T HE R OBERT A. AND S ANDRA S. BORNS J EWISH S TUDIES P ROGRAM

30TH A NNIVERSARY E DITION P AST A CCOMPLISHMENTS, FUTURE D IRECTIONS

Annual Newsletter Volume 22 Fall 2003 2 Indiana University

Anniversaries are a time for celebration, stock-taking, decision-making, and renewal. The Borns Jewish Studies Program (JSP) at Indiana University (IU) has just reached such a milestone. We turned 30 this past year and have lots to feel good about as we review our past accomplishments and also much still to do as we look ahead to the future. Our program has now reached a level of institutional size and maturity that could not have been envisioned when it was inaugurated in 1973. Who would have thought that Bloomington, Indiana, an attractive but relatively small midwestern college town, would come to house one of this country’s major academic centers of Jewish learning? Probably very few, including many at IU itself. As those who have been to Bloomington know, however, and as others who read this newsletter will quickly see, the Borns JSP has grown to be precisely such a center and annually sponsors a range of scholarly and cultural activities that is almost unmatched in its richness and depth. It is small wonder, then, that students now come to IU in record numbers—and from 26 different states and several foreign countries—to do Jewish Studies (JS). This past year, we counted 87 JS majors, 79 JS area certificate students, 16 Hebrew minors, and 11 graduate students with Ph.D. minors in JS. In sum, among the more than 1,700 students at IU who take our courses each year, we now have a sizable core devoted to doing concentrated work in JS. And not only are their numbers growing year by year, but so, too, are the seriousness of purpose and potential for achieving real excellence among so many of the young people we now see in our classrooms. Our students are the centerpiece of the Borns JSP, and we make special efforts to provide them with the kinds of educational opportunities they need and deserve: a curriculum of 50 courses a year taught by a large and talented faculty, including 6 endowed chairs; a first-rate library, which houses an excellent Judaica collection; significant scholarship and fellowship support as well as other kinds of financial aid; expert academic counseling and mentoring by a full-time and outstanding student advisor; a vibrant academic environment, which provides constant intellectual stimulation; an appealing variety of social and cultural opportunities; professional career guidance; and more. To pursue JS at IU, in short, is to be part of a comprehensive and unusually caring program of studies, carefully built over three decades, which encourages students to focus rigorous attention on Judaism and the Jews. We take pride in the accomplishments of our students during their years on campus and eagerly follow their personal and professional activities once they leave IU. It is especially gratifying that large numbers of our alumni continue to pursue JS beyond Bloomington or go on to careers in Jewish institutional life in communities throughout the country. Meeting these students and teaching so many of them over the years has been a joy. And leading the Borns JSP as its director since the program’s inception has been a privilege beyond measure. As the program enters its fourth decade, it will now pass into the capable hands of new leadership. I am confident that my successor, Professor Steven I N T HIS I SSUE Weitzman, will prove entirely up to the task of sustaining the many strengths of the Borns JSP and also take it in some new and exciting directions in the years to come. An 3 New Director/Associate Director outstanding scholar and teacher in his own area of biblical studies, Professor Weitzman, 4 Institute for Jewish Culture and the Arts who holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies, has knowledge of our field in its broadest dimensions. Moreover, he is deeply committed to the flourishing of higher 5 New Faculty education in America’s public universities and to the vital role that a vibrant JSP can play 6Programs in such institutions. My colleagues and I know how fortunate we are to have him at IU and 10 IU Press are thrilled that he will be the next director of the Borns JSP. He has our complete trust and 11 Friends full support as he takes up his new position and progresses with his important work. 12 JSP Advisory Board As for my own future work, I plan to continue it at IU, in ways that are 12 Donor Honor Roll described elsewhere in this newsletter, and also at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 13 JSP Endowments in Washington, D.C., on whose governing Council I am privileged to serve. Meanwhile, I 13 Student News want to offer my heartfelt thanks to the many people at IU and in the broader community 18 Graduate Study who have generously supported the Borns JSP and given me 18 Alumni News the honor of guiding the program in its development over the 20 Course Offerings past thirty years. 21 Faculty News 24 Faculty and Staff

Alvin H. Rosenfeld Director Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Outgoing Director Borns Jewish Studies Program 3

scholarly achievement, ara Clüver NEW JSP DIRECTOR Y cultural diversity, and S TEVEN W EITZMAN community service. Second, with a stellar Since the days that Moses turned things over faculty and students, an to Joshua, Jewish culture has recognized that accomplished and moments of transition bring both challenges dedicated staff, and a and opportunities. As the Borns JSP begins very supportive College its fourth decade, it will be my honor and of Arts and Sciences, we pleasure to serve as its director. Since my are in an excellent arrival at IU ten years ago, I have felt position to pursue privileged to be a member of this program. answers to these My research in the fields of biblical and early questions. Finally, as we Jewish literature has been deepened through address new challenges interaction with colleagues. Thanks to and develop new wonderful students, I have known many joys opportunities, we will as a teacher. I could not ask for a more look to you, our alumni supportive staff. The alumni and donors I and friends, for support. have met are incredibly admirable and Steven Weitzman, New JSP Director You have helped to build this program into indefatigably supportive. And in Professor Even as we work hard to sustain the what it is. We will continue to need that help Alvin Rosenfeld, I have a mentor, model, and excellence of our undergraduate program, as we further develop the program into what dear friend. I am both humbled and deeply what can we achieve at the graduate level? it can be. honored to lead such a distinguished and Career Development: Many of our Sincerely, flourishing program. students go on to careers in community For the last three decades, the Borns JSP service, education, social work, and has benefited from Professor Rosenfeld’s leadership. Is there more that we can do to vision. He has done a remarkable job prepare them for these endeavors? At the building the program and cultivating the other end of the curricular spectrum, what Steven Weitzman community that sustains it. What will happen more can we do to train our students in the Director now that he is stepping down as director? study of classical Jewish texts? How can we Professor Rosenfeld’s foresight ensures a more closely connect such academic pursuits smooth transition. Throughout the past year, to our students’ vocational aspirations? J EFFREY V EIDLINGER he has been a generous and wise mentor and Broadening our Horizons: In recent JSP’s New Associate Director will continue to offer guidance. The program years, our program has emerged as a major he has directed is marvelously positioned for center for the study of Yiddish and East Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger, associate the future, and we will continue to work European Jewish culture. We also have real professor of History, JS, and Russian and together closely to realize its potential. strength in Sephardic studies, with two East European Studies, is the new Associate The JSP is planning to celebrate Alvin faculty specializing in this area. What of Director of the Borns JSP. One of the most Rosenfeld’s many contributions (we will be Israel and Hebrew studies? How can we popular teachers on campus, his first book, posting details on our website as our plans ensure that Israel remains a vital part of our The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish crystalize). But that will hardly mark the end curriculum? What more can we do to foster Culture on the Soviet Stage, won the of those contributions. I am especially excited understanding of the country’s history, National Jewish Book Award, the Barnard about his role as the director of a new culture, and political life? And what of Hewitt Award for Outstanding Book in Institute for Jewish Culture and the Arts, an American Jewish life? We have already taken Theater Studies, and was named an initiative that will foster the understanding, steps to strengthen these areas, but much Outstanding Academic Title by Choice performance, and composition of Jewish more needs to be done. Magazine. With support from the Lucian N. music, literature, film, and other media of Community Service: The JSP has long Littauer Foundation, he is completing his artistic expression. played a key role in the larger community next book, Collecting Jewish Culture: Jewish Moments of transition are times for of Indiana, serving it with educational Cultural Association in Russia, 1905-1921, reflection and introspection. One of my first programming and public events and linking which examines the role that Russian Jewish goals as director is to encourage my colleagues it to the national and international Jewish cultural societies played in defining Jewish and the larger community of students, friends, scene. Are there community needs not being national identity in the period 1905-1921. and supporters to reflect about where the JSP met or connections yet to be made? should go from here. Here are some of the I do not yet know the answers to all these issues we need to think about: questions, but a few things are clear to me Graduate Study: We already have more now. First, these are questions worth asking. majors than any other JS program in the The more vital the JSP is, the better it can country and can match quantity with quality. serve IU and the state as a catalyst of 4 Indiana University

year. We also inaugurated IU’s first course service to the university and the larger INSTITUTE FOR on the history of Jewish art, ably taught by community. The award recognizes his EWISH ULTURE an Israeli art historian and attended by a leadership, dedication, and exceptional J C sizable number of interested students. contributions over the past 30 years as AND ARTS Distinguished New York Times art critic director of the Borns JSP. Professor Michael Kimmelman was a recent guest of Rosenfeld has created a program considered The Jews have always been an expressive the Borns JSP and offered two public a national model. people and have developed a varied and lectures on Jewish identity, history, and He has played a key role in developing vital culture through literature, law, visual representation. The contemporary the IU Press into one of the leading philosophy, religious texts, music, the visual artist Harvey Breverman was also on academic publishers in JS as editor of its arts, and other media of cultural expression. campus to accompany an exhibition of his series in Jewish Literature and Culture and Most JS programs of any size and substance work with a talk entitled “On Being a as an advisor to other editors. He has devote significant attention to the classical Jewish Artist.” Some works by Indian- steered to the press outstanding scholars like modes of Jewish expression, but the cultural Jewish artist Siona Benjamin were on Saul Friedländer, Geoffrey Hartman, Arnold arts typically receive scant, if any, coverage. display at the same time. And famed Eisen, and Sander Gilman. Of the scores of The Borns JSP aims to improve upon this architect Daniel Libeskind will be here in the IU Press books published with his help, a situation by establishing a new Institute for spring to speak about the connections in his number have won the National Jewish Book Jewish Culture and the Arts. own work between architectural form, award and many other prestigious prizes. The Bloomington campus of IU has historical rupture, and historical memory. For many years, he has brought a stellar unusually strong resources for the study and These kinds of activities will continue on a roster of guest lecturers to IU—real performance of the arts: one of the world’s regular basis and will be richly augmented luminaries like Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel, largest and best music schools; an excellent by a range of new courses, guest lectures, Yigael Yadin, Cynthia Ozick, Irving Howe, school of fine arts; an admirable art performances, art exhibitions, and more. Bernard Lewis, Hilary Putnam, and the list museum; a leading department of Major gifts from Dorit and Gerald Paul, goes on and on. He has organized and ethnomusicology; a fine theater and drama Beatrice and David Miller, and John and sponsored countless scholarly conferences department, newly enhanced by the opening Rita Grunwald and other friends of the late and cultural events: cantorial concerts and of a state-of-the-art theater facility; and Pearl Schwartz will help to provide the base klezmer concerts in cooperation with the first-rate literature and film studies for developing the Institute in some bold School of Music, seminars with leading departments. Add to these a large and and exciting ways. So, if your interest is in Israeli authors like Yehuda Amichai and thriving JSP, and it becomes clear that IU is Jewish creative expression, keep your eye on Amos Oz, art exhibitions in cooperation ideally situated to take a leadership role in developments within the Borns JSP. They with the School of Fine Arts, and more. developing the links between Jewish promise to expose the richness and variety Last, but not least, is Professor Rosenfeld’s creativity and the arts. of Jewish culture in ways that will be both decades-long work in Holocaust scholarship, The new Institute for Jewish Culture and meaningful and enjoyable. Or, better yet, education, and commemoration. His impact the Arts, to be directed by Alvin Rosenfeld, plan to be with us in Bloomington as the in this regard is reflected in his recent will aim to forge these links in an energetic Borns JSP unfolds in some new and Presidential appointment to a five–year term way through new courses, conferences, especially lively directions. on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, performances, exhibitions, and other modes capping years of work in this area. of academic study and artistic display. All this would constitute an enormously A LVIN R OSENFELD H ONORED As indicated elsewhere in this newsletter, successful career on its own merits, but WITH D ISTINGUISHED our students, colleagues, and members of Professor Rosenfeld has accomplished all S ERVICE AWARD the broader community have already begun this while remaining impressively productive to benefit from this emphasis on the arts In May of 2003, Alvin Rosenfeld was as a scholar and writer and maintaining the through a series of musical performances awarded the 2003 Distinguished Service highest standards in his own teaching. He held on the Bloomington campus this past Award, IU’s most prestigious honor for embodies the ideal of service at every level. Borns Jewish Studies Program 5

