February 28, @ 7:30 pm

Professor David Kraemer - Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary

  “Sustainability and Jewish Traditions”

How can an ancient tradition, one that took shape long before the industrial revolution, have something to say about consequences of human behavior that our ancestors cannot have imagined?  In this talk, Prof. Kraemer will critique common approaches to the question of “Judaism and the environment,” while suggesting alternative world-views, rooted deep in Jewish tradition, that offer a genuinely Jewish perspective on contemporary challenges.

Sponsored by the Asbell Center for Jewish Life

Funded by The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Foundation in Honor of their Daughters

Stern Center

February 21, @ Noon

Professor Judah Cohen - Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University

“Hip Hop Judaica”

Professor Cohen will lead a discussion on the work of a number of Jewish rap and hip hop artists who have used music to redefine what it means to be a ‘new’ Jew. He will explore the work of mainstream, alternative, and parody artists such as Y-Love, the Hip Hop Hoodíos, Remedy, Blood of Abraham, 2 Live Jews and Chutzpah.

Asbell Center (Lunch provided - rsvp to loudonl@dickinson.edu  no later than 2/19/2013)

  February 6, @ 7:00 pm

Jay Michaelson – Award winning author, scholar and activist

God vs. Gay: Common Ground in the Culture Wars

Community Lecture by award winning author Jay Michaelson

Are there ways to have better conversations about homosexuality and religion? Michaelson, an award-winning LGBT religious activist, will move this conversation forward by discussing relevant biblical texts and “best practices.” Book signing to follow

Co-sponsored by the Office of LGBTQ Services, the Asbell Center, and the Clarke Forum

Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium