2007
March 2007
Thursday 1 March 2007
Thu 1 Mar. Professor Steven Nadler explores Spinoza’s heretical ideas and the reasons behind his excommunication from the Amsterdam Jewish community. Nadler is author of Rembrandt’s Jews; Spinoza: A Life; and Spinoza’s Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind. 2:00 P.M. Cost: Free. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 4 March 2007
Sun 4 Mar, 2 pm. Emanuel Rubin, professor of Judaic studies and music history at UMass, concludes our series with a survey of Jewish music in the Diaspora, from Biblical times to today. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 5. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 11 March 2007
Sun 11 Mar, 2 pm. Based on the 2002 Nobel Prize-winning novel by Imre Kertesz, Fateless chronicles the attempts of 14-year-old Gyuri Koves to live with the unimaginable horror of having been incarcerated in German concentration camps. (2005; 140 min.) In collaboration with the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 8. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 18 March 2007
Sun 18 Mar. March 18 , 2007. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday 25 March 2007
Sun 25 Mar, 2 pm. This award-winning film is an ingeniously linked tale centered on three contemporary Jewish women at the crossroads of life. (French, Hebrew, and Russian w/ English subtitles; 1999; 115 min.) In collaboration with the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 8. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]