51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE December 15–17, 2019 SAN DIEGO 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011-6301 Phone: (917) 606-8249 Fax: (917) 606-8222 [email protected] www.associationforjewishstudies.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STAFF President Warren Hoffman Christine Hayes Executive Director Yale University Michelle Katz Vice President/Membership Director of Membership and and Outreach Conference Content Jeffrey Veidlinger Karin Kugel University of Michigan Program Book Designer, Vice President/Program Website Manager, Noam Pianko AJS Perspectives Managing Editor University of Washington Amy Ronek Vice President/Publications Marketing, Communications, Robin Judd and Public Engagement Manager The Ohio State University Heather Turk Secretary/Treasurer Director of Events and Operations Kenneth Koltun-Fromm Amy Weiss Haverford College Grants and Professional Development Past President Manager Pamela S. 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Contents About the Association for Jewish Studies . 4 Thank You to Our Donors . 6 Institutional Members . 8 Message from the President. .10 Message from the Executive Director. .11 Message from the Vice President for Program . .12 Logistics ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������14 Conference Information . .16 Program Committee and Division Chairs �������������������������������������17 AJS Awards . .19 Sponsors . .21 AJS Distinguished Lectureship Program . .23 AJS Podcast: Adventures in Jewish Studies. .24 Floor Plans. .25 Exhibitors. .26 Sessions at a Glance . .32 Conference Program . .54 Film Festival Schedule �������������������������������������������������������������������186 Index of Advertisers. .188 Index of Participants. .190 Index to Sessions by Subject . .199 About the AJS THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH professionals who represent the STUDIES (AJS) was founded in breadth of Jewish Studies scholarship. 1969 by a small group of scholars The organization’s institutional seeking a forum for exploring members represent leading North methodological and pedagogical American programs and departments issues in the new field of Jewish in the field. Studies. Since its founding, the AJS has grown into the largest The AJS’s major programs and learned society and professional projects include an annual scholarly organization representing Jewish conference, featuring more than 190 Studies scholars worldwide. As sessions; publications; professional a constituent organization of the development opportunities; job, American Council of Learned fellowship, and grant opportunities; Societies, the Association for Jewish and public programs. The AJS Studies represents the field in publishes three primary publications: the larger arena of the academic a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, study of the humanities and social AJS Review, published by Cambridge sciences in North America. The University Press; a biannual magazine, AJS’s mission is to advance research AJS Perspectives, that explores and teaching in Jewish Studies at methodological and pedagogical colleges, universities, and other issues; and AJS News, the AJS’s institutions of higher learning, and digital newsletter. The AJS also to foster greater understanding of operates the AJS Career Center, Jewish Studies scholarship among the most comprehensive listing of the wider public. Its close to 2,000 Jewish Studies job opportunities. members are university faculty, The AJS administers the annual graduate students, independent Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards, which scholars, and museum and related recognize outstanding research 4 in the field of Jewish Studies, In order to maintain a professional as well as the AJS Dissertation and comfortable environment for its Completion Fellowships, generously members, conference registrants, supported by a grant from the and staff, the association requires Legacy Heritage Fund. The AJS certain standards of behavior. These engages the public through its standards include, without limitation, Distinguished Lectureship Program, courtesy of discourse, respect for which brings leading AJS scholars the diversity of AJS members and to audiences across North America; conference attendees, and the a new podcast series, Adventures in ability to conduct AJS business and Jewish Studies; and its Community participate in the AJS conference Arts and Culture Grants Program. in a nonthreatening, collegial atmosphere. AJS members and Membership in the association is conference participants who do open to individuals whose full-time not uphold these standards may vocation is teaching, research, or jeopardize their membership or related endeavors in academic conference participation. If you have Jewish Studies; to other individuals any questions, please speak with an whose intellectual concerns are AJS staff person at the conference related to the purposes of the registration desk; AJS Executive association; and to graduate Director, Warren Hoffman; the Vice students concentrating in an area President for Program, Noam Pianko; of Jewish Studies. Institutional or the President of the Association membership is open to Jewish for Jewish Studies, Christine Hayes. Studies programs and departments, foundations, and other institutions whose work supports the mission of the AJS. 5 The AJS is grateful to the following Thank You to supporters who contributed to the AJS Annual Fund since October 2018.* Donors to the Our Donors fund are updated monthly at associationforjewishstudies.org. Eliyana R. Adler Marsha Dubrow Ellen Hertzmark Robert Alter Lester Samuel Eckman Carolyn Starman Hessel Jessica Andruss John Efron Martha Himmelfarb Howard Apothaker Jodi Eichler-Levine Anne Golomb Hoffman Alan Appelbaum David Ellenson Sara Horowitz Kimberly Arkin David Engel Sarah Imhoff Zachary Baker Harriet Feinberg George Jochnowitz Carol Bakhos Sara Feldman Alexander Joskowicz David Barish Seymour N. Feldman Robin Judd Lawrence Baron Steven Feldman David Zvi Kalman Mara Benjamin Robert Fierstien Jason Kalman Sarah Bunin Benor Emily Filler Marion Kaplan Michael Berkowitz Gabriel Natan Finder Martin Kavka Lila Corwin Berman Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Lynn and Alexander Kaye David Biale Talya Fishman Ari Kelman René Bloch Charlotte Fonrobert Eitan Kensky Judit Bokser Liwerant Dory Fox Hillel Kieval Matthew Boxer Henry Fox Jessica Kirzane Jonathan Boyarin Sandra Fox Martin Klein Rachel Brenner David Fraser Deeana Copeland Klepper Marla Brettschneider Stephen Garfinkel Kenneth Koltun-Fromm Adriana Brodsky Jane Gerber Hannah Kosstrin Samuel Brody Rosane and David Jacob Labendz Eli Bromberg Gertner Josh Lambert Bernadette Brooten Shai Ginsburg Lori Hope Lefkovitz Debra Caplan Abigail Glogower Jon Levisohn Michael Carasik Dara Goldman Laura Levitt Jessica Carr Karla Goldman Lital Levy Davida Charney Allyson Gonzalez Andrea Lieber Richard Claman Cheryl Greenberg Laura Lieber Aryeh Cohen David Greenstein Julia Lieberman Julia Cohen Sarit and Jonathan Deborah Lipstadt Beth Cohen Gribetz James Loeffler Martin D. Cohn Jeffrey Grossman Steven Lowenstein Alanna Cooper Atina Grossmann Benita Lubic Andrea Cooper Aaron Hahn Tapper Timothy Lutz Julie E. Cooper Sara Halpern Maud Mandel Elliot Cosgrove Lori Harrison-Kahan Vivian Mann Rebecca Davis Christine Hayes Jessica Marglin Rachel Deblinger Joel Hecker Susan Marks Erez DeGolan Bernice Heilbrunn Jonathan Meyer Hasia Diner Lynne E. Heller Michael Meyer Marc Dollinger Yaakov Herskovitz Deborah Dash Moore 6 Phillip Munoa Lawrence Schiffman Michael Taub Patricia Munro Allison Schottenstein Yaakov Taubes David Myers Benjamin Schreier Shelly Tenenbaum Pamela Nadell Dennis Schuman Magda Teter Heather Nathans Daniel Schwartz Barry Trachtenberg Anita Norich Naomi Seidman Norman Turkish Ruth Olmsted Robert Seltzer Nicholas Underwood Alexander Orbach Sasha Senderovich Jeffrey Veidlinger Noam Pianko Jeffrey Shandler Jenna Weissman Joselit Hannah Pollin-Galay Josh Shanes Beth S. Wenger Riv-Ellen Prell David Shneer Matthew Williams Ferenc Raj Jeffrey Shoulson Sebastian Wogenstein Nimrod Raphaeli Maeera Shreiber Saul Zaritt Larisa Reznik Anna Shternshis Sarah Zarrow Meri-Jane Rochelson Elizabeth Silver-Schack Yael Zerubavel Eric Roiter Nancy Sinkoff Gary Zola Sara Ronis Andrew Sloin Dan Rosenberg Daniel Soyer AJS Legacy Society Marsha L. Rozenblit Max Strassfeld Members Bruce Ruben Mira Sucharov Zachary Baker Elias Sacks Claire Sufrin Judith R. Baskin David N. Saperstein Eric J. Sundquist Michael Meyer Jonathan Sarna and Lance Sussman Magda Teter Michael Swartz Ruth Langer Jonathan Sarna and Cheryl Tallan Allison Schachter Ruth Langer Andrea Schatz Paola Tartakoff * As of September 16, 2019 JOIN THE AJS LEGACY SOCIETY The AJS is excited to announce the new AJS Legacy Society, a planned giving initiative, and we invite members and supporters to include a gift to the AJS in their estate plans. For more info on the society and how to join, please visit associationforjewishstudies.org/plannedgiving. Please support the AJS, your intellectual home. Your contributions sustain a rich array of AJS programs, resources, and publications and help keep membership dues and conference fees affordable. For