A MESSAGE FROM extraordinarily moving, this brilliant German-Jewish history. A new course R OBERT B ORNS reconstruction of one person’s odyssey “Antisemitism in Europe since the through the nightmarish world of the Nazis Enlightenment,” will be a valuable addition My experiences was the recipient of the 2002 History Prize of to our curriculum and will provide IU with the JSP have the Lucas Prize Project jointly sponsored by students an opportunity to study the history brought me Harvard University’s Niemann Foundation of antisemitism in depth. incredible joy and and the Columbia School of Journalism, the Professor Roseman’s appointment as the pleasure. I greatly Jewish Quarterly’s Wingate Literary Prize, Pat M. Glazer Chair in JS is made possible admire Professor and the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary by a major gift to the JSP from Jay and Alvin Rosenfeld Jewish History. It was also named a Los Marsha Glazer of Mercer Island, and the Angeles Times Book of the Year. Washington. We are immensely grateful to distinguished The Past in Hiding was followed by Jay and Marsha Glazer. faculty he has another fine book, an incisive analysis of the assembled at IU. origins and the consequences of the M ARC C APLAN It has been infamous Wannsee Conference of January exciting to watch Yiddish Literature Specialist Joins 1942. The Villa, the Lake, the Meeting: The the number of JS IU Faculty Robert A. Borns Wannsee Conference and the “Final students grow and This fall, Marc Caplan, a specialist on Solution” was the best-selling history book grow. And I am so proud and pleased to see Eastern European Yiddish literature, joined in the United Kingdom in 2002. the high quality of students graduating from the Department of Comparative Literature. A prolific scholar, Professor Roseman’s this world–renowned program and thereafter He recently completed his Ph.D. in books also include making so many fine contributions to Comparative Literature from New York Three Postwar community life across the country. University. His dissertation examined the Eras in Professor Rosenfeld’s desire for quality development of nineteenth-century Eastern Comparison: and a standard of excellence has been European Yiddish literature in comparison Western Europe inspiring. He has recruited a remarkable with twentieth-century African narratives in 1918-1945-1989, faculty and encouraged them to blossom in English and French. His appointment enables with Carl Levy their research and teaching. One of the great us to offer a growing number of courses in (Palgrave 2001) honors of my life has been working with Yiddish Studies. We welcome Marc and his and, as editor, Professor Rosenfeld, the extraordinary wife Brukhe, who was a student of the JSP’s Generations in director of the Borns JSP. Professor Dov-Ber Kerler when both were at Conflict: Youth Robert A. Borns Oxford. She is completing her dissertation in Rebellion and Yiddish Studies at Columbia University on Generation “Orthodox Yiddish Literature in Interwar NEW FACULTY Formation in Mark Roseman Poland.” H OLOCAUST H ISTORIAN Modern Germany M ARK R OSEMAN A SSUMES 1770-1968 (Cambridge University Press, PAT M. GLAZER C HAIR IN JS 1995). His first book, Recasting the Ruhr, 1945-1957: Manpower, Economic Recovery Mark Roseman, a leading scholar of and Labour Relations (Berg Publishers, German history and the Holocaust, will 1992) successfully illuminated the process of assume the Pat M. Glazer Chair in JS building a stable post-Nazi society and beginning in January 2004. His appointment political system during the 1950s. as professor of JS and History promises to At the University of Southampton in the add significantly to the teaching, research, U.K., where he presently is Professor of and service activities of both the JSP and the Modern History, Professor Roseman is also Department of History. head of the Department of History and Professor Roseman has emerged as a Director of the Parkes Institute for Jewish-- notable figure in the history of the Non-Jewish Relations. In addition, he is a Holocaust and of German history with the member of the Board of Directors of the publication of his two most recent books, Wiener Library. He received his Ph.D. from which have received international acclaim. Warwick University in 1987 and his B.A. Together they have been published in 13 from Cambridge in 1979. international editions. A masterful teacher, Professor Roseman The Past in Hiding: Memory and Survival has received a number of teaching innovation in Nazi Germany is based upon the unique awards and grants. As the Glazer Chair, he account of life in the Third Reich by will offer courses on the history of the Marianne Ellenbogen. Original in its Holocaust, the history of antisemitism, and findings, beautifully written, and 6 Indiana University

The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, PROGRAMS 1794-1881, the winner of the Smilen Award D ANIEL L IBESKIND TO in Jewish History. He edits (with Aron D ELIVER PAUL L ECTURE Rodrigue) Jewish Social Studies, a journal Architect of Jewish Museum Berlin published by IU Press. and the World Trade Center Site P ROFESSOR D EBORAH L IPSTADT Daniel Libeskind, an international figure in Spring 2004 Block Lecturer architectural practice and urban design, will deliver the Dorit and Gerald Paul Lecture in Professor Deborah Lipstadt, the Dorot Jewish Culture and the Arts in Bloomington Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust on Monday, March 1, 2004. Considered an Studies at Emory University, will deliver the architect’s architect, he was recently awarded Edward A. Block Lecture in JS in the spring what some have called the “commission of of 2004. The director of the Institute for JS the century”—the rebuilding of the World at Emory, her book Denying the Holocaust: Trade Center site destroyed by terrorists on The Growing Assault on Truth and Daniel Libeskind Memory, is the first full-length study of September 11, 2001. Designer of some of the Toronto; and the Military Museum in those who attempt to deny the Holocaust. world’s most provocative buildings, including Dresden. He is also designing the sets for She is widely known for winning a decisive his first project, the Jewish Museum Berlin, Wagner’s “Ring” for Covent Garden in libel trial in London against David Irving he has virtually reinvented architecture, London. who sued her for calling him a Holocaust transforming sand and stone into spiritual Libeskind has taught and lectured at denier and right wing extremist. structures that resonate profoundly. The first many universities worldwide. Currently. he Professor Lipstadt serves as historical architect to be given the Hiroshima Art Prize is a professor at the University of consultant to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial for work that promotes peace, he is Pennsylvania and the Frank O. Gehry Chair Museum and helped design the section of the determined in his vision to create spaces that at the University of Toronto. He received the museum dedicated to the American response are positive responses to the brutalities that 1999 Deutscher Architekturpreis (German to the Holocaust. Her book Beyond Belief: surround us all. Architecture Prize) for the Jewish Museum The American Press and the Coming of the Born in postwar Poland in 1946, Berlin. He has been honored with the Holocaust examined how the American press Libeskind became an American citizen in Goethe Medallion, the American Academy covered the news of the persecution of 1965. He studied music in Israel and then of Arts and Letters Award for Architecture, European Jews between 1933 and 1945. went on to study architecture receiving his and the Berlin Cultural Prize. professional architectural degree from Professors Zipperstein and Lipstadt continue a distinguished series of Edward A. Cooper Union in New York in 1970 and a S TEVEN Z IPPERSTEIN AND Block Fellows who have visited the JSP since postgraduate degree in history and theory of D EBORAH L IPSTADT 1985: Primo Levi, Simon Schama, Saul architecture from the School of Comparative Two Block Scholars to Visit IU Studies at Essex University in 1972. Friedländer, Arthur Green, Zvi Gitelman, His museum for the city of Osnabrück, “A Passion and a Conception of the World: Dan Segre, Robert Alter, Robert Wistrich, Germany, the Felix Nussbaum Museum, On Rereading the Protocols of the Elders of Emil Fackenheim, Michael Walzer, Shulamit opened in July 1998, followed by the Zion” will be the theme of Professor Steven Volkov, Ezra Mendelsohn, Shaye Cohen, and Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, Zipperstein’s 2003 Edward A. Block Lecture Lawrence Schiffman. in 2002. He is presently designing the Spiral in JS on Monday, November 10, 2003. The Extension to the Victoria and Albert Daniel E. Koshland Museum, London; “Westside,” an urban Professor in Jewish Culture scale entertainment and shopping center in and History, and Co- Brünnen, Switzerland; Maurice Wohl Director of the Taube Convention Centre, Bar Ilan University, Tel Center for JS at Stanford Aviv; Atelier Weil, a private atelier/gallery in University, Zipperstein was Mallorca, Spain; the extension to the Denver awarded the Koret Prize Art Museum; the Danish Jewish Museum in for outstanding Copenhagen; a Post-Graduate Centre at contributions to Jewish life. London Metropolitan University; the A prolific scholar, his most extension to the Royal Ontario Museum in recent books are Imagining Russian Jewry: Memory, History, Identity; Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha’am and the Origins of Zionism, which won the National Jewish Book Award; and, Steven Zipperstein Deborah Lipstadt Borns Jewish Studies Program 7

C ONFERENCE ON I SAIAH G AFNI WILL D ELIVER Harvard University. Historian Omer Bartov, “THE R ELIGIOUS S ELF H ELEN AND M ARTIN of Brown University, delivered the 2001- IN A NTIQUITY” S CHWARTZ L ECTURES 2002 Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures. September 7-9, 2003 The Bartov lectures will result in a book “Past and Present in Rabbinic focusing on The Jew in Cinema. A September 2003 conference on “The Literature” An endowment by Helen and Martin Religious Self in Antiquity,” initiated by Isaiah Gafni, the Sol Rosenbloom Professor Schwartz, residents of Muncie, Indiana, and Professor Steven Weitzman, Professor David of Jewish History at Hebrew University in longtime friends of the JSP, ensures that the Brakke (of Religious Studies), and Professor Jerusalem and a noted scholar of the social, Schwartz Lectures in JS will continue on a Michael Satlow (of Brown University), will political, and religious history of the Jews in regular basis and will subsequently be feature such widely recognized scholars in the Second Temple, Mishnah, and Talmud published by the IU Press. the fields of biblical studies, rabbinics, periods, will be the eighth in a notable line of ancient Christianity, and pagan religions as speakers in the Helen and Martin Schwartz “THE N EW A NTISEMITISM” Georgia Frank, Bert Harrill, Susan Lecture Series. He will present two lectures Ashbrook Harvey, Esther Menn, Patricia The 11th Joan and in a series Cox Miller, Saul Olyan, Jonathan Schofer, Samuel New Institute entitled “Past Alan Segal, Ben Sommer, Guy Stroumsa, The 2004 Joan and Samuel New Institute and Present in Peter Struck, and Edward Watts. Fourteen for the Study of Judaism and the Jews will Rabbinic papers will consider the interior or focus on the theme, “The New Literature.” subjective religious experience of ancient Professor Antisemitism.” The one-day Institute will Jews, Christians, and Pagans—what scholars Gafni will convene at University Place Conference refer to as personal religion or spirituality. speak on Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus in Conference essays will be published as a “Remember Indianapolis on Sunday, April 25, 2004. book. The conference is supported by the IU the Days of In what promises to be an intellectually Arts and Humanities Initiative and the Old: challenging event, JSP faculty members Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns JSP Perceptions of Joëlle Bahloul, Alvin Rosenfeld, and Jeffrey Endowment. Past and Veidlinger will address the alarming upsurge Present in Isaiah Gafni of antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere in EVINAS AND ITTGENSTEIN L W Rabbinic Literature”(October 20, 2003) and recent years. Is this the same kind of Borns Faculty Research Workshop “Reading the Rabbis as History” (October antisemitism that has bedeviled Jews for Traditionally, Jewish scholarship has been a 21). IU Press will publish Professor Gafni’s centuries or is there something new about it? cooperative enterprise, with a strong oral as book based on these lectures. Is it a fleeting trend or the sign of something well as written dimension. The JSP sees The Schwartz Lectures Series was more ominous? The speakers will bring to academic scholarship similarly. Individual inaugurated in 1993 by Sander Gilman, of bear different scholarly perspectives on these research can be facilitated and advanced by the University of Chicago, whose Jews in questions—anthropological, cultural, and consultation and intensive discussion among Today’s German Culture (1995) was the historical. experts in a given field. Toward that end, the first volume in the Schwartz series published Through the New Institute, the JSP Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Endowment by the IU Press. Our second Schwartz continues its longstanding tradition of supports regular faculty workshops chaired scholar was Geoffrey Hartman, of Yale contributing to ongoing, high-level by JSP faculty members. University, whose 1994 Schwartz lectures community-wide education. As a result of a “Levinas and Wittgenstein,” a workshop were published in expanded form as The generous gift from Joan New, of Elkhart, co-sponsored with the Department of Longest Shadow: In the Aftermath of the Indiana and Scottsdale, Arizona, and the Philosophy, will be convened on October 26- Holocaust (1996). Arnold Eisen, of Stanford late Samuel New, the JSP regularly offers a 28, 2003, by JSP Professor Michael Morgan University, was our third Schwartz lecturer. seminar on Judaism and the Jews. The New and Professor Paul Franks, of Notre Dame His book, Taking Hold of Torah, was Institute provides participants with an University. The central themes of the published by the IU Press in 1997. The 1998 opportunity to engage in intensive study of workshop, which will bring scholars to IU lectures by David Roskies, of the Jewish major issues in Jewish history, thought, and from around the U.S. and from England, will Theological Seminary, culminated in The culture with members of the JSP faculty. For focus on ethics, religion, and the limits of Jewish Search for a Usable Past (1999). The more information about the April 2004 language. Schwartz lectures in November 1998 by Institute, please contact the JSP. Samuel Kassow, of Trinity College, will result in two IU Press books: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oneg Shabbes Archive and Jewish Vilna and Jewish Warsaw. Three Jewish Philosophers: Buber, Rosenzweig, Levinas will be the subject of the IU Press book by 1999 Fellow Hilary Putnam of 8 Indiana University

B RONSTEIN L ECTURER Fishman’s lecture continues a tradition of B ERNARD L EWIS, ACCLAIMED P ETER S CHÄFER programming in Yiddish language and S CHOLAR OF M IDDLE E AST “The Femininity of God” culture. We are grateful to Monique Stolnitz SRO Audience for Hasten Fellow for making many of these programs possible “The Femininity of God in Jewish in memory of her husband George. Bernard Lewis, one of the world’s foremost Mysticism and in Christianity” will be the scholars of Islam and author of more than theme of the Thursday, October 16, 2003, A NTONY P OLONSKY two dozen books, visited IU in October 2002 Sol and Arlene Bronstein Lecture in JS Spring 2004 as the Simona and Hart Hasten Visiting delivered by Professor Peter Schäfer, the Fellow in JS. Professor Lewis spoke eloquently Antony Polonsky, a distinguished scholar of Ronald O. Perelan Professor of JS and to capacity audiences in both Indianapolis and the Holocaust and the history of Polish Professor of Religion at Princeton Bloomington on the topic of his celebrated Jewry, will speak about “The Jedwabne University. A world-renowned specialist in book: “What Went Wrong? Western Impact Debate: Poles, Jews, and the Problems of ancient Israel, rabbinics, and early Jewish and Middle Eastern Response.” Divided Memory” on the Bloomington mysticism, he was the 1994 recipient of Previous Hasten Visiting Fellows have campus in the spring of 2004. He holds the Germany’s coveted Leibniz prize, granted to included Yigael Yadin, Saul Friedländer, Albert Abramson Chair of Holocaust that nation’s most innovative scholars. Emil Fackenheim, Elie Wiesel, Conor Cruise Studies, an appointment held jointly at Professor Schäfer’s publications include O’Brien, Claude Lanzmann, Ruth Wisse, Brandeis University and the U.S. Holocaust Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of Yehuda Z. Blum, and Avivah Gottlieb Memorial Museum. Professor Polonsky is God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah Zornberg. (2002); History of the Jews in the Greco- the author of numerous books, including Roman World: The Jews of Palestine from Politics in Independent Poland; The Little T HREE M EMORABLE C ONCERTS Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest Dictators: A History of Eastern Europe Alberta Mizrahi, Duo Galay, Liora (2003); and Judeophobia: Attitudes Towards since 1918; and The Great Powers and the Grodnikaite the Jews in the Ancient World (1998). Polish Question 1941-1945. He edited Three evenings of The Sol and Arlene Bronstein Lectures in Abraham Lewin’s A Cup of Tears: A Diary unforgettable Jewish JS are supported through a grant from the of the Warsaw Ghetto which was awarded music—by noted Sol Bronstein Charitable Trust in Evansville, the Joseph and Edith Sunlight Literary Prize cantor Alberto Indiana. Previous Bronstein lecturers include in 1989 and the prize of the Jewish Book Mizrahi; classical Martin Marty, Antony Polonsky, David Council of America. He is editor of POLIN: cellist Racheli Galay, Sorkin, Jakob Petuchowski, Julius Lester, Studies in Polish Jewry, the winner of the pianist and composer Francis E. Peters, Susannah Heschel, Tikva 1999 National Jewish Book Award in the Daniel Galay, and Frymer-Kensky, Ronnie Po–chia Hsia, Egon Eastern European Studies category. His visit clarinetist Gregory Mayer, James Shapiro, Elisheva Carlebach, will be sponsored by the Polish Studies Barrett; and Yiddish Aron Rodrigue, and Norman Stillman. Center and the JSP. singer Liora J OSHUA F ISHMAN TO L ECTURE C HRISTOPHER B ROWNING Grodnikaite—were IN S EPTEMBER Wells Scholar Alberto Mizrahi highlights of JSP Joshua A. Fishman, a leading sociolinguist Noted historian of the Holocaust programming for the 2002-2003 year. With whose work has shaped and defined the Christopher Browning visited campus for a support from IU’s renowned School of Music study of the sociology and social history of week in March 2003, as the Visiting Class of and generous gifts from Dorit and Gerald Yiddish, will deliver “Yiddish in the 21st 1943 Wells Scholar in collaboration with the Paul, Monique Stolnitz, and others, the JSP Century: A Sociolinguistic Perspective,” on JSP, the Department of History, and the U.S. was able to devote significant attention to the Monday, September 15th on the Bloomington Holocaust Memorial Museum. On the study and performance of Jewish music. campus. Distinguished University Research evening of March 4, 2003, Browning The first Dorit and Gerald Paul concert of Professor Emeritus at Yeshiva University, delivered the Wells Scholar Lecture on the academic year and the first collaboration Professor Fishman’s most influential books “Decisions for the Final Solution: The of the year with the IU School of Music, in include Studies on Polish Jewry; Never Say Current State of Research in Holocaust September 2002, featured the gifted Israeli Die! A Thousand Years of Yiddish in Jewish Studies.” Professor Browning’s lecture was father-daughter Duo Galay with clarinetist Life and Letters; and Yiddish: Turning of one of five JSP lectures on the Holocaust Gregory Barrett, performing classical music Life. His publications have shaped and during the 2002-2003 year. influenced by Jewish music (by Max Bruch defined modern scholarly study of The Frank Porter Graham Professor of and Daniel Galay). Klezmer music composed bilingualism and multilingualism, the relation History at the University of North by Daniel Galay was also part of the lively of language and thought, language spread, Carolina–Chapel Hill, Browning’s performance. and language and nationalism. Professor publications include Ordinary Men: Reserve In February 2003, Greek-born Alberto Police Battalions 101 and the Final Solution Mizrahi, one of today’s renowned cantors, in Poland (1992), which received the performed a magical program of traditional National Jewish Book Award in Holocaust cantorial pieces, Sephardic and Studies; The Path to Genocide (1992); and mediterranean folk music, Yiddish theater Fateful Months: Essays on the Emergence of pieces, and opera selections to a responsive the Final Solution (1985). and appreciative audience. Borns Jewish Studies Program 9

The George J. Stolnitz Memorial Fellows include Professor Johann N. Schmidt Bruce David, artist, “The Biblical Program, in March 2003, featured an of Hamburg University, Professor Michael Odyssey of the Jews through the Eyes of a exceptional evening of Yiddish song by Brocke of the Free University of Berlin, Contemporary Artist.” Liora Grodnikaite, a mezzo soprano from Professor Micha Brumlik of the University of David Damrosch, Columbia University, Vilna, now at the Oberlin Conservatory. Heidelberg, Professor Frank Stern of “What is World Literature?” This concert honored the memory of George Ben–Gurion University, Professor Gertrud Moshe Garsiel, Bar-Ilan University, “2 Stolnitz, a faculty member at IU for many Koch of the Ruhr University, Bochum, Women, 1 Living Infant, 3 Riddles, and years, and a devoted friend of the JSP, and Professor Dieter Lamping of the Johannes Solomon’s Judgement.” supporter of Yiddish Studies. Gutenberg University of Mainz, and Christian Gerlach, Albert-Ludwigs- Packed houses for all three concerts is Professor Amir Eshel of Stanford University. Universität Freiburg, “War, Economy and proof of both a widespread interest in Perpetrators: New Perspectives on German Jewish music, and of the vitality of the N ORMAN S TILLMAN Extermination Policies.” Jewish arts. The JSP aims to represent the 2003 Bronstein Fellow richness and diversity of Jewish culture and On February 20, 2003, Edward A. the arts in a variety of forms. As part of this Bronstein Lecturer Norman initiative, a course “Introduction to Jewish Stillman, the Schusterman-Josey Art,” first offered at IU last spring, will be Professor of Judaic History at the taught again during the spring semester, University of Oklahoma, spoke on 2004 by Efrat El-Hanany. “The Judeo-Islamic Historical Encounter.” A scholar of the Jews PAUL F ELLOW A LAN B ERN in Islamic lands, he is the author of S PEAKS A BOUT among other books Sephardi Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm and Klezmer Music and the Portrayal of Religious Responses to Modernity Norman Stillman Jews in German Theater (1995) and The Jews of Arab Wolf Gruner, Technical University, Alan Bern, the musical director of the Lands in Modern Times (1992). Berlin, “Berlin or Babenhausen? Rewriting Jewish music group Brave Old World and the History of the Holocaust in Nazi the leading klezmer accordionist and pianist M ARTIN K RAMER S PEAKS Germany.” today, visited IU in April 2003, as the Dorit A BOUT THE M IDDLE E AST Yehuda Koren, Israeli journalist, “The and Gerald Paul Fellow, delivering two Martin Kramer, an eminent authority on Seven Dwarfs of Mengele.” lectures: “Antisemitism and the Portrayal of contemporary Islam and Arab politics and Eilat Negev, Israeli journalist, “The Jewish Characters in Post-War German editor of the Middle East Quarterly, Connection between the Writers’ Life and Theater” (Bloomington) and “That’s Funny, delivered a lecture at IU Bloomington in Their Writing in Israeli Literature.” It Doesn’t Sound Jewish: ‘Klezmer’ Music in January 2003, “Middle Eastern Studies in America and 9/11: What Shimon Redlich, Ben-Gurion University, Went Wrong?” The lecture “Personal Memory in Historical Context: was sponsored by the Together and Apart in Brzezany.” Ottoman and Modern Mark Roseman, University of Turkish Studies Chair and Southampton, “Beyond Narratives of the JSP, along with the Redemption: Survival, Rescue, Memory, and Department of Central Identity in Nazi Germany.” Eurasian Studies, and the Vered Shemtov, Stanford University, Inner Asian and Uralic “The Location of Voice: Prosody and National Resource Center. Literary Geography in Hebrew Literature.” Martin Kramer’s most recent Timothy Snyder, Yale University, “The book is Ivory Towers on Causes of Ukrainian-Polish Ethnic Sand: The Failure of Middle Cleansing, 1943.” (Left to right) Dorit Paul, Gerald Paul, Alvin Rosenfeld, and Alan Bern Eastern Studies in America. Alan Steinweis, University of Nebraska, “The ‘Antisemitism of Reason’: Research Germany” (Indianapolis). A key figure in about Jews and Judaism in Nazi Germany.” the revival of klezmer music, Bern is a L ECTURES AND Ruth Tsoffar, University of Michigan, composer and arranger of theater music and C O -SPONSORED L ECTURES “Hama’akhelet (The Slaughtering Knife): director of musical productions for the The JSP cooperates with other departments Exploring the Limits of Discursive Space in stage. Alan Bern’s lecture on antisemitism in co-sponsoring visits to campus by Hebrew Literature.” will be published by the JSP. scholars and artists whose areas of research The Paul Program for the Study of and creative work are of mutual interest. JSP Germans and Jews was established in 1986 lectures and co-sponsored lectures during by Dorit and Gerald Paul of Indianapolis to the 2002-2003 academic year included: foster ongoing scholarly research into the Gideon Avni, Israeli Antiquities complex interrelationships between German Authority, “Archaeology and Politics: The history and Jewish history. Former Paul Struggle Over Jerusalem’s Holy Sites.” 10 Indiana University

S ECOND E THNOGRAPHIC In addition to a new paperback edition of E XPEDITION IU PRESS My Life as a Radical Jewish Woman by Puah Kerler and Veidlinger Interview PUBLICATIONS IN Rakowsky, to be issued in fall 2003, five new Last Yiddish Speakers in Ukraine JS titles will appear during the 2003-2004 JEWISH STUDIES publishing season. Making Jews Modern: In May 2003, the IU Yiddish Language and The Yiddish and Ladino Press in the Russian In October 2002, two Indiana University Culture Project continued its work in and Ottoman Empires by Sarah Abrevaya Press books were named finalists for Ukraine. Professor Dov-Ber Kerler, together Stein, in the Press’s Modern Jewish National Jewish Book Awards: with Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger, led the Together and Experience series, focuses on the ways in second Ukrainian expedition to conduct Apart in Brzezany: Poles, Jews, and which Jews in the Russian and Ottoman videotaped interviews with the last Yiddish Ukrainians, 1919-1945, by Israeli historian empires responded to the major cultural and speakers of Ukraine. This time, the Shimon Redlich, was a finalist in the category social transformations that constituted expedition concentrated on the historical of Eastern European Studies, while My Life modernity for Ashkenazi and Sephardi as a Radical Jewish Woman: Memoirs regions of Volhynia and Galicia. Kerler also Jewries. The Texture of of a Zionist Feminist in Poland returned to Podolia, the focus of last year’s by the Divine: expedition, to conduct follow-up interviews, Puah Rakovsky, edited and introduced Imagination in and visited the northern border region by Paula E. Hyman and translated Medieval Islamic around Chernobyl. from the Yiddish by Barbara Harshav and Jewish with Paula E. Hyman, was a finalist The team collected 123 hours of tape, Thought by Aaron in the category of comprising interviews with about 70 W. Hughes explores Autobiography/Memoir. individuals in over 20 former shtetls and Together the central role of cities. The interviews, conducted entirely in and Apart in Brzezany, which was the imagination in Yiddish, focus on Jewish cultural and also published in Polish and in the shared symbolic religious life before World War II, Jewish Ukrainian in 2002, was selected for worlds of medieval folklore, the Shoah, and the Yiddish a feature presentation by the author Islam and Judaism language itself. The project will continue at the Jewish Genealogical Society’s and reveals the through 2005 and will culminate in International Conference in July interconnections not scholarly publications as well as a video and 2003. only between audio library of the interviews to be housed The first half of 2003 saw the Muslims and Jews, on the IU campus. This year’s expedition appearance of two important new but also between was funded by the IU Arts and Humanities books on representations of the philosophy, mysticism, Initiative with the help of the Borns JSP and Holocaust. Poetry After and literature. In Auschwitz: Remembering What the Russian and East European Institute. Levinas, Judaism, and One Never Knew by IU English professor the Feminine: The Silent Footsteps of OLLOQUIA Susan Gubar explores the ways in which JSP C Rebecca, Claire Elise Katz explores the role poets have served as proxy-witnesses of Faculty colloquia, chaired this past year by of the feminine in the ethical thought of the events that they did not experience firsthand. Steven Weitzman, provide opportunities for important twentieth-century continental and JSP faculty and interested graduate students Image and Remembrance: Representation Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas to discuss recent or nascent publications. and the Holocaust, edited by Shelley against the backdrop of discussions of Colloquia during the 2002-2003 year Hornstein and Florence Jacobowitz, women in the Bible. A major collection of examines visual representations of the included Joëlle Bahloul’s discussion of original essays edited by Hava Holocaust in film, “French Jews 2002: The Rocky Road to the Tirosh-Samuelson, Women architecture, painting, Republic,” and Amelia Glazer’s presentation and Gender in Jewish photography, memorials, on “‘Market Speak’ from Produkty to Philosophy, in the Jewish and monuments. The Pogroms: Forms of Exchange in Peretz Literature and Culture series, book includes an essay Markish’s Di Kupe.” represents the first about the new Jewish systematic attempt to Museum in Berlin by its interpret the Jewish eminent architect, Daniel philosophical tradition in Libeskind. Also published light of feminist philosophy in spring 2003 was Jewish and to engage feminist Life after the USSR, edited philosophy from the by Zvi Gitelman with perspective of Jewish Musya Glants and Marshall philosophy. The I. Goldman, an essential contributions cover the volume for anyone seeking to Jewish philosophical understand the past, present, tradition from Philo, and future of post-Soviet through Maimonides, to Jewry. Levinas. Borns Jewish Studies Program 11

Intifada Hits the Headlines by Daniel Dor issue edited by Joel Rosenberg and Stephen J. J OIN THE F RIENDS focuses on reporting by Israeli newspapers Whitfield, to “The Cinema of Jewish OF THE B ORNS during the second Intifada in the fall of 2000. Experience.” In 2003, Israel Studies brought J EWISH S TUDIES Analyzing coverage by Israel’s leading out a special issue, edited by Michael Feige, P ROGRAM newspapers, Dor finds a wide gap between on “Memory and Identity in Israel: New We invite you to become a the facts as reported by field reporters and Directions.” member of the Friends of the eventual published accounts as framed by Readers seeking further information or the Borns Jewish Studies editors; he investigates the implications of wishing to order JS books and journals and Program. Funds raised this discrepancy for freedom of the press in a other IUP titles may visit the IUP website: annually through the liberal democracy. http://iupress.indiana.edu. Or, readers may Friends of the Borns JSP The IUP Journals Department is pleased contact the Customer Service Department, provide scholarships and to announce the addition of Nashim: A IU Press, 601 North Morton Street, fellowships for Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies & Bloomington, IN 47404; 1-800-842-6796; outstanding students; Gender Issues to its list of journals in JS as of fax 812-855-7931. enable us to bring July 2003. Co-founded in 1998 by the distinguished visitors Hadassah International Research Institute on J EWISH S TUDIES B OOK F UND to Indiana; support Jewish Women at Brandeis University and the The endowed Jewish Studies Book Fund, scholarly conferences and Schechter Institute of JS in Jerusalem, established 15 years ago, enables the JSP to publications; enhance Nashim provides an international, annually expand the Judaica collection of the programs for our interdisciplinary academic forum for IU library, a necessity for a growing program students; aid the JS innovative work in the field of Jewish such as ours. faculty; and make women’s and gender studies. It regularly Many JSP supporters have contributed to possible a rich variety of includes articles on literature, textual studies, the Book Fund by establishing named family other JSP offerings. anthropology, theology, contemporary endowments. All books purchased carry Members of the Friends thought, sociology, and the arts. Nashim is specially designed bookplates that designate play a direct and active published twice a year; its issues are theme- the donor(s) and/or person(s) honored. role in sustaining oriented. Past issues have been devoted to Those interested in contributing to the Book Indiana as a major Women and the Land of Israel; Feeding an Fund for Judaica may do so by sending their center for Jewish Identity: Gender, Food, and Survival; and gifts to Professor Steven Weitzman, Director learning in this country. Levels of giving are: Women, War, and Peace. IUP’s first issue, to of the Borns Jewish Studies Program, Benefactor at be published in fall 2003, will focus on Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 326, $1,000/year, Patron at Autobiography and Memoir; its guest editor 1011 E. Third Street, Bloomington, IN $500/year, Benefactor is Gershon Bacon. 47405-7005. Nashim joins IUP’s four other JS journals: Associate (for people age Prooftexts: 40 and under) at FRIENDS $360/year, Patron A Journal Associate (for people age 40 and under) at of Jewish “GATHER” FOR D ALIN $180/year, and Recent JSP Alumni at Literary On May 15, 2003, the Friends of the $36/year. Please mail your gift, payable to History, Borns JSP gathered in Indianapolis at “IUF/Jewish Studies Program,” to Borns edited by Congregation Beth-El Zedeck to hear Rabbi Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, Alan David Dalin speak about “The Presidents of Goodbody Hall 326, 1011 East Third Street, Mintz and the United States and the Jews.” Sponsored Bloomington, IN 47405-7005. Friends’ gifts by California’s Taube Foundation for Jewish David G. may be tax deductible and eligible for the Roskies Life and Culture, Rabbi Dalin’s lively special Indiana Colleges Tax Credit. (JSP presentation chronicled the connections Please join others by becoming a member Director between Jews and the presidents, a segment of the Friends of the Borns JSP. Additional Steven of presidential history that has lain, for the information about the Friends group as well Weitzman most part, unstudied. as about opportunities for establishing has joined The Friends of the Borns JSP has become permanent endowments in support of JS may the one of the largest support groups at IU. The be obtained by contacting Professor Steven editorial Friends’ goal is to strengthen IU’s already Weitzman, Director, at the address listed board); strong JSP and to insure that it continues to above or by telephoning (812) 855-8358. Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and flourish as one of the preeminent centers of Society, edited by Aron Rodrigue and Steven Jewish learning in America. The Friends of J. Zipperstein; Israel Studies, edited by S. Ilan the Borns JSP is more than just a “giving” Troen; and History & Memory: Studies in society. Regular “Gatherings” of the Friends Representation of the Past, edited by Gadi are occasions that combine both social and Algazi. In 2002, Prooftexts devoted a special intellectual activities. 12 Indiana University

Irving and Pat Glazer Lisa Percy DVISORY DONOR Jay and Marsha Glazer Sandy and Art Percy JSP A Eugene and Marilyn Glick Drs. Ora and Mark Pescovitz OARD HONOR Fritz and Caroline Goldbach Rabbi Aaron Petuchowski B Mrs. Jack Goldman Frances and M. Mendel Piser The dedication of the JSP Advisory Board is ROLL Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goldstein Professor William and Prema vital to the continuation and further The Borns JSP thanks the Leonard and Rikki Goldstein Popkin development of the JSP. We are indebted to Drs. Gerald and Marcia Goldstone Dr. Eric and Bonnie Prystowsky following donors for their president Leonard Goldstein, vice president Janice Goodman Professor Henry and Ingrid Remak generosity during 2002- Jack and Sondra Gross Sara and Albert* Reuben Ruth Feinberg, and our board members for 2003 (as of June 20, 2003): Rita and John Grunwald Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rifkin their assistance in helping us build and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Harman Bob and Muriel Romer sustain a program of excellence: Larry and Carol Adelman Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harris Irwin and Jill Rose Dr. Annette Alpert and Professor Hart and Simona Hasten Judith and A. John Rose II Lawrence Adelman Ft. Wayne Darrell Haile Professor Kenneth and Audrey Professor Alvin and Erna Steven Ancel Carmel Ariel Axelrod Heller Rosenfeld Eugene Bate Carmel Shirley Backer June Herman Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roth Nancy Bate Carmel Dr. Stephen and Barbara Bailie Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hunter Jane Rothbaum Alice Berkowitz Indianapolis Eugene and Nancy Bate Dr. Roger and Francine Hurwitz Sidney and Sarah Sakowitz Sol Blickman Indianapolis Professor Joseph and Margery Dr. Martin and Irene Jacobs Rabbis Dennis and Sandy Sasso Robert Borns Indianapolis Belth Jewish Community Council of Jill Sater Sandra Borns Indianapolis Dr. Daniel and Nancy Jo Berg Evansville Ronald and Alvrone Sater Dr. Peter Cahn Indianapolis Leonard and Alice Berkowitz J. William and Frances Julian Robert and Alice Schloss Susan Cahn Indianapolis Caryl Berman Irwin and Ann* Katz Judith Schneider Dr. Alice Ginott Cohn New York Mildred Bern Barry Kaye Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Theodore Cohn New York Sol and Toby Blickman Professor Idalene Kesner and Paul Jack and Sherron Schuster Edward Dobrow Muncie Michael and Margery Bluestein Robins Professor Drew Schwartz Claudette Einhorn Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Borinstein Allen Ketchersid Martin and Helen Schwartz Benjamin Eisbart Ft. Wayne Emily Sylvian Borns Lisa Kohnke Jonathan and Elizabeth Shapiro Dr. Ruth Feinberg Indianapolis Robert and Sandra Borns Robert and Judith Koor Dr. Paul Shapiro Betty Fleck Marion Stephanie Borns Arthur and Bobbi Kroot Dr. and Mrs. Reuben Shevitz Irving Glazer Indianapolis Elissa Brown Martin and Natalie Kroot Dr. Stephen and Caryl Shideler Leonard Goldstein Fort Wayne Dr. Peter and Susan Cahn G. Irving Latz Dr. Robert Shlens Janice Goodman Highland Park, IL Bob and Shirley Careskey Carolyn Leeds Norman Sider June Herman Indianapolis Thomas Clancy and Dana Green Dr. Louis and Myrna Lemberger Professor Martin Siegel Francine Hurwitz Indianapolis Drs. Marlene Cohen and Jerome Bernice and Herbert Levetown Winnie Goldblatt Silberman and J. William Julian Indianapolis Fleisch Irwin Levin Marvin Silberman Bobbi Kroot Columbus, IN Ronald S. and Nancy Cohen Shana and Michael Levin Greg and Renny Silver Henry Levinsky Northbrook, IL Melvin and Betty Cohn Julie and Michael Levine Professor Bruce Solomon and Judy Liff-Barker Nashville, TN Theodore Cohn and Dr. Alice Eli Lilly and Company Susan Swartz Flo Mary Mantel Indianapolis Ginott Cohn Dr. Carolyn Lipson-Walker and Gary and Anne Steigerwald Sybil Mervis Danville, IL Daniel Cook George Walker Professor George* and Monique Sidney Mishkin Indianapolis Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Ernest and Ellen Lorch Stolnitz Ilene New Granger Foundation Frank and Joyce Maidenberg Sarah Strnad Jeffrey New Granger Professor Jack Cummings Mr. and Mrs. William Mann Dr. Larry and Sandi Tavel Frank Newman Indianapolis Dr. Lawrence and Claudette Flo Mary and Thomas Mantel Professor Roger and Claudette Gale Nichols Bloomington Einhorn Sophia Marks Temam Dorit Paul Indianapolis Ben and Sharon Eisbart Dr. Robert Matyska, Jr. Fern Kaye Tessler Eloise Paul Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Eisbart Tilden and Cathy Mendelson Jeffrey and Nancy Trockman Gerald Paul Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. James Ek Merrill Lynch and Company Stanley and Sandra Trockman Dr. Mark Pescovitz Carmel Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ettinger Sybil and Louis Mervis Sidney and Charlene Tuchman Dr. Ora Pescovitz Carmel Linda Falender Drs. Beatrice and David Miller Agnes Vogel M. Mendel Piser South Bend Dr. Ruth and Arnold Feinberg Mitch Miller Foundation Alberto and Paulina Waksman A. John Rose Bloomington Alan and Terry Feldbaum Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Miller III Robert and Irene Walters Judith Rose Bloomington Betty Fleck Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Milliman Dr. Myron and Myrna Weinberger Jack Schuster Rancho Sante Fe, CA Bonnie and Bob Forman Lindsey and Jason Mintz Dr. Harvey and Carin Weingarten Helen Schwartz Muncie Fort Wayne Jewish Federation Sidney and Sharon Mishkin Horst and Margaret Winkler Martin Schwartz Muncie Richard and Sherry Frenzel Marvin Mitchell Dr. Mark and Linda Wisen Harry Sebel Dallas, TX Hon. Ezra and Linda Friedlander Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moise Walter and Joan Wolf Norman Sider Indianapolis Professor George and Esther Gaber James and Jacqueline Morris Allen and Roberta Wurzman Sidney Tuchman Indianapolis Dr. Edward and Phyllis Gabovitch Samuel* and Joan New Elyce Zimmerman Anne Ganz Robert Walters Fort Wayne Daniel and Gale Nichols *Denotes deceased Jan and Jerry Gershman Dr. Bernard and Renee Oppenheim Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Glazer Dorit and Gerald Paul Borns Jewish Studies Program 13

STUDENT NEWS J EWISH S TUDIES P ROGRAM E NDOWMENTS JSP AWARDS MORE THAN We express heartfelt thanks to the following families, who have most $30,000 FOR S CHOLARSHIPS generously endowed special programs within JS (as of June 30, 2003): AND I NTERNSHIPS First Mitch Miller and Dr. Robert Mildred L. Bern Samuel* and Joan New Shlens Scholarships Awarded • The Henry A. Bern Memorial Essay • The Joan and Samuel New Institute Competition for the Study of Judaism and the Jews The JSP was pleased to award 14 The Estate of Edward A. Block Gerald and Dorit Paul scholarships and 2 internships, totaling • The Edward A. Block Lecture • The Dorit and Gerald Paul Program more than $30,000, to JS major and area Robert and Sandra Borns for the Study of Germans and Jews certificate students for the 2003-2004 • The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns • The Dorit and Gerald Paul Program academic year. The scholarships and Jewish Studies Program Endowment in Jewish Culture and the Arts internships were established through the Dr. Alice Ginott Cohn and Sondra and Art Percy generosity of the Fort Wayne Jewish Theodore Cohn • The Percy Family Endowment Federation, the Robert A. and Sandra S. • The Dr. Alice Field Cohn Chair in Louis* and Leonore* Piser Borns JS Endowment, Dr. Robert Shlens of Yiddish Studies • The Leonore and Louis Piser Prize Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, the Melvin and Betty Cohn Sara and Albert* Reuben Mitch Miller Foundation, the Arie and Ida • The Melvin and Betty Cohn Institute • The Sara and Albert Reuben Crown Memorial Foundation Scholarship, in Jewish Studies Scholarships in Holocaust Studies Sondra and Arthur Percy of Matawan, New Irving and Pat Glazer Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Jersey, Sandra and Stanley Trockman of • The Irving M. Glazer Scholarships • The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Evansville, Edward M. Dayan of Jay and Marsha Glazer Chair in Modern Judaism Indianapolis, and Sara and the late Albert • The Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Martin and Helen Schwartz Reuben of Indianapolis. Studies • The Helen and Martin Schwartz Elizabeth Wood of West Lafayette, • The Pat M. Glazer Chair in Modern Scholars Program Indiana, a senior majoring in JS and Political Israel Studies Samuel Solotkin* Science, received the Fort Wayne Jewish • The Alvin H. Rosenfeld Professorship • The Samuel and Lillian Solotkin Federation Scholarship. Elizabeth has twice in Jewish Studies Memorial Lecture served as the undergraduate teaching intern Leonard and Rikki Goldstein George* and Monique Stolnitz for Professor Dina Spechler. She was selected • The Leonard M. and Ruth K. Goldstein • The George and Monique Stolnitz as a member of the 8-12 person Board of Endowment in Jewish Studies Yiddish Prize Aeons, a student committee that advises on John and Rita Grunwald Stanley and Sandra Trockman long range planning for the university and is • The Pearl Schwartz Memorial • The Sandra and Stanley Trockman appointed by the University’s Chancellor. Program in Judaism and the Arts Scholarship Elizabeth plans to be a rabbi. J. William and Frances Julian Alberto and Paulina Waksman Elizabeth Lintott of Northbrook, Illinois • The Julian Endowment in Jewish Studies •The Alberto and Paulina A. Waksman was awarded the Robert A. and Sandra S. Drs. Beatrice and David Miller Scholarships Borns Merit Scholarship, an award that • The Drs. Beatrice S. and David I. recognizes truly exceptional academic Miller Endowment for Jewish *Denotes deceased accomplishment. A sophomore JS major, her Culture and the Arts near perfect grade point average was accomplished while serving on the Hillel an area certificate in JS, has been named to recipient of an IU Alumni Association Freshman Council, as a Hillel work-study, as the Dean’s List each semester and has a Scholarship and the Barbara Mack and Foster Quad’s Hillel representative, and perfect 4.0 grade point average. Molly has Norman Levine JS Scholarship. Last year, playing on the IU Club lacrosse team. She been the recipient of the Department of Jen served as treasurer (fall) and the vice plans to pursue a career in Jewish education. Geography’s Stephen F. Visher Award for president (spring) of the Jewish Studies Julie Avchen of Los Alamitos, California, Academic Excellence and has served as a Student Association (JSSA). Jamie Snow Molly Kotlen of Houston, Texas, and Stacy research associate for the department. Stacy came to IU as the recipient of the Irving M. Weissman of Wilmette, Illinois, were the Weissman, a junior majoring in Psychology Glazer JS Scholarship for an Incoming recipients of the Robert A. and Sandra S. and pursuing an area certificate in JS, Freshman and received the Margaret Borns Scholarships in JS. A JS and Sociology participated in the JS Freshman Interest Hamlin Award. A junior Journalism major, major, Julie Avchen is the recipient of an IU Group. She plans to be a social worker for a Alumni Club of Orange County Scholarship Jewish agency. and the California Scholastic Federation’s The recipients of the Dr. Robert Shlens Service Scholarship. She plans a career Scholarships are Jennifer Gubitz of Fort educating Jewish teens and college students Wayne, Indiana, Jamie Snow of Louisville, and creating and administering community- Kentucky, and Ellie Zusstone of Clarksville, based education programs. Molly Kotlen, a Indiana. Jennifer Gubitz, who is pursuing senior majoring in Geography and pursuing majors in JS and English, has been the 14 Indiana University pursuing an area certificate in JS, she teaches Israeli Scouts to work at conduct research for Professor religious school at the local synagogue and the Indianapolis JCC. She Bahloul’s study in progress on is currently the junior youth group advisor. began her studies at IU last French Jews. Ellie Zusstone, a sophomore majoring in fall and earned a perfect Business and pursuing an area certificate in 4.0 grade point average in JS GRADUATES JS, received the Mary E. Yarbrough her first semester. She plans First Students Complete Scholarship. She is vice president of the to work for a Jewish not- Hebrew Minor in JS International Business Council. for-profit organization as a The first Mitch Miller Scholarship in JS fund raiser. One hundred and twenty students was awarded to Derrick Murphy, a Jonathan Bubis from have graduated with a B.A. in JS sophomore honors student, from Bexley, Ohio, was awarded since our major was established in Crawfordsville, Indiana, pursuing majors both the Sandra and 1992. Our twelfth graduating class in JS and Near Eastern Languages in Stanley Trockman included these B.A. recipients: Julie preparation for a career as a Middle East Scholarship and the Argentar of Northbrook, Illinois, language specialist. Many thanks to noted Edward M. Dayan Yuval Asner of St. Louis, Missouri, musician and bandleader Mitch Miller for Scholarship. A participant Jennifer Bell of Indianapolis, Seth his support. in the JS Freshman Interest Cook of Marion, Ohio, Leslie The recipient of the Arie and Ida Crown Group, Jonathan is Garber of San Rafael, California, Memorial Foundation Scholarship is Sonya majoring in JS. During the summers, he Andrea Jury of Arlington Heights, Illinois, Weisburd of Indianapolis, a junior Honors teaches JS and directs drama at camp Tamilyn Millspaugh of North Vernon, College student majoring in JS and Political Ramah in Wisconsin. He plans to be a Indiana, Samantha Pearline of St. Louis, Science. She has expressed joy in her study of cantor or a Jewish educator. Ashley Plotnick of Glenview, Illinois, Judaism and Jewish languages and cultures, Doctoral students Joshua Shaw Miriam Pullman of Alpharetta, Georgia, opportunities that were denied her parents in (Philosophy) and David Worthington Ruth Schachter of St. Louis, Naomi the former Soviet Union. In summer 2002, (Communication and Culture) received the Shulman of Berlin, Germany, and Jennifer she attended the International Youth Sara and Albert Reuben Scholarships for Steinberg of Indianapolis. Leadership Conference in Prague. Study of the Holocaust. Joshua is writing his Asa Fradkin of Baltimore, Maryland, Meytal Ashkenazi, from Israel, the dissertation on the major Jewish philosopher completed a degree in vocal performance in recipient of the Percy Family Scholarship in and religious thinker Emmanuel Levinas and the School of Music and a major in JS. JS, came to Indiana three years ago with the plans to use the Reuben Scholarship to write Debra Powers of Beachwood, Ohio, an independent essay on the role of the completed a degree in violin performance in Holocaust in Levinas’ thinking. David the School of Music and a major in JS.

ara Clüver Joining the 317 alumni of our JS area

Y Worthington is completing his dissertation, “Contesting the Rhetoric of ‘American certificate program were graduates Tanya Exceptionalism’ in the U.S. Holocaust Bannwart of Michigan City, Indiana, Rachel Memorial Museum.” David will use the Conroy of West Bloomfield, Michigan, Traci Reuben Scholarship to travel to the museum Geffon of Yorba Linda, California, Jamie in Washington to work in both the Honigman of Milwaukee, Jessica Peltz of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Barbara Albert Reuben photographic archives and go through ten years of “visitor comment” books. Rosenblatt of Virginia Beach, Virginia, I N M EMORIAM Jennifer Gossman from Westerville, Marisa Schwartz of Cincinnati, Emily Albert Reuben Ohio, a senior Journalism major pursuing Unikel of Pittsburgh, and Dana Wexler of an area certificate in JS, will serve as the Highland Park, Illinois. The JSP mourns the death of Albert Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns The first four students completing the new Reuben, a valued friend and loyal Administrative Intern. She is active on the Hebrew minor in JS were Steven Borders of supporter, on December 25, 2002 in IU campus, serving as a proctor for a Bloomington, Indiana, Michael York of Indianapolis. With his wife Sara, Albert disabled student, a member of the Union Arlington Heights, Illinois, and JS majors Asa established the Sara and Albert Reuben Board committee, and a reporter for the Fradkin and Ashley Plotnick. Scholarships, which allow IU students to Indiana Daily Student. She studied in Seville Ruth Schachter graduated with honors in engage in research about the Holocaust. during the spring of 2003. She will work JS, completing a thesis, “Memorializing the We remember Albert with great fondness with Carolyn Lipson-Walker. Holocaust in the Gateway City: A History of and sadness. May his memory be for a Jamie Katz, from Overland Park, Kansas, the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and blessing. a senior in JS and Psychology, will serve as Learning Center,” directed by Professor Alvin the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Research Rosenfeld. Graduating with departmental Intern. A teaching assistant in Psychology, honors in English, Naomi Shulman wrote her she has already been initiated into Phi Beta thesis, “Maternity in Distress: The Impact of Kappa. As the Borns Research Intern, she the Holocaust on the Mother-Daughter will work with Professor Joëlle Bahloul of Relationship,” under the direction of the Anthropology Department and JSP, to Professor Rosenfeld. Borns Jewish Studies Program 15

JS LIVING-LEARNING G ROUP Maximum Capacity for Fall 2002 For the fifth fall, 15 IU freshmen had the option of living and studying in the JS Freshman Interest Group (FIG). This fall, JS FIG students are living together, engaging in student-initiated JS activities, taking a one hour course designed to help freshmen make the academic transition to IU, and taking two JS courses together: “Introduction to Graduates attending the April 16 dinner: (back row—left to right) Yuval Asner, Tanya Bannwart, Rachel Conroy, Jewish History” (taught by Professor Jeffrey Marie Harf, Jessica Peltz, Naomi Shulman; (front row—left to right) Ashley Plotnick, Traci Geffon, Jen Bell, Veidlinger) and ”Introduction to Old Debra Powers, Jamie Honigman, and Samantha Pearline. Testament/Hebrew Bible” (taught by We are gratified that many of our recent The recipients of the 2003-2004 Irving Professor Steven Weitzman). graduates choose careers related to JS. Yuval M. Glazer Student Scholarships for For the second year, JS major Susan Shirley Asner will be the fourth IU JS graduate to Incoming Freshmen in JS are Melissa Dress is the JS FIG Peer Instructor. participate in the Avodah Jewish Services of Sharon, Massachusetts, and Adina Sklare There is no additional cost to participate Corps in New York. Jen Bell is the of Indianapolis. Melissa, a student in the in the JS FIG, nor are there any academic Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Brandeis University Genesis program, served prerequisites. Participants can room with a Council Legislative Intern. Rachel Conroy is as president of her school’s Student non-JS FIG participant. For more an entering student in the University of Coalition Against Hatred and Racism. She information about the JS FIG for Fall 2004, Michigan Drachler Program in Jewish plans to major in JS and Psychology at IU. contact (812) 855-5636 or e-mail: Leadership. Ashley Plotnick is beginning her Adina Sklare has been an outstanding [email protected]. rabbinical studies at the Reconstructionist Hebrew student at North Central High Rabbinical College. Debra Powers is serving School. At Congregation Beth-El Zedeck, STUDENT HONORS AND AWARDS as the JCSC Hillel Fellow at the University she conducts High Holy Day services for Jamie Katz, Ashley Plotnick, Miriam of Rochester. Miriam Pullman, who taught middle and high school students, plays in Pullman, and Ruth Schachter were initiated 8th grade Judaica and Jewish history at the the congregation’s klezmer band, and serves into Phi Beta Kappa. Day Academy in Atlanta in spring 2003, is as an assistant in the religious school. Adina Four JS students were awarded College the JCSC Hillel Fellow at the University of plans to be a rabbi. of Arts and Sciences Scholarships: Leah Southern California where Matt Davidson, Thanks to the generosity of Irving M. Nahmias—Palmer-Brandon Scholarship; another IU JS graduate, is the Assistant Glazer and his friends and family, over the Daniel Shapiro—Bartling Lewis Scholarship; Director. Ruth Schachter is pursuing a past seven years, 13 freshmen have received Jamie Katz—Hayes Scholarship; and Sonya master’s degree in Jewish history at the JS scholarships. Applicants for the 2003- Weisburd—College Scholarship. University of Maryland. With a 2004 Borns and Glazer scholarships came Elizabeth Wood was named to the comprehensive fellowship, Naomi Shulman from a large pool of outstanding students prestigious Board of Aeons. is entering the doctoral program in throughout the U.S. Fifteen JS majors were named to the comparative literature at the University of College of Arts and Sciences Fall 2002 California at Berkeley to continue her study C URRENT H IGH S CHOOL Dean’s List: Jamie Katz, Daniel Kuperstein, of Holocaust literature. S ENIORS C AN A PPLY FOR 3 JS Elizabeth Lintott, Tamilyn Millspaugh, F RESHMEN S CHOLARSHIPS Natalie Nachman, Hilary Oleon, Ashley T HREE H IGH S CHOOL S ENIORS T OTALING $11,000 Plotnick, Miriam Pullman, Michael R ECEIVE $11,000 IN Current high school seniors applying to IU Ravenscroft, Erielle Reshef, Sam Rodin, S CHOLARSHIPS and committed to JS may apply for three Naomi Shulman, Jennifer Steinberg, Sonya Scholarships totaling $11,000 were awarded freshmen scholarships for the 2004-2005 Weisburd, and Elizabeth Wood. JS majors to three incoming JS freshmen for the 2003- year. One $5,000 Robert A. and Sandra S. Yuval Asner, Andrea Jury, Andrew Kaplan, 2004 year. The second annual Robert A. and Borns Scholarship and two $3,000 Irving M. Jamie Katz, Daniel Kuperstein, Benjamin Sandra S. Borns Scholarship for an Incoming Glazer Scholarships will be awarded to Lewis, Elizabeth Lintott, Michael Freshman in JS was awarded to Joanna outstanding incoming freshmen committed to Ravenscroft, Erielle Reshef, Lauren Shideler, Blotner of Chevy Chase, Maryland. She pursuing a major or an area certificate in JS. Naomi Shulman, Sonya Weisburd, Rachel studied for a semester in high school in Israel For more information about these Wilder, and Elizabeth Wood were named to and served as an intern at the Religious scholarships, high school seniors can view the Spring 2003 Dean’s List. Action Center in Washington. Joanna spent a details about the application procedure at summer in an intensive Hebrew immersion (www.indiana.edu/~jsp/glazerscholarship.htm). program, and this past summer, she studied The application deadline for Fall 2004 at the Columbia University-Hebrew incoming freshmen scholarships is Friday, University ulpan. At IU, she plans to major February 27, 2004. in JS and International Relations. 16 Indiana University

Seventeen JS students are serving on the 2003-2004 Hillel Student Board: Philip Sherman, vice president; Alana Berland, Peri Berntsen, Joe Brown, Lauren Dragutsky, Carolyn Lipson Walker Jonathan Ginburg, Drew Kaplan, Daniel Kuperstein, Michael Kushnick, Elizabeth Lintott, Miles Roger, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Brian Rosenzweig, Laura Siegel, Ashley Stern, Sonya Weisburd, and Rachel Wilder. The following students were inducted into the Xi, IU Chapter of Eta Beta Rho, the National Hebrew Scholastic Honor Society: Meytal Ashkenazi, Nurit Blum, Steven JSSA officers meet with Professor Steven Weitzman. (Left to right) Jennifer Gubitz, Miriam Pullman, Hal Ungar, Borders, Maya Eshel, Tamar Gal, Lauren Yuval Asner, Professor Steven Weitzman. Hanono, Jordan Huffer, Michael Joffe, Lili in the excavation, or provide it with much evening during the year, Hebrew speakers Lahav, Larissa Privalskaia (graduate needed financial support, please contact convened over dinner at Hillel’s kosher café. student), Miriam Pullman, and Netanel Professor Weitzman care of the JSP. The popular weekly dinner attracted 115 Yaghoubi. Steven Borders, a Hebrew minor Hebrew speakers in its first six weeks. The who graduated in May 2003, was awarded A BUSY Y EAR OF S TUDENT weekly Hebrew Hour was chaired by Yuval the B’nai Zion Fraternal Organization’s E VENTS Asner, Michael Joffe, Michelle Steiman, Josh award for excellence as the most outstanding JSSA Sponsors Dessert, Freshman Taff, and Sonya Weisburd. The JSSA Hebrew student. Mixer, Lunches, Dinners, Film sponsored a freshman mixer in October. T EL B ETH S HEMESH Showings, Hebrew Table Thanks to Joe Bercovici who served as JSSA’s photographer. A RCHAEOLOGICAL P ROGRAM At the heart of the JSP’s philosophy is a For the tenth year, the JSSA and Hillel commitment to providing students an In 1995, IU established a partnership with co-sponsored a series of free lunches with outstanding undergraduate experience, the Tel Beth Shemesh excavation in Israel the faculty. The popular lunch talks included primarily inside the classroom, but also that allows IU students to help excavate the presentations by Professor Matthias outside. Toward that end, the 2002-2003 site of an important border town in the Lehmann, “Sephardic Jews, Zionism, and leadership of the Jewish Studies Student biblical period. Directed by Dr. Shlomo the State of Israel,” and Professor Marci Association— Bunimovitz of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Shore, “Once Upon a President Hal Zvi Lederman, with support from Director Time in Warsaw: The Joe Bercovici Ungar, VPs Dr. Steve Weitzman, the dig has made a Story of a Polish- Miriam number of important discoveries that Jewish Family Pullman and illumine the political and economic life of Coming of Age.” Jennifer Gubitz, Judah, the kingdom ruled by David’s The spring film Secretary Yuval descendants and the focus of the Hebrew night was hosted by Asner, and Bible, including possible evidence bearing on Jerome Copulsky. Treasurers its emergence as a state. For most of the Israeli films “Yana’s Jennifer Gubitz program’s duration, students have been able Friends,” and “Out and Michael to participate with financial support from for Love . . . Be Back Shortly” were also Joffe— the Dorot Foundation, which has provided shown in the Spring. The JSSA project on organized a full 10 travel grants per year. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day included calendar of Although recent violence has prevented translating children’s books into Hebrew for student-faculty IU students from participating in the Tel Beth an elementary school’s English as a Second events. The year Shemesh program, the dig continued in 2003 Language Program. An educational handout began with a thanks to the involvement of Israeli students was prepared by JSSA member Ruth well-attended and with financial support from the JSP. We Schachter for the annual campus Yom fall welcome plan for our own students to return there as Hashoah names reading. The JSSA co- dessert on soon as the political situation allows them to sponsored a Jewish Poetry Slam judged by October 14 and do so. If you would like to become involved Professor Steven Weitzman and Jerome ended on April Copulsky. 10 with the Elected JSSA officers for the 2003-2004 annual gala year are: President Leah Hedrick, VP Rachel student-faculty Wilder, Secretary Lauren Miller, and dinner. Every Treasurer Michelle Steiman. Tuesday Matthias Lehmann speaks at JSSA fall bagel lunch. Borns Jewish Studies Program 17

PROFESSOR DAVID MERSKY OF During her college summers, Ashley the JS major. Last year, under Professor BRANDEIS HORNSTEIN PROGRAM participated in Lishma, a text study program Alvin Rosenfeld’s direction, she wrote an Career Night Speaker sponsored by the University of Judaism, and English honors thesis, which passed with served as the Lewis Summer Intern for the distinction, on the fate of women prisoners “Throughout the years, I’ve noticed that Jewish Federation of Chicago. Her honors in Nazi concentration camps and the effect some of the most enthusiastic, well-prepared, include membership in Phi Beta Kappa, of the Holocaust on mother-daughter young Jewish communal professionals, have Theta Alpha relationships. She served as Professor come from Indiana University.” Kappa RS Rosenfeld’s undergraduate assistant for his Amy Wagner, Recruitment Coordinator and Honor Society, courses on “Literature of the Holocaust” FEREP Scholarship Director and Phi Eta and “American Jewish Writers”. She has United Jewish Communities Sigma Honor received a number of scholarships and On November 12, 2002, Professor David Society. prizes, including the Fort Wayne Jewish Mersky, of the Brandeis Hornstein Graduate The $500 Federation Scholarship, the College of Arts Program in Jewish Communal Service, was Piser Prize is and Sciences’ Palmer-Brandon Award, the IU the keynote speaker at the annual JS Career awarded Faculty Scholarship, the Lilly E. Fosbrink Night. A career fair with national annually to an Award, and the Courson-Greeves Essay representatives from the United Jewish outstanding Competition Prize. Communities, the Jewish Education Service graduating JS Ashley Plotnick The annual Bern Essay Competition, in of North America, national Hillel, Jewish B.A. or area certificate student who is its thirteenth year, was established to honor Community Centers of America, Hebrew planning further graduate work in JS and a the memory of Henry A. Bern, professor career in the field. Through the Piser Prize emeritus in the School of Education at IU, and other initiatives, the JSP hopes to loyal supporter of the JSP, and a long-time Joe Bercovici demonstrate to our graduating seniors the Bloomington resident. The Bern prize of high value we place on their continued $250 aims to stimulate undergraduate education and careers in JS. The late excellence in writing and research in JS. Leonore and Louis Piser, of South Bend, An expression of Monique Stolnitz and made the award possible. the late Professor George Stolnitz’s strong commitment to the advancement of NAOMI SHULMAN AWARDED education in Yiddish language and culture, STOLNITZ PRIZE AND BERN the $500 Stolnitz Prize is awarded annually Professor David Mersky at JS Career Night ESSAY PRIZE to a student who shows the greatest promise Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Naomi Shulman, a May 2003 graduate, in the study of Yiddish language or and the Jewish Theological Seminary, now pursuing a doctorate at the University literature, and/or the history in which followed Professor Mersky’s presentation. of California at Berkeley in comparative Yiddish culture took root and flourished. The event was co-sponsored by the Helene G. Simon Hillel Foundation Gesherim Program. JSP FUNDS STUDENTS AT The IU JSP is one of the foremost CONFERENCES undergraduate educators of Jewish For the eleventh year, the JSP subsidized communal service professionals. Mentoring conference attendance for students. Six students for careers related to JS is a high undergraduate students—Jennifer Bell, priority of the JSP. To support our students, Marisa Geer, Jennifer Gubitz, Michael the JSP also sends a weekly e-mail newsletter Kushnick, Debra Powers, Miriam Pullman, and maintains a resource center with and two graduate students— Adam Rovner information about JS graduate programs, and Jeremy Shere—received funding to the rabbinate and cantorate, scholarships, attend JS conferences. During the 2003- internships, and careers. (Left to right) Mildred Bern, Naomi Shulman, and 2004 year, JS students will be eligible to Monique Stolnitz apply for subsidies to support attendance at A SHLEY P LOTNICK AWARDED conferences related academically or P ISER P RIZE literature with a focus on Holocaust professionally to JS. Outstanding JS Graduate literature, was awarded the 2003 George Ashley Plotnick, who graduated in May and Monique Stolnitz Yiddish Prize. She 2003 with majors in JS and Religious also was named the winner of the 2003 Studies (RS) and a JS Hebrew minor, was Henry A. Bern Memorial Essay Competition awarded the 2003 Leonore and Louis Piser for her essay, “Maternity in Distress: The Prize in JS. During the spring semester of Impact of the Holocaust on the Mother- 2002, Ashley served as an intern at the Daughter Relationship.” Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Born and educated in Berlin, Naomi Pennsylvania. She returned there this fall as graduated with double majors in English a rabbinical student. and JS remaining an extra year to complete 18 Indiana University

hearing from students who show clear GRADUATE STUDY promise of dedicating themselves seriously ALUMNI NEWS V ILNIUS U NIVERSITY S TUDENT to Yiddish studies. To be eligible for the We are proud of our graduates, so many AWARDED F IRST Y IDDISH fellowship, students must be accepted into of whom now hold important staff positions S TUDIES F ELLOWSHIP an IU graduate program in any of the at major educational and communal following departments: Comparative Jolanta Mickute, a Department of History organizations throughout the country. Literature, Germanic Studies, or History. doctoral student who will study with Rabbi Debra Reed Blank (1977) was For more information, contact the JSP, e-mail Professors Jeffrey Veidlinger and Dov-Ber named the Rabbi Philip R. Alstat Assistant [email protected] or go to our website at: Kerler, is the first recipient of the Cohn- Professor of Liturgy at the Jewish (http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/fellowship.htm). Borns Yiddish Studies Graduate Fellowship Theological Seminary. Application deadline is January 15, 2004. in JS. She Cantor Janet Roth Krupnick (1981) is a completed the cantor at a synagogue in Summit, NJ. F RIENDS OF THE B ORNS JSP B.A. in English Audrey Krakovitz Sistare (1986) is the G RADUATE F ELLOWSHIP with distinction administrator of the Chapel Hill Kehillah, a at the University Application deadline: Thursday, Reconstructionist synagogue in North of Klaipeda in January 15, 2004 Carolina. Lithuania. As a The JSP invites applications for the 2004- Andy Czarlinsky Callam (1988) is camp graduate student 2005 Friends of the Borns Jewish Studies director for the Louisville JCC. Andy’s at Vilnius Program Graduate Fellowship. The daughter Emily Jo was born May 2001. University, she fellowship provides a stipend up to $17,000 Rabbi Bruce Elder (1989) is the rabbi of studied Yiddish and full fee remission and can be tied to a Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe, Illinois. Jolanta Mickute and Judaic multi-year package of support through Laurie Goldberg (1989) and Jamie Studies, principally with Professor Dovid fellowships and teaching assistantships. We Harris-Gershon (1998) were two IU JS Katz. She completed the Oxford University’s are interested in hearing from students who alumni in the class of ten graduates of the Graduate Diploma Program in JS in spring show clear promise of dedicating themselves Pardes Institute of JS Educators Program in of 2001 and the following June, earned an seriously to scholarship within one of the Jerusalem. We are especially grateful that M.A. in Philology from Vilnius University. core areas of JS. To be eligible for the Jamie, who was seriously injured in the July In August 2002, she completed the fellowship, students must be accepted into 2002 bombing at Hebrew University, has advanced-level intensive course in Yiddish at an IU graduate program in any of the recovered. Along with her husband David, the VYI’s summer program. We welcome following departments: Anthropology, she was able to complete her degree. Jolanta into our growing Yiddish Studies Comparative Literature, English, Germanic Shira Raviv Schwartz (1994) completed Program. The Yiddish Studies Fellowship is Studies, History, Linguistics, Near Eastern an M.A. at Loyola University and is a made possible by the generosity of Dr. Alice Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Hebrew and JS teacher at Bernard Zell Ginott Cohn and Theodore Cohn and Political Science, Religious Studies, or Slavic Anshe Emet Day School in Chicago. Sandra and Robert Borns. Languages and Literatures. A special feature Jen Zwilling (1994) recently completed a of this fellowship is a well developed one year fellowship with the Institute for 2004-2005 YIDDISH S TUDIES program of mentoring. For more Informal Education at Brandeis University. F ELLOWSHIP C OMPETITION information, contact the JSP. E-mail She is regional youth director for JCCs of A NNOUNCED [email protected] or go to our website at: Greater Boston. Deadline: Thursday, (http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/fellowship.htm). Paula Pepperstone (1995) graduated January 15, 2004 Application deadline is January 15, 2004. from Jewish Theological Seminary and is the cantor for Keneseth Israel Congregation in The JSP invites applications for the Cohn- Louisville, Kentucky. Borns Yiddish Studies Graduate Fellowship JS DOCTORAL M INORS Arielle Poster Bigham (1998) completed for the 2004-2005 year. The fellowship Michah Gottlieb is a visiting assistant an M.A. at Baltimore Hebrew University. provides a $15,000 stipend and full fee professor in philosophy at Brown University. Currently a rabbinical student at Hebrew remission and can be tied to a multi-year Jill Smith is an assistant professor of Union College she received the Grinspoon- package of support through fellowships and Germanic Studies at Union College. Kristia Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish teaching assistantships. We are interested in Kesler teaches philosophy at Franklin Education. College. Brad Finkel, (1998) Assistant Director of Angela White was the recipient of a Camp Chi, is the father of Blake Adam, Fulbright-Hays Training Grant for Doctoral born in October 2002. Dissertation Research in Poland. Adam Stefanie Kreitzman (1998) has served as Rovner received the Greenberg-Albee Program Director of Sinai Temple in Los Dissertation Research Fellowship. Angeles and has recently moved to New York City. Borns Jewish Studies Program 19

