with the Italian Association for Jewish Studies and the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, CPL partners with research institutions in Italy, Israel, and the US.
The CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY is one of the great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions in the world having achieved recognition as a venue of unrivaled historical documentation and scholarship, imaginative exhibitions of art and artifacts, and vital public dialogue.
The collections of its Partners, the American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research total more than 500,000 volumes and 100 million archival documents, and include thousands of pieces of artwork, textiles, and ritual objects, as well as music, films, and photographs. They comprise, taken together, the largest repository of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel
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