BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fordham Now - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T193000 DTSTAMP:20260924T012502Z CREATED:20260923T215906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T012502Z UID:10014294-1791657000-1791660600@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Postwar France: Empire\, Consumer Culture\, and the Politics of Everyday Life DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Poster House exhibition\, “Cuteness\, Conservatism\, and Consumption: Lefor-Openo and Postwar France\,” Fordham history professor Gregory Valdespino\, PhD\, will discuss the political landscape of France following World War II. As the country embraced colorful advertising\, new consumer products\, and modern design\, it also grappled with the end of its colonial empire alongside unprecedented economic growth\, raising profound questions about what it meant to be French. Through posters and other examples of popular culture\, Professor Valdespino will examine how politics\, economics and everyday life became deeply connected during this period\, offering new perspectives on the world reflected in this exhibition. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/postwar-france-empire-consumer-culture-the-politics-of-everyday-life/ LOCATION:Poster House Museum\, 119 W 23rd St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Gregory Valdespino":MAILTO:gvaldespino@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T183000 DTSTAMP:20261005T183317Z CREATED:20261005T183317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T183317Z UID:10014311-1791912600-1791916200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Bepler Lecture in Mathematics DESCRIPTION:The lecture\, to be delivered by Özgür Yilmaz\, professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia and director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences\, is entitled “From JPEG to AI: The Mathematics of Representation.” A reception will take place beforehand from 5 to 5:30 p.m. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/bepler-lecture-in-mathematics/ LOCATION:Cafeteria Atrium\, Lowenstein\, 113 W 60th Street\, New York\,\, New York\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures,Receptions ORGANIZER;CN="Jayadev Athreya":MAILTO:jathreya@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T130000 DTSTAMP:20261007T205403Z CREATED:20261007T205403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T205403Z UID:10014317-1791979200-1791982800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Webinar—"Mental Health in a World in Crisis: The Power of Community and Accompaniment" DESCRIPTION:Conflict\, displacement\, detention\, uncertainty\, and the erosion of basic services can take a profound toll. But effective mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is not just about clinical care. \nJoin the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) MHPSS leaders to explore how localized\, community-based approaches can strengthen resilience\, identify those at greatest risk\, and provide support in complex\, rapidly changing environments. A central principle of JRS’s approach is that mental health support belongs to the community. Families\, peers\, neighbors\, and frontline staff can all help prevent distress from becoming longer-term mental health conditions when they have the knowledge and support they need. \nWhy Attend:\nParticipants will leave with a clearer understanding of how communities can support the psychological needs of people on the move\, reduce stigma\, and strengthen awareness and support for this work. \nSpeakers:\nNoelle Jouan\, regional MHPSS officer\, Middle East and North Africa; Moses Mukasa Protection and MHPSS officer\, Eastern and Southern Africa; Katerina Jelissejeva\, MHPSS office\, European region; and Katie Mullins-Ali\, director of mental health and psychosocial support programmes URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/webinar-mental-health-in-a-world-in-crisis-the-power-of-community-and-accompaniment/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures,Lunch and Learn ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T170000 DTSTAMP:20260924T011027Z CREATED:20260924T011027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T011027Z UID:10014293-1791997200-1791997200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:2026 Anne Anastasi Lecture—“The Social Relations: A Personal Voyage” DESCRIPTION:David A. Kenny\, PhD\, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. His Social Relations Model and Actor-Partner Interdependence Model have revolutionized how researchers collect\, analyze\, and interpret data from dyads and groups. His book\, Correlation and Causality\, introduced many researchers to structural equation modeling\, and his work on mediational models has influenced generations of social science researchers. Please RSVP here. Questions can be directed to Betsy McCoach (mccoach@fordham.edu). URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/2026-anne-anastasi-lecture-the-social-relations-a-personal-voyage/ LOCATION:12th-Floor Lounge\, Corrigan Conference Center\, Lowenstein Center\, Lincoln Center Campus\, 113 W. 60th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Betsy McCoach":MAILTO:mccoach@fordham.edu GEO:40.7710994;-73.9852715 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=12th-Floor Lounge Corrigan Conference Center Lowenstein Center Lincoln Center Campus 113 W. 60th St. New York NY 10023 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Lincoln Center Campus\, 113 W. 60th St.:geo:-73.9852715,40.7710994 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T200000 DTSTAMP:20260910T014838Z CREATED:20260910T014838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T014838Z UID:10014260-1792000800-1792008000@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Anne Golomb Hoffman Memorial Lecture: "Psychoanalyzing American Jews" DESCRIPTION:“Psychoanalyzing American Jews: Max Weinreich\, YIVO\, and the Yiddish Unconscious” \nIt is well known that Max Weinreich\, co-founder of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research\, produced a psychoanalytic study of Polish Jewish youth. \nThis lecture by Naomi Seidman (with response by Seth Aronson\, PsyD) will focus rather on his never-published psychoanalysis of American Jews in their relation to YIVO and Yiddish\, which he spoke of as the “collective unconscious” of the Jewish American psyche. \nNaomi Seidman is the Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Arts in the Department for the Study of Religion and the director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of five books and a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship. \nSeth Aronson\, Psy.D. is fellow\, director of admissions\, and training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute. He is program chair for the American Psychoanalytic Association meetings and on the faculty of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/anne-golomb-hoffman-memorial-lecture-psychoanalyzing-american-jews/ LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T180000 DTSTAMP:20260910T214418Z CREATED:20260902T152037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T214418Z UID:10014246-1792081800-1792087200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: “Oy\, Joy! Can We Talk About (Jewish) Joy?” DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, October 15 at 4:30 p.m. for the opening of a new exhibition at Fordham’s Walsh Family Library\, “Oy\, Joy! Can We Talk About (Jewish) Joy?” This exhibit explores these themes through the work of modern artists and historical artifacts from Fordham’s Special Collections. We bring together in conversation works of artists Maira Kalman\, Deborah Kass\, Jacqueline Kott-Wolle\, Simone Levy Greenwood\, Holly Markhoff\, ES23\, and Nina Talbot\, along with the textile art of Sharon and Jerry Goldberg. \nIn a world filled with pain and suffering\, tormented by wars\, climate crisis\, pandemics\, and disruption\, is it possible to talk about joy? Is it even appropriate? Yet\, in the most difficult times\, there is also a deep need for joy. As Maya Angelou once said\, “We need joy as we need air.” \nSpeaking of joy does not mean disregarding sadness and pain. In fact\, joy and pain often go together. In Jewish tradition\, joy is very frequently tied to mourning and suffering. There is often an “Oy\, vey” aspect in an experience of joy. Sometimes someone’s joy clashes with someone else’s suffering and pain. Sometimes joy is an act of resistance. Sometimes joy is a manifestation of resilience and recovery. \nThe featured speaker will be Erez DeGolan\, PhD\, who will give a talk “Joy Vey: Can We Talk about Ancient Jewish Joy?”exploring the topic of joy in Jewish tradition. Drawing on ancient rabbinic thought\, this opening talk explores the heights and dangers of Jewish joy—and asks how joy and sorrow can coexist in a single shared experience. \nErez DeGolan is an assistant professor of classical rabbinic Judaism in Fordham’s theology department. His research and teaching combine textual\, historical\, and critical methods to examine the lived experience of rabbis in late antiquity. \nThe opening will be hosted by Amy Levine-Kennedy and Magda Teter. \nThe exhibit was curated by Erez DeGolan\, Amy Levine-Kennedy\, and Magda Teter. It is made possible by the Hadassah Ruth Weiner Fund for Jewish Art at Fordham\, the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Collection Endowment. \n“Oy\, Joy!” will be on view at the Walsh Family Library on the 4th floor in the Henry S. Miller Judaica Research Room and in the Special Collections and Archives from October 15\, 2026\, through February 2027. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/exhibit-opening-oy-joy-can-we-talk-about-jewish-joy/ LOCATION:O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural,Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Slide1-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=O’Hare Special Collections Room Walsh Library 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T140000 DTSTAMP:20260910T015100Z CREATED:20260910T015100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T015100Z UID:10014261-1792411200-1792418400@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Workshop: "Building a Knowledge Graph of Classical Rabbinic Literature" DESCRIPTION:A knowledge graph represents relationships among people\, texts\, places\, concepts\, and other entities as a network. Classical rabbinic literature\, composed approximately between 70 and 600 CE and including the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmuds\, contains a dense web of such relationships: texts cite and interpret other texts; rabbis cite one another and appear in groups and chains of transmission; and people and passages are connected to places\, legal questions\, and broader topics. \nThis workshop will describe how we are using artificial intelligence and other digital tools to build a knowledge graph of this literature\, how the graph can be used\, and its potential to open new avenues of research in the field. \nMichael L. Satlow is professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University. He specializes in the history of Jews and Judaism in antiquity. His most recent books are An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity and How the Bible Became Holy. He is the founder and director of the “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine” project\, a digital corpus of ancient inscriptions from the region\, and is now working with a research team in Israel on creating a networked approach to all of rabbinic literature. He has held fellowships from the NEH\, ACLS\, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, and the Fulbright program\, among others. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/workshop-building-a-knowledge-graph-of-classical-rabbinic-literature/ LOCATION:O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=O’Hare Special Collections Room Walsh Library 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T180000 DTSTAMP:20260805T210436Z CREATED:20260805T210436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T210436Z UID:10014194-1792425600-1792432800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Sliding Doors: Exploring Transitions as Threshold Moments DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two (2) continuing education hours. \nThe mission and values of social workers practicing in healthcare and palliative care can be overshadowed in systems where administrative pressures\, changing health status and evolving goals invite or force transitions of varied kinds: from health to illness; from one setting to another; and from life to death. Transitions impact patients and families and often staff\, many of whom have not contributed to these decisions. Transitions can also reflect inequity and biases\, often unrecognized yet contributing to clinician distress and unarticulated harms. \nThe goal of this class is to explore the therapeutic opportunities implicit in the pivotal moments in transitions. We will use the diagnoses of cancer and dementia and the intensive care and hospice settings to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced during varied transitions\, \nAs social workers\, we participate in and translate systems issues to patients and families and deepen these discussions with colleagues by sharing information about the history\, culture and needs of individual patients and families that brings unique meaning to transitions. We will present transitions as part of the larger tapestry of patient\, family\, and clinician experience where we might see therapeutic opportunities that change transitions from an event\, chosen or not\, to a threshold experience of meaning. \nWe will integrate Aaron Antonovsky’s theory of coherence\, and Milton Erickson’s therapeutic messaging as useful constructs to offer additional structure and clinical awareness to how we view and engage with transitions and introduce cognitive transformation and response shift as constructs that complicate and enrich care over time. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/sliding-doors-exploring-transitions-as-threshold-moments/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261019T193000 DTSTAMP:20260910T021814Z CREATED:20260910T021814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T021814Z UID:10014262-1792432800-1792438200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Book Launch: Enchanted World by Michael Satlow DESCRIPTION:An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious World of Late Antiquity\, a talk by Michael Satlow with respondents Shai Secundo and Cristiana Sogno \nIn Late Antiquity (ca. 200–600 CE)\, the world was alive with unseen forces—divine agents who influenced every aspect of daily life. For most ordinary people\, religion was not found in temples\, synagogues\, and churches\, but in lived experience as they interacted with the supernatural in a world of uncertainty and danger. The lecture offers a new account of religion in Late Antiquity—one centered less on institutions and theological divisions than on lived experience\, shared fears\, and common hopes. \nMichael L. Satlow is professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University. He specializes in the history of Jews and Judaism in antiquity. His most recent books are An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity and How the Bible Became Holy. He is the founder and director of the “Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine” project\, a digital corpus of ancient inscriptions from the region\, and is now working with a research team in Israel on creating a networked approach to all of rabbinic literature. He has held fellowships from the NEH\, ACLS\, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, and the Fulbright program\, among others. \nShai Secunda is Jacob Neusner Professor in the History and Theology of Judaism at Bard College. He received a bachelor’s degree from Ner Israel Rabbinical College\, a master’s from Johns Hopkins University\, and an MA/PhD from Yeshiva University. He is the author of The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Talmud in its Sasanian Context (University of Pennsylvania Press\, 2014) and The Talmud’s Red Fence: Menstruation and