Playwright and actress Vicki Summers kept the audience hanging on her every word as her grandmother in “Bella, An Immigrant’s Tale” on the evening of Sunday, December 4th, 2022 in Minsky Recital Hall. 50+ joined the audience from across the greater Bangor area and another 24 watched a live-stream. “Bella,” tells the fascinating story of […]
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Hillel co-president and Judaic Studies Advisory Committee member Rachel Pellis and Judaic Studies Coordinator Derek A. Michaud are quoted in an article from the Bangor Daily News about “Bella, An Immigrant’s Tale,” on December 2nd, 2022. Judy Harrison, “A Portland actress turned her grandmother’s escape from Russia into a one-woman show,” Bangor Daily News, December […]
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JST 205-0001 – Jewish History and Antisemitism: From Antiquity to the Founding of the State of Israel – Merrill Hall 335, 2:00-3:15 PM, TTh This course is a history of antisemitism, describing its manifestations from pre-Christian Alexandria to the founding of the State of Israel. Students will be exposed to several academic and popular theories […]
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Rabbi William Siemers met his colleague, Rabbi Darah Lerner, when he arrived in Bangor nearly eight years ago, but it took another six months before he understood what an exalted position she held in the community. His teenage daughter came home from school and told him that her social studies teacher was disappointed that she […]
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On Yom HaShoah Prof. Phillip Silver gave a presentation on his research rescuing music suppressed by the Nazis with a performance by the Silver Duo (Phillip and Noreen Silver), live in Minsky Recital Hall before an audience of 74 and was streamed by another 80+ on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Professor Silver discussed the life and […]
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Judaic Studies is saddened to learn of the passing of Leonard E. Minsky on February 21st. UMaine alumnus, supporter, community member, and donor, Leonard served on the board of the UMaine Alumni Association, and with his wife, Renee, was honored as a life member of the University of Maine Foundation. He was the recipient […]
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Happy Hanukkah! Support the Judaic Studies programing you love as we come to the end of 2021! our.umaine.edu/judaicstudies Gifts to support Judaic Studies at UMaine may allow you to take a charitable deduction on your income tax return. The Judaic Studies program was created by Norman Minsky and continues to offer courses on Judaism, modern […]
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Spring 2022 For full details about the Judaic Studies minor see https://umaine.edu/judaicstudies/ or contact program coordinator Derek A. Michaud, derek.a.michaud@maine.edu or (207) 581-3890. JST 205-0001 – Jewish History and Antisemitism: From Antiquity to the Founding of the State of Israel Merrill Hall 335, 2:00-3:15 PM, TTh This course is a history of antisemitism, […]
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The Judaic Studies program at the University of Maine is an interdisciplinary academic minor that also hosts guest speakers and other events of interest to the Jewish community of Eastern Maine. As an academic program, Judaic Studies provides UMaine students with substantive understandings of the historical, religious, literary, philosophical, sociological, and political experiences of the […]
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During the recent Maine Day of Giving (27 April 2021), Judaic Studies received generous gifts from seventeen donors. Together they contributed a total of $14,059 to support Judaic Studies here at the state’s research university. Of this total, $9,973 was contributed to the Norman Minsky Judaic Studies Fund. Generously endowed by Mr. Minsky, this Fund […]
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