_{WIJS Schedule 2025-2026}

Tuesday, November 4 @8:15pm – Dr. Flora Cassen
Associate Professor of Jewish History, Washington University, St. Louis
“When Myth Becomes History: The Brussels Host Desecration Accusation, 1370–Today”

Tuesday, November 18 @8:15pm – Dr. Chaya Nove
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Linguistics, Brown University
“Between Tradition and Trend: Popular Culture and Language Use Among American Hasidim”

Sunday, December 7 @ 10:00am – Gila Fine
Lecturer of Rabbinic Literature
“The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud”

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 @8:15pm – Dr. Beth Berkowitz
Ingeborg Rennert Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor in the Department of Religion, Barnard College
Title: TBD

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 @8:15pm – Dr. Melissa Klapper
Professor of History and Director of Women’s & Gender Studies, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Title: TBD

Sunday, March 8, 2026 @ 10:00am – Dr. Hélène Jawhara Piñer
Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Tours, France
Studies Program, Brandeis University
Title: TBD

Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 10:00am – Dr. Karma Ben Johanan
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Title: TBD

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