April 2016

14 Apr

Rick Benjamin

Rick Benjamin (Associate Director for Community Engagement, IHC) Thursday, April 14, 2016 /4:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB Now happily entrenched at UCSB, Rick Benjamin has also taught at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Goddard College, Haverford College, Haystack, New Urban Arts, as...

14 Apr

No Joke: Making Jewish Humor

Ruth Wisse (Emeritus Research Professor in Yiddish and Comparative Literature, Harvard University) April 14, 2016 / 7:30 PM Congregation B'nai B'rith Humor is the most celebrated of all Jewish responses to modernity. In her critically-acclaimed book, No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, Ruth Wisse evokes and applauds the genius...

12:52 / Upcoming Events / Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies