http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu at Wesleyan University Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:46:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jewish and Israel Studies Certificate Program will sponsor a series of events in the Spring Semester, lectures, films, and readings. The Israeli Film Festival will screen new Israeli films on five consecutive Thursdays between  January 28 and February 25. Among films shown will be: A Matter of Sizel; Touch Away (TV series); ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/11/10/preview-of-upcoming-events-in-the-spring-semester-2010/ On behalf of the Committee for Middle Eastern Studies at Wesleyan University, we would like to invite you to the Middle Eastern Film Series, which includes the following films: Wednesday, November 4, The Band’s Visit, a film from Israel Wednesday, November 11, The Extras, a film from Syria Wednesday, November 18, Dunya, a ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/10/26/upcoming-films-from-the-middle-east/ We have reached the "midterm" period.  Israel and Jewish Studies Certificate Program has hosted several lectures and events, in September, Professor Lawrence Fine gave a lecture "We are bound to one another as if we were one person: Spiritual Friend". In early October, we hosted an event "Rembering Vilna."  A ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/10/22/upcoming-lectures-in-the-fall-semester/ Wesleyan's Jewish and Israel Studies Certificate Program welcomes Loren Spielman as our visiting professor in Jewish Studies in 2009-10. Loren Spielman comes to Wesleyan with a Ph.D. from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Ancient Judaism. He will be teaching courses " Jewish Attitudes to Entertainment and Leisure in ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/09/09/new-visiting-faculty-in-jewish-studies/ FENIA AND YAAKOV LEVIANT MEMORIAL PRIZE IN YIDDISH STUDIES AWARDED TO GABRIELLA SAFRAN AND STEVEN J. ZIPPERSTEIN; CHANA MLOTEK AND MARK SLOBIN RECEIVE HONORABLE MENTION New York, NY-2 December 2008-The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its fourth Fenia and Yaakov Leviant ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/12/02/mla-prize-in-yiddish-mark-slobin-receives-honorable-mention/ Israeli Films at Wesleyan University, Spring 2008 The Secrets (February 4, 2008) The Center for Film Studies, The Goldsmith Family Cinema, 7:30 p.m Guest speaker: Avi Nesher, director of The Secrets and recipient of Jerusalem International Festival Achievement Award 2006 Two young ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/01/21/israeli-film-festival-at-wesleyan-spring-2008-schedule/ Welcome to the Jewish and Israel Studies Blog at Wesleyan University. On this blog we will be posting upcoming events sponsored by Jewish and Israel Studies. The blog welcomes follow-up comments from readers concerning matters raised at these events. In addition, the blog will be a site ... http://jis.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2007/07/23/hello-world/