Shana Canter Levin (1998) is Director of JSP AND A LUMNI S HARE J OB Children, Youth, & Camping at the O PPORTUNITIES VIA E-MAIL Columbus JCC. Seven years ago, as an extension of our Andrea Fram Plotkin (1998) is part of career resource center, the JSP established an the inaugural class of UJA-Federation of e-mail job network for JSP alumni. The New York’s 16-month Muehlstein Institute network enables our alumni to share for Jewish Professional Leadership. information about job openings. Gary Shyken (1998) is studying at Throughout the year, e-mail notes about Machon Shlomo yeshiva in Israel. employment opportunities related to JS are Brett Pelchovitz Stern (1998), the youth sent to alumni, and alumni, in turn, share program director at Isaac Mayer Wise such news with the JSP via e-mail. Temple, is the proud parent of Shoshana, If you are a JSP alumnus/alumna and born January 31, 2003, in Cincinnati. Robin St. Cyr (2000) is pursuing a would like to be on this e-mail job list, Simon Braune (1999) completed his master’s degree in the Brandeis Hornstein please e-mail [email protected]. If you M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Program in Jewish Communal Service. have been on the list but have recently Cultures at the University of Chicago. Jessica Auerbach (2001) graduated from changed your e-mail address, please send Amanda Borschel Dan, (1999) a writer the Brandeis Hornstein Program and is a your new e-mail address to for The Jerusalem Post, was married to campaign associate with the Jewish [email protected]. Barak Dan on April 25, 2003, in the Federation of Greater Washington. Jerusalem Forest. They live in Jerusalem. Emily Lipp (2001) is a legislative C OMMUNITY O UTREACH Ilene Scholnick (1999) is the Women’s assistant for Senator Evan Bayh. Jerome Copulsky spoke about Judaism to Department Associate at The Associated: Laurie Matzkin (2001) is a first year the Interart/Graphic Impressions greeting Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. rabbinical student at the University of card company in Bloomington. Adam Tennen (1999) completed an Judaism. Dov-Ber Kerler presented “Yiddish MSW and MA from the Drachler Program Rachel Schwartz (2001) teaches at the Today,” an illustrated talk and discussion of in Jewish Leadership and the School of American Hebrew Academy. contemporary trends in Yiddish language, Social Work at the University of Michigan. Jami Trockman (2001) is pursuing an culture, and literature to the Beit Midrash at He is a campaign associate with the Jewish MBA in non-profit management and an Congregation Beth Shalom in Bloomington, Community Federation of Cleveland. He M.A. in Jewish Communal Studies at the in October 2002, and spoke about“Yiddish married Sarah Bresnick on May 25, 2003. University of Judaism. Language and Culture in Israel,” to the Adee Weismark (1999) completed his Shira Behar (2002) is working for the Purdue University Yiddish Culture Club, service in the Israeli army in summer 2002 Weitzman Institute in New York City. West Lafayette in March 2003. and is studying at the Pardes Institute of JS Robert Cating (2002) began graduate Matthias Lehmann presented talks at Educators Program in Jerusalem. studies in Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the Hillel and Congregation Beth Shalom in Caryl Berman (2000) married IU University of Wisconsin Madison this fall. Bloomington, the Jewish Federation of Fort graduate Steve Auslander in August 2002. Jonathan Lipnick (2002) is pursuing an Wayne, and taught a class on modern Jewish Caryl is on Senator Richard Lugar’s M.A. in Religious Studies at Hebrew history for IU’s Mini University. Washington staff. University. Carolyn Lipson-Walker served as a judge Julia Dosik (2000) teaches first grade at Amanda Meyer (2002) is the NFTY for the National Jewish Book Award in a Temple Israel’s Hollywood Day School in Regional Director for the Chicago area and new category—anthologies and collections. Los Angeles while continuing her acting northern regions. Michael Morgan gave talks at career. Sara Newmark (2002) is a campaign congregations in Brookline, Massachusetts Jonah Geffen (2000) is a law student at associate for the Women’s Division at the and Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was on the faculty Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of for the UAHC Kallah for Adult Jewish Lindsay Glazer (2000) graduated from Metropolitan Chicago. Growth at Franklin Pierce College in New Tulane Law School. Jeff Shyken (2002) is youth activities Hampshire. Wendy Gossman Margolin, (2000) a director for Beth El Synagogue in Omaha. Alvin Rosenfeld (with Albert Wertheim) reporter for the Jewish United Fund News in Emily Sonenshine (2002) is an assistant presented a post-performance discussion at Chicago, is the mother of Rachel Esther, teacher at the Day Academy, a Jewish day Indianapolis’ Phoenix Theatre after the born in spring 2003. school in Atlanta, and is pursuing a teaching Rachael Petru (2000) is the Senior certificate at Mercer University. Development Associate for Hadassah’s The JSP takes pride in the achievements Western Area Development Center. of its alumni and is always pleased to hear Shauna Replane (2000) completed an of their personal and professional M.A. in Jewish education at Baltimore accomplishments. Please send your news Hebrew University and will be married to and current mailing and e-mail address to Michael Leavey in October 2003. [email protected]. 20 Indiana University performance of Jeffrey Sweet’s play “The Action Against Sol Schumann,” in August C OURSE O FFERINGS 2002. He taught a 4-part course, “What’s on Fall 2002–Fall 2003 Jewish Minds?” at Congregation Beth The curriculum of the JSP is both broad and deep and annually lists almost 50 courses Shalom. with enrollments of more than 1,700 students. Courses included the following: Dina Spechler (with Martin Spechler) presented a Middle East Update at IU’s Mini ANTHROPOLOGY University. Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible— Introduction to Jewish History: From the Steven Weitzman moderated a discussion Harvey Goldberg Crusades to the Present—Lehmann with Michael Thomas, a member of the Ethnic and Religious Identities in Israel— Jews and Cosmopolitanism in Modern Bloomington Muslim community, after a Harvey Goldberg European Intellectual History—Shore showing of the documentary “Promises” at Life Cycle Celebrations in Judaism— Jews in Muslim Lands—Lehmann the IU Hillel. JS student Josh Hamerman’s Harvey Goldberg The Jews of Spain: Sephardic History and article describing this program hosted by Israeli Society—Harvey Goldberg Culture—Lehmann IU’s Hillel and Muslim Student Union Jewish Women: Anthropological Modern Jewish History—Lehmann Perspectives—Bahloul appeared in Ha’aretz. INTENSIVE FRESHMAN SEMINAR Memory and Culture—Bahloul Popular Representations of the Migrations and Diasporas—Bahloul S UMMER I NTENSIVE Holocaust—Schilb H EBREW C OURSE Modern Jewish Society and Culture— Bahloul JEWISH STUDIES During the second summer session (June 20- COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Advanced Hebrew I and II—S. Katz, Sela August 15, 2003), Ronnie Be’eri, JSP’s Genesis and Myth—Marks Biblical Hebrew I and II—Choo, gifted, full-time modern Hebrew instructor, Who Wrote the Bible?—Marks Muehlberger offered an intensive course in elementary Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew COLLINS LIVING-LEARNING CENTER modern Hebrew for both undergraduate and Literature—S. Katz Tough Jews and Rhetorical Identity— graduate students. The highly accelerated Elementary Modern Hebrew I and II— Moscowitz eight-week modern Hebrew course which Be’eri, Staff COMPARATIVE LITERATURE combined ulpan with standard language Individual Readings in Hebrew—S. Katz Interwar Central Europe: Cultural instruction techniques, covered a full year of Intermediate Modern Hebrew I and II— Florescence and Apocalyptic Vision— elementary modern Hebrew in a single Be’eri, Staff Volková summer term. Recent Hebrew Literature in English— During the fall and spring semesters, ENGLISH S. Katz Ronnie Be’eri teaches elementary and American Jewish Writers—Rosenfeld PHILOSOPHY intermediate Hebrew to the growing number Blacks and Jews in the National Emmanuel Levinas: Ethics as First of IU students studying modern Hebrew. In Imagination—Yow Philosophy—Morgan the fall of 2003, 250 students were enrolled Literature of the Holocaust—Rosenfeld Modern Jewish Philosophy—Morgan in modern Hebrew language courses. FINE ARTS Ronnie came to IU from MILAH: The POLITICAL SCIENCE Introduction to Jewish Art—El-Hanany Jerusalem Institute for Education and the The Holocaust, Genocide, and Political Rothberg School of Hebrew University, GERMANIC STUDIES Responsibility—Bielasiak Aspects of Modern Yiddish Culture: where she taught Hebrew ulpan courses. RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1880s-1980—Kerler Introduction to Hebrew Bible—Weitzman Beginning Yiddish I and II—Kerler HEBREW LANGUAGE IN SUMMER Introduction to Judaism—Copulsky Fantasy, Realism, and Fiction: The First UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM Judaism in the Making—Weitzman Century of Modern Yiddish Literature Sixty high school students learned modern King David in Myth and History— (1810-1913)—Kerler Hebrew for 5 weeks this summer during the Weitzman Ghetto, Shtetl, and Beyond: 800 Years of IU Upward Bound Project, a college The Problem of Evil in Jewish Thought— the History and Sociology of Yiddish— preparation program for low income, first Copulsky Kerler generation college applicants from 5 Indiana Toward a Jewish State: Religion and Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: cities. Liora Sarfati was the instructor. Politics in Modern Jewish Thought— Language, Literature, Culture—Kerler Copulsky HISTORY WEST EUROPEAN STUDIES European Intellectuals and Marxism— Anne Frank: Her Diary in Perspective— Shore Ham Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to the Crusades—Veidlinger and Lehmann Borns Jewish Studies Program 21

