Jewish Studies - Posen Program

Posen Program

A generous grant from the Posen Foundation supports a four-course series on secular Judaism and its development across millennia. People often define Judaism solely as a religion, based on a textual tradition that stretches from the Bible, with Talmudic and medieval commentaries, to present day interpretations. Our Posen Program, however, endeavors to view the breadth of 3000 years of Jewish cultures in which religion-as we understand it-has been but one important component.

Look for the following Posen Program courses:

Jewish Studies 10: Introduction to Religious and Secular Jewish Cultures

Jewish Studies 101: Jewish Thinkers Beyond Judaism

History 112B: The Making of Secular Jewish Culture

Religious Studies 124: Jewish Identity and Visual Culture

JS welcomes Professor Moulie Vidas (Religious Studies) who joins us this Fall.

Fall Conference, UC Davis, "Motherhood and the State: Women, Surrogacy and (Trans)Nationalism in Israel and India."

Ari Y. Kelman's Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States (UC Press) is now available.

David Biale's Blood and Belief has been translated and published in French as Le Sang et la Foi (Paris: Bayard).

Alon Raab's new book, The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, has hit the news.

Congratulations to Kimmi Bell, 2009 winner of the Don Kunitz Award for Academic Excellence in Jewish Studies!