Center for Jewish Studies

Barbara Epstein is a professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches on the history of social movements and theory relevant to social change. Her books include Political Prote

Israel, the Left, and the Crisit of the Late 1960s

May 2nd, 2012 49m 47s

Moishe Postone is a professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is author of Time, Labor and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory (Cambridge Univ. Press), History and Heteronomy (The University of Tokyo Cent

Does the Left Have a Zionist Problem?

May 2nd, 2012 47m 20s

Mitchell Cohen is a professor of Political Science at Baruch College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. His books include Zion and State: Nation, Class, and the Shaping of Modern Israel (Columbia Univ. Press), The Wa

The Question of Zionism: Introductory Remarks

May 2nd, 2012 3m 37s

In recent decades, sympathy toward Israel among Leftists in Europe and the United States has given way to hostility. Perceived in its early years as a vital experiment in socialist democracy, Israel is now typically viewed by radicals and even

How did Mysticism Penetrate into Jewish Studies? The Russian Context

Apr 3rd, 2012 56m 37s

During the nineteenth century the majority of masskilim (Jewish intellectuals) in Germany appreciated only the “enlightened” aspects of Jewish religion. Mysticism was for them an obscure, retarded deviation from Judaism. When, where, how, and

Memory and History: Reflections on Nuremberg and Other Places

Mar 19th, 2012 31m 58s

God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality

Jan 9th, 2012 34m 23s

Jay Michaelson argues that the “God vs. gay” divide is a pernicious myth and that religious people should favor gay rights because of religion, not despite it. As both a gay rights activist and religion scholar, Michaelson is uniquely positione

Exploring the Jewish Dark Continent: Life, Death, and Ethnography in the Pale of Settlement

Dec 1st, 2011 40m 30s

At the turn of the twentieth century, over forty percent of the world’s Jews lived within the Russian Empire, almost all in the Pale of Settlement. From the Baltic to the Black Sea, the Jews of the Pale created a distinctive way of life little

That Obnoxious Order: Ulysses S. Grant and the Jews

Oct 27th, 2011 39m 47s

On December 17, 1862, as the Civil War entered its second winter, General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Orders #11, expelling “Jews as a class” from his war zone. It remains the most notorious anti-Jewish official order in American history. T

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