Difference in Babylonian Judaism and its Sasanian Context (Oxford University Press\, 2020). His work uses philological analysis of the Talmud—the work which sits at the center of the classical Jewish canon—to reveal the rich cultural and religious worlds of late antique Babylonian Jewry and their neighbors in Sasanian Iran\, especially the Zoroastrians. He has also published widely on Jewish studies scholarship and contemporary culture in the Jewish Review of Books\, where he is a contributing editor. \nCristiana Sogno is a professor in the Department of English at Fordham University. Her research and teaching interests center on letter-writing\, biography\, and the reception and adaptation of Greek and Latin texts. She holds a BA from the Università degli Studi di Torino and a PhD from Yale University. Professor Sogno is the author of Q. Aurelius Symmachus: A Political Biography (Ann Arbor\, 2006) and has written extensively about letter-writing and late antique letter collections. She is currently working on a biographical study of Serena\, one of the Theodosian imperial women. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/book-launch-enchanted-world-by-michael-satlow/ 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:20261026T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261026T193000 DTSTAMP:20260910T015919Z CREATED:20260910T015919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T015919Z UID:10014263-1793037600-1793043000@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Lecture: "Discourse of American Yiddish Holocaust Education" DESCRIPTION:“In the Teachers’ Lounge With the Unthinkable: The Pedagogical Discourse of American Yiddish Holocaust Education” \nLecture by Miriam Udel (Fordham-NYPL Fellow) \nThis talk will examine the Yudl Mark’s Pedagogisher buleten and related periodicals as sources for understanding how the events of the Holocaust were presented to children in the American Yiddish after-schools during and shortly after the war. \nMiriam Udel is Professor of Yiddish Literature and Culture at Emory University\, where she has recently completed a term as Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. She holds an AB in Near Eastern languages and civilizations and a PhD in comparative literature\, both from Harvard University. She was ordained in 2019 as part of the first cohort of the Executive Ordination Track at Yeshivat Maharat\, a program designed to bring qualified mid-career women into the Orthodox Jewish rabbinate. \nUdel is the author of Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque (University of Michigan Press)\, winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. She is the editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature (NYU Press\, 2020)\, winner of the Judaica Reference Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Her 2025 critical study\, Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature\, won last year’s National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity. Udel’s translation of Chaver Paver’s 1935 story collection about the adventures of a lovable proletarian mutt became the basis for Theater Emory’s 2021 puppet film Labzik: Tales of a Clever Pup; her full translation of the stories will appear in January with the Excelsior Editions imprint at SUNY Press. \nHer ongoing research looks to children’s literature and culture as a powerful force for political and ethical formation and a resource for the intergenerational transmission of culture\, values\, and ideology. She is spending 2026-27 as the NYPL-Fordham Research Fellow in Jewish Studies. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/lecture-discourse-of-american-yiddish-holocaust-education/ LOCATION:Lincoln Center Campus\, McMahon Rm 109\, 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T203000 DTSTAMP:20260929T173222Z CREATED:20260922T182910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T173222Z UID:10014285-1793298600-1793305800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Alumni Chapter of Houston: A Halloween Evening With Fordham Author Lauren Opper DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the Halloween season with an evening full of haunting tales and Fordham fun! The Alumni Chapter of Houston invites you for a discussion led by Fordham Alum Lauren Opper (FCLC 2010) about her debut mystery novel\, Let Nothing Astonish You. Ms. Opper will discuss the inspiration behind the novel’s plot and share how her education at Fordham influenced her writing. All attendees will receive a copy of the novel\, and Ms. Opper will sign and personalize copies of the book following her discussion and Q&A. \nDiscussion will begin at 6:45 pm. Light bites will be available to all guests and drinks will be available for purchase from the restaurant. Tickets are $40 each and include valet parking for The Lancaster. \nSpace is limited and registrations will be honored on a first-come\, first-serve basis. RSVP by October 22. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/alumni-chapter-of-houston-a-halloween-evening-with-fordham-author-lauren-opper/ LOCATION:The Lancaster Hotel\, 701 Texas Ave\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Lectures,Social ORGANIZER;CN="Alumni Chapter of Houston %E2%80%93 Emily Cooper %E2%80%9923":MAILTO:cooper.v.emily@gmail.com END:VEVENT 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261201T193000 DTSTAMP:20260910T213247Z CREATED:20260908T164238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T213247Z UID:10014252-1796148000-1796153400@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:A Virtual Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery with David Herszenson DESCRIPTION:One of the many Hebrew terms describing a cemetery is bet mo’ed le-khol ḥai (“the house appointed for all living” from a verse in Job 30:23). In this webinar\, linked to our walking tours focusing on Jewish Life in the Bronx\, we will explore a slice of American Jewish history preserved in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx\, which counts among its permanent residents scions of American Jewish life: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia\, composer Irving Berlin\, the Lehman family\, and many others. \nDavid Herszenson is a physician living in the Bronx and a trained tour guide with a love of the Bronx and its different neighborhoods. He has been doing walking tours of the Jewish sites in the Bronx for Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies in the last three years as part of Fordham’s Bronx Jewish History Project. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/a-virtual-tour-of-the-woodlawn-cemetery-with-david-herszenson/ LOCATION:Virtual Zoom CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T173000 DTSTAMP:20260805T210630Z CREATED:20260805T210630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T210630Z UID:10014196-1796223600-1796232600@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Cultivating Curiosity in Chronic Illness Care DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two and one-half (2.5) continuing education hours. \nAs treatments advance\, more people are living longer with serious illnesses that in the past would have resulted in significantly limited lifespans. This interactive class will invite us to explore the impact of how illnesses that even recently might have been perceived as a “death sentence” might now be “managed” as a “chronic illness” requires adjustments for all parties – patients\, their care partners\, families\, and clinicians. Living with the knowledge that treatments may be needed for years (or perhaps decades)\, and that any “twinge” may be an early indicator of progression can challenge even the most resilient. Health social workers play an important role in normalizing concerns\, managing expectations\, exploring the influence of culture\, supporting adaptive coping\, and in identifying resources to address the impact of social drivers on health. Yet\, unfortunately\, these are precisely the patients most likely to be missed with our referral “triggers.” We’ll discuss the importance of comprehensive screening\, assessments and the cultivation of curiosity in chronic illness care so that we might better serve this vulnerable population. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/cultivating-curiosity-in-chronic-illness-care/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270209T173000 DTSTAMP:20260928T151036Z CREATED:20260928T151036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T151036Z UID:10014295-1802188800-1802194200@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:McGinley Chair Lecture: The Many Errors of Christian Nationalism DESCRIPTION:McGinley Chair Professor Father Thomas Massaro\, SJ\, and respondent Jeannine Hill Fletcher\, PhD\, professor of theology\, will evaluate the central claims of the movement known as “Christian Nationalism.” Together\, they will assess the deleterious consequences for both religion and our polity of subscribing to these misplaced claims and priorities. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/mcginley-chair-lecture-the-many-errors-of-christian-nationalism/ LOCATION:Flom Auditorium\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Thomas Massaro":MAILTO:tmassaro@fordham.edu GEO:40.8612275;-73.8892354 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Flom Auditorium Walsh Library 441 East Fordham Road Bronx NY 10458 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=441 East Fordham Road:geo:-73.8892354,40.8612275 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270412T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270412T180000 DTSTAMP:20260805T205104Z CREATED:20260805T205104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T205104Z UID:10014197-1807545600-1807552800@now.fordham.edu SUMMARY:Medical Aid in Dying in New York State: Implementation Experience at Eight Months DESCRIPTION:Completion of this class will result in the receipt of two (2) continuing education hours. \nThis is the third and final class in the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) series. It will review the experience of implementing the law at the eight-month point. Challenges encountered on the ground across settings and communities will be presented\, along with next steps for addressing these challenges. Experience of people with intellectual disabilities will be discussed. Risks of structural coercion will be discussed in the contexts of institutional settings such as correctional care facilities\, nursing facilities\, and psychiatric centers. Equity and social justice issues\, in both palliative care and MAID\, will also be discussed. URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/medical-aid-in-dying-in-new-york-state-implementation-experience-at-eight-months/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Lectures,Networking and Career END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR