1. December 3, 2006 at 7:00 pm Center for Jewish History 15 West 16 Street - New York, NY 10011 Box Office: 917-606-8200 General admission: $20; Students and seniors: $15 http://www.cjh.org/event_sites/centennials/hanprogram.htm
BETWEEN FRIENDS: HANNAH ARENDT & MARY MCCARTHY Starring Kathleen Chalfant and Linda Emond. Theatrical Adaptation and Talk-Back with Vivian Gornick, director, and Elizabeth Young-Bruehl, biographer of Hannah Arendt. Hannah Arnedt and Mary McCarthy were two of the most important American intellectuals of their generation - politically engaged, socially active, powerfully-outspoken women, who became increasingly close during the decades after World War II. The two friends discuss the Cold War, McCarthyism, Vietnam, Kennedy liberalism, and the student riots of the 1960s in a theatrical adaptation by Vivian Gornick in collaboration with The House of Elder Artist. Presented in collaboration with the Institute for the Humanities at NYU. Made Possible through the generous support of the Cahnman Foundation. 2. December 7, 2006 at 6:30 pm Center for Jewish History 15 West 16 Street - New York, NY 10011 Box Office: 917-606-8200 General admission: $15; Students with ID $5 http://www.cjh.org/event_sites/centennials/levhome.htm OF WAR, LABOR AND YOUTH: THE TALMUD IN PARIS 1968 Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics in the 21st Century The centennial conference will deal with the major facets of Levinas> '> philosophical and Jewish works, as well as their impact in the social, political, and educational arenas. Levinas> '> views on social justice, individual responsibility, and sustainable economies will be presented in the same accessible terms in which he once delivered them at his Talmudic readings for the Parisian community. PART ONE - 6:30 PM Levinas: the man, the thinker, The historical context, the influences. Salomon Malka (Journalist, writer and biographer of Emmanuel Levinas and Messieur Chouchani), Judith Friedlander (Author of Vilna on the Sein, CUNY Graduate Center), PART TWO - 7:30 PM FROM EUROPEAN THOUGHT TO THE REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH TEXT Ethics as First Philosophy Richard Bernstein (The New School) PART THREE - 8:00 PM LEVINAS AS A READER OF the Talmud Warren Zeev Harvey (Hebrew University), Richard A. Cohen (University of North Carolina), Michael Smith (Berry College). VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: WRITING THE TALMUD During the conference a virtual version of the exhibition: Writing the Talmud, presented by the Yeshiva University Museum, will be on display at the Center for Jewish History. Presented in collaboration with the Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation. Made possible through the generous support of the Cahnman Foundation. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
