Scriptural Encounters

Reading challenging sacred texts. Scriptural Encounters bring together different faiths to debate and discuss controversial topics. For the first session Rabbi Ariel Abel of Princes Road Synagogue in Liverpool will be our presenter on the topic of Exclusivism and Supersessionism. Come along and listen or take part in the debate. 4:00-5:30pm, Thu 18 October, in A213A Samuel Alexander Building. Further information.

Public lectures

Genizah manuscripts and Jewish liturgy. Professor Stefan Reif, former Director of the Genizah Unit at Cambridge, will be visiting Manchester on 1st November 2018. Under the sponsorship of the Centre for Biblical Studies and the Centre for Jewish Studies he will address the Ehrhardt Seminar at 2.00pm on "Attitudes to Non-Jews Reflected in Old Jewish Prayer Books", at University Place 2.219. Under the sponsorship of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, the Jewish Historical Society of England, and the Centre for Jewish Studies he will give a lecture at 7.30pm on "Why the Genizah Documents are Important for Jewish History", at the Sephardi Synagogue in Hale Barns, Cheshire WA15 0QH, opposite the Bull pub. Further information.

Film Programme, Berlin

Holocaust Studies. In September 2018 Berlin’s cultural centre Babylon hosted a series of film screenings and public discussion events on the Shoah and its impact on today’s cultural and political life, curated by Cathy Gelbin. Further information.

Workshop, AHRC

Jewish Languages. Alex Samely presented models for the University teaching of 'Jewish' Languages, from Hebrew and Aramaic to Judeo-Arabic, Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish, at a recent panel discussion at Manchester University, part of a workshop on 'Languages, Community and Area Studies' of the AHRC-funded Cross-Language Dynamics (OWRI) project at Manchester University. 4 Oct 2018. Further information.