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 "When Blaming the Victim No Longer Works: Reading the Book of Job After the Holocaust" Jason Kalman Ph.D. Wednesday January 18, 2006 Noon lunch served, 12:30 pm lecture In traditional Jewish circles the book of Job was often turned to in times of suffering to aid the community and individuals. Its teachings gave them comfort and helped provide some understanding of "the way things work." Jewish thinkers have not found comfort in these teachings in the period since the Holocaust. This lecture will be devoted to examining how modern Jewish readers are finding new meaning in the book of Job. Dr. Jason Kalman is Assistant Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature and Interpretation at the Cincinnati School of HUC-JIR. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University and is a research fellow affiliated with the University of the Free State, South Africa. He specializes in the history of Jewish biblical exegesis and his specific research interests include rabbinic anti-Christian polemic, medieval intellectual history as reflected in biblical commentary, and biblical interpretation after the Holocaust. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
