52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE December 13–17, 2020 2021 AJS Membership Renew Now associationforjewishstudies.org/membership SAVE THE DATES 53rd Annual Conference December 19-21, 2021 Chicago, IL 54th Annual Conference December 18-20, 2022 Boston, MA 55th Annual Conference December 17-19, 2023 San Francisco, CA @AssociationforJewishStudies http://bit.ly/ajs2020 #ajs20 @jewish_studies 52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE December 13–17, 2020 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 Noam Pianko Executive Director University of Washington Michelle Katz Vice President/Membership Director of Membership and and Outreach Conference Content Jeffrey Shoulson Karin Kugel University of Connecticut Program Book Designer, Vice President/Program Website Manager, Robin Judd AJS Perspectives Managing Editor The Ohio State University Amy Ronek Vice President/Publications Director of Marketing and Laura Leibman Communications Reed College Heather Turk Secretary/Treasurer Director of Events and Operations Kenneth Koltun-Fromm Amy Weiss Haverford College Grants and Professional Development Past President Manager Christine Hayes Yale University The Association for Jewish Studies is a Constituent Society of The American Council of Learned Societies Copyright © 2020 No portion of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the express written permission of the Association for Jewish Studies. 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Boston Public Library, Print Department, The Tichnor Brothers Collection, 06_10_022162 2 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 Online Conference Task Force . .10 Message from the Vice President for Program . .11 How to Attend the Online Conference. .12 Program Committee and Division Chairs �������������������������������������14 AJS Awards . .16 Sponsors . .18 Exhibitors. .22 Conference Program . .23 Index of Advertisers. .81 Index of Participants. .82 Index to Sessions by Subject . .91 Join the conference! http://bit.ly/ajs2020 Join the discussion! #ajs20 @AssociationforJewishStudies @jewish_studies 3 About the AJS THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH professionals who represent STUDIES (AJS) was founded in the breadth of Jewish Studies 1969 by a small group of scholars scholarship. The organization’s seeking a forum for exploring institutional members represent methodological and pedagogical leading programs and department issues in the new field of Jewish in the field and related organizations Studies. Since its founding, the promoting Jewish Studies AJS has grown into the largest scholarship. learned society and professional organization representing Jewish The AJS’s major programs and Studies scholars worldwide. As projects include an annual scholarly a constituent organization of the conference, featuring more American Council of Learned than 215 sessions; publications; Societies, the Association for Jewish professional development Studies represents the field in opportunities; job, fellowship, and the larger arena of the academic grant opportunities; and public study of the humanities and social programs. The AJS publishes three sciences in North America. The primary publications: a peer- AJS’s mission is to advance research reviewed scholarly journal, AJS and teaching in Jewish Studies at Review, published by Cambridge colleges, universities, and other University Press; a biannual institutions of higher learning, and magazine, AJS Perspectives, that to foster greater understanding of explores methodological and Jewish Studies scholarship among pedagogical issues; and a member- the wider public. Its nearly 2,000 focused online publication. The members are university faculty, AJS also operates the AJS Career graduate students, independent Center, the most comprehensive scholars, and museum and related listing of Jewish Studies job 4 opportunities. The AJS administers area of Jewish Studies. Institutional the annual Jordan Schnitzer membership is open to Jewish Book Awards, which recognize Studies programs and departments, outstanding research in the field foundations, and other institutions of Jewish Studies, as well as the whose work supports the mission of AJS Dissertation Completion the AJS. Fellowships, generously supported by a grant from the In order to maintain a professional Legacy Heritage Fund. The AJS and comfortable environment for its engages the public through members, conference registrants, its Distinguished Lectureship and staff, the association requires