Casual Conversation May 11 with Professor Bernard Avishi
On Sunday, May 11 at 10 am Eastern Time, Bernard Avishai will be speaking with us for a Casual Conversation. (The earlier time is necessitated by our guest speaking with us from Jerusalem.
Casual Conversation April 27 with Professor Mendelsohn
On Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm Eastern Time, Professor Adam D. Mendelsohn will join us for a Casual Conversation. Professor Mendelsohn is the author of Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War; The Union Army (New York University Press 2022).
Professor Mendelsohn is associated with several institutions. At the University of Cape Town,
Casual Conversation: February 2, 2025 with Harry Freedman
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This Sunday, February 2 at 1 pm Eastern Time, prolific author Harry Freedman will join us from his native UK (the reason for the early time for us) in a Casual Conversation about his newest
Casual Conversation Jan 12, 2025: Ehud Eilam, PhD
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On Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 3 pm Eastern Time, Ehud Eilam, Ph.D., will be our guest for a Casual Conversation, sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group, which classmate Bruce Alpert chairs.
Casual Conversation with Prof. Browning February 19, 2024
On Monday, February 19 at 5 pm Eastern Time (US), UNC Professor Emeritus Christopher R.
Casual Conversation January 11th with Rabbi Ross about Martin Buber
On Thursday, January 11 at 5 pm Eastern Time, we will have a Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group chaired by classmate Bruce Alpert, with Rabbi Dennis S.
Casual Conversation November 16th with Hilik Wald about Israel
Please join us for a Pop-Up Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group, chaired by classmate Bruce Alpert, on Thursday, November 16 at 3:30 pm Eastern Time (U.S.). Our guest will be Hilik Wald from Israel, where it will be 10:30 in the evening.
Bruce describes how he has come to know Hilik:
Casual Conversation July 20th with Professor Moshe Naor about Israel
On Thursday, July 20 at 5 pm Eastern Time, Professor Moshe Naor will be our guest for a Casual Conversation that focuses on the social and political nature of the State of Israel. As with Rachel Greenblatt, Ph.D., our last guest, Professor Naor was suggested for a Casual Conversation to Bruce Alpert, Chair of the Jewish Culture Group.
Here is Professor Naor’s short biography:
Casual Conversation June 27th: Rachel Greenblatt,. PhD
On Tuesday, June 27 at 5 pm, we will have a Casual Conversation, sponsored by the Jewish Culture group, with Rachel L. Greenblatt, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth and Judaica Librarian at Brandeis University. Dr.
Casual Conversation May 16th with Professor Hartov about the Jewish Sound Archive
On Tuesday, May 16 at 5 pm Eastern Time, Thayer Professor Emeritus Alexander Hartov will join us for a Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group. Professor Hartov is the co-founder the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive.
Bruce Alpert, chair of the Jewish Culture Group found out about the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive when he received the Dartmouth News email on April 7:
https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2023/04/dartmouth-jewish-sound-archive-mark-150000-tracks