A leader in promoting racial diversity on April 2002, he presented “Exploring the FACULTY NEWS campus and in planning new directions in Postcommunist Party Paradox: Party System M ARKS R ECEIVED P RESIDENT’ S undergraduate curricula, he was a member Development in New Democracies” at the AWARD of the University Graduate School’s Midwest Political Science Association committee on Ph.D. requirements, the conference. At the 2003 Midwest Political In spring 2003, Professor Herbert J. Marks, Racial Incidents Team, the Jerusalem Science Association convention he chaired associate professor of Comparative Overseas Study Committee, the Honors and served as a discussant on a panel, Literature and JS, received the IU President’s College faculty, the Dean of Faculties’ “Elections and Party Systems in Award, which recognizes outstanding committee on instructional development Postcommunist States.” “Past and Present in teaching, research, or service. In his 18 years fellowships, and the Trustees’ Committee on Transitional Voting: Electoral Choices in at IU, he has created more than two dozen Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship. He Postcommunist Poland,” appeared in Party new courses, including 5 courses on biblical served as IU’s Grand Marshal. Politics (September 2002) and studies. He is working on a new edition of In 2001, Professor Eisenberg was elected “Determinants of Public Opinion Differences the Hebrew Bible in English (to be published to the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in on EU Accession in Poland,” was published by W.W. Norton in 2004). Teaching and received the Trustees Teaching in Europe-Asia Studies, (December 2002). I N M EMORIAM Award. In 2002, he received the President’s He has chaired the Vucinich Prize Committee Albert Wertheim Award for distinguished teaching. Glenn for Best Book in Slavic Studies for the Gass, one of the most popular professors on American Association for the Advancement The JSP mourns the passing of a dear campus and a former student of Professor of Slavic Studies (2001-2003). friend and devoted colleague, Albert Eisenberg, calls him, “the best teacher I had Jerome Copulsky was awarded a Wertheim, on April 16, 2003. Professor while I was a student at IU. I have never fellowship by the Martin Marty Center at the Wertheim’s distinguished career as an been required to think quite so much or so Divinity School of the University of Chicago award-winning teacher, scholar, associate happily in a classroom.” to participate in a research project entitled dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, “Religion and the Democratic Prospect” and associate dean for Research and Graduate OUR FACULTY write a paper on democracy and the problem Studies, and Professor of English, Theater, Joëlle Bahloul returned from a sabbatical of political religion. He presented a talk for and Comparative Literature, included leave in France in fall 2002, where she the Department of RS entitled “Subjects of teaching a popular course on American witnessed the most troubled period in French Torah or Citizens of the State?” and Jewish theater. May his memory be a Jewish history since WWII. She presented her presented the JSSA film night. He taught a blessing. research on this subject in a JSP colloquium new course “The Problem of Evil in Jewish in October on “The Rocky Road to the Thought” in spring 2003. Paul Eisenberg was interim chair of the P ROFESSOR PAUL E ISENBERG Republic: French Jews 2002.” At the Department of Philosophy for the fall 2002 R ETIRES American Anthropological Association conference, she participated in a panel semester. He retired at the end of this The retirement in May 2003, of Professor discussion on David Kertzer’s book The academic year, after 37 years on the IUB Paul Eisenberg after 37 years on the IU Popes Against the Jews. In February, she faculty (see article on this page). He plans to faculty leaves a delivered the third Yedida Kalfon Stillman notable void in Memorial Lecture at the University of the JSP. He Oklahoma on “Sephardic Women in France: offered judicious Gender Emancipation and the Republic,” guidance and and in May, she presented “The Meaning of outstanding the Old Jewish Quarter: Paris and Rome at service to the the End of the Twentieth Century” at a numerous JSP conference at Stanford University. She committees he published an ethnographic study of a Jewish served on during pilgrimage in Eastern Algeria in a volume his many years dedicated to the work of Lucette Valensi as a member of (Paris, fall 2002). She also wrote the entry on the JSP faculty. Paul Eisenberg “Judaism” for the Encyclopedia of Food and A list of Professor Eisenberg’s service Culture, published in Scribner Library of activities in JS and at IU fills several pages. Daily Life. She is completing a piece on He served as president of the Bloomington “Jews in France,” to be published in the Faculty Council and as co-secretary of the Human Relations Area Files Encyclopedia of University Faculty Council. Three times, he Diasporas next year. was chair of the Department of Philosophy. Jack Bielasiak, who joined the JSP faculty Professor Eisenberg’s commitment to service as an associate member, regularly teaches a was recognized by the university with the course on the “Holocaust and Politics.” In 1998 George W. Pinnell Award. 22 Indiana University continue with his research, service, and part- undergraduate advisor for the Near Eastern encyclopedia Religion in Geschichte und time teaching in the years to come. Languages and Cultures department. Gegenwart (Religion in Past and Present) Harvey Goldberg, a visiting professor Dov-Ber Kerler delivered the keynote published in German and soon to be during the 2002-2003 year, presented a lecture at the 60th anniversary assembly available in an English translation. During paper on teenage educational travel to Israel organized by the Congress for Jewish Culture the summer, Matthias Lehmann worked on at the American Anthropological Association in New York to commemorate the Soviet his book, Vernacular Rabbis: Ladino conference. He completed work on his book Jewish Passages: Cycles of Jewish Life, which is to be published by the University of California Press in October 2003. Jeffrey Isaac’s new book, The Poverty of Progressivism: The Future of American Democracy at a Time of Liberal Decline, was published JSP faculty members (back row—left to right) Mark Roseman, Michael Morgan, Harvey Goldberg, Jerome Copulsky, Alvin Rosenfeld, Matthias Lehmann; (front row—left to right) Joëlle Bahloul, Dina Spechler, Stephen Katz, Ronnie Be’eri, and Dov-Ber Kerler. by Rowman and Littlefield. He published numerous articles, Yiddish Writers executed on August 12, Religious Literature and Ottoman Jewish including “Hannah Arendt on Human 1952. His article,“The Soviet Yiddish Press: Culture in the Nineteenth Century. Rights and the Limits of Exposure, or Why Eynikayt During The War, 1942-1945,” Herbert Marks received the President’s Noam Chomsky is Wrong About Kosovo,” appeared in Why Didn’t the Press Shout? Award for distinguished teaching (see article Social Research (2002); “The Limits of American and International Journalism on page 21). He continued work on a two Debunking,” Polity (2002); “Right-Wing During the Holocaust, edited by Robert M. volume critical edition of The English Bible Patriotism: What William Bennett Doesn’t Shapiro (Yeshiva University Press in to be published by W.W. Norton. During the Understand,” Dissent (Spring 2003); association with Ktav Publishing House, Inc.) coming year, he will assume a visiting “Thinking About Human Rights He presented “Fresh from the Field: Report position as the Martin-Buber Stiftung Interventionism,” Dissent (Winter 2002); on the First IU Yiddish Ethnographic Professor in Frankfurt. “Ends, Means, and Politics,” Dissent (Spring Expedition to Ukraine,” at the Kiev Institute Michael Morgan’s book Beyond 2002); “Rethinking the Cultural Cold War,” of JS, in July 2002. In Spring 2003, prior to Auschwitz: Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought Dissent (Summer 2002); and “Civilian his second expedition to the Ukraine, he gave in America was a finalist in the category of Casualties in Afghanistan: The Limits of a paper, “The Last Yiddish Speakers in Philosophy/Thought for the 2002 Koret Marc Herold’s Comprehensive Accounting,” Contemporary Ukraine: Language, Culture, Foundation Book Awards. He edited OpenDemocracy (March 2002). He was Memory,” at a conference at Northwestern Spinoza. Complete Works, published by named to the editorial board of Dissent University. He lectured on “From Cervantes’s Hackett Publishing (2002) and is the co- magazine. In Summer 2003, he began as ‘Don Quixot’e to Kafka’s ‘Trial’—World- editor of Philosopher as Witness: chair of the Department of Political Science. Literature in Yiddish” at the Jost G. Blum Fackenheim and Responses to the Holocaust, Stephen Katz continued to teach Memorial Conference; and “Jiddisch und to be published by SUNY Press. He is editing advanced Hebrew language and literature seine Übersetzungen” at the Ludwig- the Cambridge Companion to Modern courses and directed the modern Hebrew Maximilians-Universität in Munich, in April Jewish Philosophy. Professor Morgan language program. His paper, “To Be as 2003. He served as an expert assessor of published several essays and reviews and Others: E.E. Lisitzky’s Representation of applications for Ph.D. grants and research presented papers at two conferences. He is Native Americans” will appear in the and cultural and artistic project awards in the currently working on a book on Emmanuel Hebrew Union College Annual. This paper field of Yiddish for the Memorial Foundation Levinas and is planning, together with Paul forms one of the central chapters in his study for Jewish Culture. His Yiddish poetry, under Franks of the University of Notre Dame, an of the representation of America’s minorities the pen-name ‘Boris Karloff’, appears October conference on Levinas and Ludwig in Hebrew literature in the U.S. During the regularly in the Yiddish weekly Forverts. Wittgenstein (see page 7). coming year, he will serve as the Matthias B. Lehmann completed his first Alvin Rosenfeld, outgoing Director of the year at IU, teaching courses on Jewish Borns JSP, published a number of articles and history, the Jews of Islam, and Ottoman essays on Holocaust literature and history. He published articles on Ladino contemporary affairs, including two in the religious literature in Jewish History and in a American Jewish Committee’s International festschrift in honor of his dissertation Perspectives Series: “Facing Jedwabne” and advisor, Peter Schäfer. He contributed an “‘Feeling Alone, Again,’: The Growing article on Sephardic Jewry for the Unease of Germany’s Jews” (the latter has Borns Jewish Studies Program 23 also appeared in German and Polish and Guilt Revisited.” Her interview with On July 1, he assumed his role as the translations). “Who Killed the Jews? Heda Margolius-Kovaly appeared in Czech Associate Director of the JSP. Reflections on a Riddle” appeared in Lessons and English translation in Jedním Dror Wahrman joined the JSP this year as and Legacies: The Holocaust and Justice Okem/One Eye Open (summer 2002); and an adjunct faculty member. In winter 2003 (Northwestern University Press); “Das her article “Czysto Babski: A Women’s he gave a series of public lectures in Deutschland von heute und die Friendship in a Man’s Revolution,” was Jerusalem, at the Van Leer Institute, on his amerikanischen Juden: Notwendigkeit und published in East European Politics and forthcoming book The Making of the Unmöglichkeit einer Normalisierung” in Die Societies this winter. She also completed a Modern Self (Yale University Press, 2004). deutsch-jüdische Erfahrung. Beiträge zum translation of a Polish Holocaust memoir, Steven Weitzman begins this year as kulturellen Dialog; and “The Jewish Writer which will appear in English as The Black director of the JSP, a challenge he finds both at the End of Time,” in Allgemeine Seasons (Northwestern University Press). exhilarating and daunting. He has also Literaturwissenschaft, Band 5: Identität und Dina Spechler completed an article recently become an associate editor of Gedächtnis in der jüdischen Literatur nach entitled “Russian Foreign Policy After Prooftexts, a journal of Jewish literary 1945. He spoke on “The Centrality of the September 11: Understanding and Assessing history. A recently completed book, Holocaust” at the Lessons and Legacies the Change,” which she presented to the Surviving Sacrilege: Ancient Judaism and the Conference at the University of Minnesota in Special Convention of the Centro per Arts of Ritual Persistence, is currently under November and on “Models of Excellence in L’Europa Oriental e Balcanica in Forli, Italy. review for publication. In the interim, JS in 21st Century Higher Education” at the She organized and participated in a panel on Weitzman has completed several essays: Association of JS Conference in Los Angeles “The Impact of the War on Terrorism on the “Myth, History and Mystery in the Copper in December; he also chaired a panel, “In the Former Soviet Sphere” at a meeting of the Scroll,” to appear in a festschrift for his Wake of the Holocaust,” at this same American Association for the Advancement dissertation advisor James Kugel; “King conference. He was a consultant to the Dean of Slavic Studies. Her paper entitled David’s Spin Doctors” forthcoming in of the College at the University of Minnesota “Strategic Realignment or Tactical Prooftexts; and “Josephus on How to for the further development of that Readjustment? Russia and the West Since Survive Martyrdom,” which will appear in university’s JSP; was a member of the September 11” will be presented at the the Journal of JS. Together with his colleague external review committee for the Frankel International Studies Association. She David Brakke and former colleague Michael Center for Judaic Studies at the University of collaborated with Martin Spechler on a Satlow, he will be hosting a conference Michigan; and was appointed to the paper, “The False Promise of U.S. Influence September 7-9, 2004 entitled “The Religious Academic Council of the David S. Wyman in Central Asia,” for a conference on Self in Antiquity” featuring papers that will Institute for Holocaust Studies. In addition Caspian Sea security. explore self-formation and the interior to serving as a member of the Academic Jeffrey Veidlinger received tenure and was spiritual life of ancient Jews, Christians, and Committee of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial promoted to associate professor. He was on Pagans (see page 7). Museum, in Washington, D.C., he is in the leave for the 2002-2003 academic year, second year of a 5-year term as a member of working on a new book, tentatively entitled Cover artwork from MS Kaufmann A77 appears by permission of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. the museum’s governing Council. For the Collecting Jewish Culture: Jewish Cultural fifth year in a row, he chaired the committee Association in Russia, 1905-1921. The book Artwork on page 4 from Esther Scroll, Italy, 18th century, S37. Courtesy of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. that selects the best work of Jewish fiction will look at the proliferation of Jewish for the Koret Foundation Jewish Book cultural groups (theater troupes, literary Artwork on page 11 from Rothschild Mahzor (Florence, Italy, 1492), MS 8892, folio 227r. Courtesy of the Library of the Jewish Theological Award and also continued as a member of circles, music bands, and academic Seminary. the Academic Council of the Center for associations) that flourished in the Russian Artwork on page 14 from The North French Hebrew Miscellany, Add Jewish History, in New York City. He also Empire during the Revolutionary Era. He MS 11638 appears courtesy of The British Library. continues his long-term service at the IU received an ACES/SSRC/NEH International Artwork on page 19 from The New Work of Our Hands by Mae Press as editor of the IU Press Series on and Area Studies Fellowship and an IU Arts Rockland Tupa (Chilton Book Company, 1994), p. 8. Jewish Literature and Culture. and Humanities Institute Fellowship toward Artwork on page 21 from Ketubbah (Marriage Contract), Marci Shore spent the summer of 2002 research for the new book. Professor Herat, Afghanistan, 1867, Ket 270. Courtesy of the Library doing research in Moscow and Kiev for her Veidlinger is also continuing his cooperation of the Jewish Theological Seminary. book-in-progress. During the 2002-2003 with Professor Dov-Ber Kerler on the IU Back cover from The Ashkenazi Haggadah: A Hebrew Manuscript academic year, her first year at IU, she taught Yiddish Language and Culture Project, in of the Mid-15th Century, ADD 14762 f11b appears by permission of The British Library. two JS undergraduate seminars: “The which capacity he is traveling to the former Anguishes of Neighbors: Polish-Jewish shtetls of Ukraine to collect videotaped Photography—Jane Reeves Relations in the 20th Century” and “Jews interviews with the last native Yiddish Design—IU Office of Publications and Cosmopolitanism in Modern European speakers of the region. Professor Veidlinger Intellectual History”. She presented a paper also wrote several articles on Yiddish theater at the American Association for the in Russia and Poland, and presented papers Advancement of Slavic Studies Congress in at the Association for JS convention and at Pittsburgh titled “Café Ziemianska’s Poets: the “Yiddish: Yesterday, Today and Aleksander Wat’s Generation of Narcissism Tomorrow” conference in Evanston, Illinois. 24

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