Program, which brings leading certain standards of behavior. These AJS scholars to audiences across standards include, without limitation, North America; the podcast series courtesy of discourse, respect for Adventures in Jewish Studies, the diversity of AJS members and now in its third season; and its conference attendees, and the Community Arts and Culture ability to conduct AJS business and Grants Program. participate in the AJS conference in a nonthreatening, collegial Membership in the association is atmosphere. AJS members and open to individuals whose full-time conference participants who do vocation is teaching, research, or not uphold these standards may related endeavors in academic jeopardize their membership or Jewish Studies; to other individuals conference participation. Please whose intellectual concerns are reach out to Executive Director related to the purposes of the Warren Hoffman at whoffman@ association; and to graduate associationforjewishstudies.org if students concentrating in an you have any problems or concerns. 5 The AJS is grateful to the following Thank You to supporters who contributed to the AJS Annual Fund since October 2019.* Donors to the fund are updated monthly Our Donors at associationforjewishstudies.org. Joyce Antler Jesús de Prado Plumed Carolyn Starman Hessel Howard L. Apothaker Rachel Deblinger Warren Hoffman Alan Appelbaum Fabio & Zenilde DeLima Sara R. Horowitz Dianne Ashton Hasia & Steve Diner Alfred L. Ivry Joëlle Bahloul Marc & Marci Dollinger George & Carol Jochnowitz Cynthia M. Baker Paula Eisenstein Baker Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Zachary M. Baker Todd & Judith Jonathan Gribetz & David A. Barish Endelman Sarit Kattan Gribetz Murray & Sheila Noah Fabricant Alison L. Joseph Baumgarten Seymour N. Feldman Norma & Howard Joseph Sarah Bunin Benor Adam & Naomi David Zvi Kalman Nancy E. Berg Ferziger Jason Kalman & Yitzhak Berger Harriet A. Feinberg Dana Herman David & Rachel Biale Gabriel Natan Finder Brett Kaplan & Ruth Blatt Charlotte Elisheva Philip Phillips René Bloch Fonrobert Ethan Katz Matthew Boxer Henry Fox Martin Kavka Francesca Bregoli Gregg E. Gardner Ari Y. Kelman Naomi Brenner Stephen Garfinkel Hillel J Kieval Rachel Feldhay Brenner Judith Gerson Reuven & Hava Kimelman Adriana Brodsky Barry M. Gittlen Jessica & Daniel Kirzane Samuel Hayim Brody Leonard S. Gold Melissa Klapper & Eli Bromberg Dara Ellen Goldman & Noah Gradofsky Barbara S. Burstin Itai Seggev Eric Chaim Kline George Carras Karla Goldman Shira M. Kohn Flora Cassen David M. Gordis Naomi & Ken Robert Chazan David N. Gottlieb Koltun-Fromm Beth Cohen Arthur Green Matthew A. Kraus Judith R. Cohen Yudit K. Greenberg Miri Kubovy Julia Phillips Cohen Judith S. Greenblatt Josh Lambert Rachel Cohen David Greenstein Ruth Langer & Alon Confino Beatrice Gurwitz Jonathan Sarna Andrea Dara Cooper Tobi Halberstam Daniel J. Lasker Julie Cooper Harriet & Moshe Lori Hope Lefkovitz Jessica Cooperman & Hartman Marjorie Lehman Hartley Lachter Christine Hayes & Laura Leibman Elliot Joe Cosgrove Michael Della Rocca Paul Frederick Lerner Lara & Dean Curtis Isabelle S. Headrick Nancy Levene David Dalin & Jonathan & Gladys Arielle Levites Miriam Sanua Dalin Hecht Laura S. Levitt Krista N. Dalton Joel Hecker Lital Levy & Deborah Dash Moore Bernice A. Heilbrunn Kenneth Reisman Arnold Dashefsky David Herszenson Andrea Beth Lieber & Joseph M. Davis Ellen Hertzmark Ted Merwin 6 Julia R. Lieberman Kate Rosenblatt Suzanne L. Stone Vivian Liska Moshe & Lynne Rosman Lauren B. Strauss James Loeffler Nora L. Rubel Claire Sufrin Steven M. Lowenstein Elias Sacks Lance J. Sussman Benita Lubic Roberta Sands & Cheryl Tallan Howard N. Lupovitch Samuel Klausner Michael Taub Timothy Martin Lutz Allison Hope Schachter Joshua Teplitsky Marc Mandel Carsten Schapkow Magda Teter Maud Mandel & Ismar Schorsch John T. Townsend Steven Simon Lawrence H. Schiffman Nick Underwood & Susan Marks & Robert S. Schine Annabel Kaplan Bruce Black Imanuel Clemens Jeffrey Veidlinger Keren R. McGinity Schmidt Chaim I. Waxman Frank Mecklenburg & Susan Weidman Doug Weber Atina Grossmann Schneider Daniela R.P. Weiner Michael A. Meyer Daniel B. Schwartz David Weinfeld & Aviad Moreno Shuly Schwartz & Marjorie Patterson Douglas Morris & Eric Fishman Herbert & Judy Weisberg Marion Kaplan Shai Secunda Chava Weissler Samuel Moyn Kenneth R. Seeskin Steven Weitzman & Phillip & Kathleen Naomi S. Seidman Mira Wasserman Munoa Robert M. Seltzer Beth S. Wenger Patricia & David Munro Sanford Seltzer Avishalom Westreich David N. Myers Joshua Shanes