BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fordham Now - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fordham Now X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://now.fordham.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fordham Now REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T140000 DTSTAMP:20260910T020923Z CREATED:20260910T020923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T020923Z UID:10014264-1793795400-1793800800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk: For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman DESCRIPTION:For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman\, a talk by Cathryn Prince with response by Amy Levine-Kennedy \nFor the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman tells the story of a self-educated Jewish immigrant who dedicated herself to a legion of causes and lifelong battles against sexism and classism. Newman went from working as a child laborer in New York City sweatshops to advising presidents during the New Deal Era and beyond. Additionally\, the book covers Newman’s 5o-year relationship with a woman\, her struggles with her sexual identity\, and her final years. \nAn adjunct professor of journalism at Fordham\, Cathryn J. Prince is the author of several nonfiction books including Death in the Baltic: The WWII Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff and Shot from the Sky: American POWs in Switzerland. She is also a freelance journalist who contributes to several publications including The Forward\, Hadassah Magazine\, and The Christian Science Monitor. She holds an MS in journalism from Columbia University\, a MA in American studies from Fairfield University\, and a B.A. in international affairs from The Elliott School of International Affairs\, George Washington University. \nAmy Levine-Kennedy is a writer and curator whose work has appeared in The Atlantic\, Hyperallergic\, Sports Illustrated\, and Health. She is an adjunct professor of journalism and communication and media studies at Fordham University and Hunter College\, and is a curator in Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies and the Koslowe Gallery in Mamaroneck\, NY. She holds an MS in journalism from Columbia University and a BA in English and art history from Tufts. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/book-talk-for-the-love-of-labor-the-life-of-pauline-newman/ LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T124500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260928T152203Z CREATED:20260928T151332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T152203Z UID:10014296-1794314700-1794319200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk: Anti-Oppression and Healing in the Arts with Rogério Pinto DESCRIPTION:Rogério M. Pinto\, PhD\, is a University of Michigan Diversity and Social Transformation Professor in Social Work and a practicing visual/performance artist. In his new book\, Anti-Oppression and Healing in the Arts (Bloomsbury\, 2026)\, he explores how to create drama and performance that shed light on the causes and effects of oppression. The book will appeal to those interested in storytelling\, social justice\, and self-healing. The text incorporates Pinto’s award-winning one-person play\, Marília\, about gender identity\, childhood trauma\, and the author’s experiences as an immigrant to the US. Pinto also introduces theoretical and empirical evidence for how myriad art practices can improve empathy and well-being. \n​The hour-long event will include Pinto reading from his play\, and a Q&A to inspire reflection and action against oppression. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/book-talk-anti-oppression-and-healing-in-the-arts-with-rogerio-pinto/ LOCATION:Costantino Room\, Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Cultural,Lectures,Social GEO:40.7715478;-73.9849293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Costantino Room Fordham Law School 150 West 62nd Street New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Fordham Law School\, 150 West 62nd Street:geo:-73.9849293,40.7715478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T143000 DTSTAMP:20260910T021406Z CREATED:20260910T021406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T021406Z UID:10014265-1794488400-1794493800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Webinar: Jesse Mirotznik Book Launch DESCRIPTION:The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism\, a talk by Jesse Mirotznik with response by Lawrence Shiffman \nIn Mirotznik’s monograph\, The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism\, he argues that a decisive change took place in ancient Jewish portrayals of the Other around the 3rd century B.C.E. In Israelite/Jewish literature composed up to this point\, the worship of other gods and the reverence of their icons is consistently depicted as sincere\, and its appeal\, whether to Israelites or non-Israelites\, is\, as a rule\, not questioned. At some point around the end of the 3rd century B.C.E.\, however\, a new form of argument arises: that the worship of other gods and the reverence of their icons is\, in fact\, an entirely unattractive practice\, and that even its practitioners must inwardly reject it. Put differently: while the devotees of ‘false gods’ appear to take these deities seriously\, even they must know\, on some level\, that their gods are nonsense. In this lecture\, he will attempt to demonstrate some elements of this shift in ancient Jewish portrayals\, in particular focusing on greed and sex\, and their relationship to idolatry.” \nJesse Mirotznik is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism. He earned his PhD from Harvard University\, completed postdoctoral fellowships at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Bar-Ilan University\, and is now an Universitätsassistent (Postdoc) at the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Vienna. In his research\, he investigates how ancient Israelites and Jews pictured other religions. His first book on this topic\, The Portrayal of Pagan Worship in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism\, was recently published with Cambridge University Press. \nLawrence H. Schiffman\, PhD\, is the Global Distinguished Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and Director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies. A world-renowned specialist in the Dead Sea Scrolls\, Judaism in late antiquity\, and the history of Jewish law\, he has authored over 200 articles and numerous seminal books\, including Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls and From Text to Tradition. Dr. Schiffman frequently shares his expertise with the public\, having been featured in documentaries for PBS\, the BBC\, A&E\, and CNN. He received his BA\, MA\, and PhD from Brandeis University and is a past president of the Association for Jewish Studies. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/webinar-jesse-mirotznik-book-launch/ LOCATION:Virtual Zoom CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260910T021643Z CREATED:20260910T021643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T021643Z UID:10014266-1794852000-1794857400@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Lecture: "No Logos: Exilic Theory of Talmud" by Elad Lapidot DESCRIPTION:What is Jewish? In contrast to common tendencies\, this talk considers Jewishness not as endangered life\, but as a tradition of thought. In contrast to apologetic attempts to identify in Jewish intellectual history forms of Western disciplines\, such as philosophy or mysticism\, this talk focuses on talmudic literature\, traditionally dismissed by Europe as thoughtless legalism. Talmud is considered as a method of thinking that diverges from the philosophical polis of logos. Engaging thinkers such as Emmanuel Levinas\, Daniel Boyarin\, and Sergey Dolgopolski\, Lapidot argues that rabbinic thought operates as a logoclasm: the dispersion of logos through acts of hermeneutics\, nomos\, and polemics. \nElad Lapidot is Professor for Hebraic Studies at the University of Lille\, France\, and the director of the Berlin Center for Intellectual Diaspora. Among his publications: State of Others. Levinas and Decolonial Israel (Bloomington: Indiana University Press\, 2025)\, Politics of Not Speaking (Albany: SUNY Press\, 2025)\, Jews Out of the Question. A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism (Albany: SUNY Press\, 2020)\, Hebrew translation of Hegel’s Phänomenologie des Geistes (Tel Aviv: Resling Publishing\, 2020)\, Heidegger and Jewish Thought. Difficult Others\, edited with M. Brumlik (London/New York: Rowman & Littlefield\, 2018)\, and Etre sans mot dire : La logiqe de ‘Sein und Zeit’ (Bucarest: Zeta Books\, 2010). URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/lecture-no-logos-exilic-theory-of-talmud-by-elad-lapidot/ LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Magda Teter":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR