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Distinguished Lecturers
THE JUDAIC STUDIES DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS SERIES in cooperation with The Burnett Honors College and Central Florida Hillel announce public lectures. THE LECTURES AND SEMINARS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC :
 Gary Kenzer
National USA Executive Director of Honest Reporting
The Media and Israel: Finding Common Ground
Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 1:30PM
Classroom 1 Building, room 309
Gary Kenzer has been the National Executive Director of Honest Reporting since 2006. He has spoken at over 500 locations for Honest Reporting since 2006. Prior to his current position, he was the National Director for Magen David Adom USA, the Israeli 'Red Cross.' Other Jewish agencies he has worked with include the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago, and B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO). He is also a founding lay leader of the Community Foundation for Jewish Education's, Ta'am Yisrael, which takes post bar - and bat-mitzvah young people to Israel for their first experience every February for one week. Kenzer has recently published an article on Israel advocacy in the Jewish Educators Journal. In addition, Kenzer has made presentations at many regional, national and international conferences on Jewish communal issues for well over 15 years. He graduated in 1984 from the University of Illinois College of Social Work and is certified by the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW).
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 Paul Hirschson
Consulate General of Isreal, Miami, FL
Isreal's Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 3:00-4:30pm
UCF Harris Corporation, Room 125
Paul Hirschson is currently the Consul for Political and Economic Affairs to the Israeli Consul General to Florida and
Puerto Rico. In 2004, Hirschson joined the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then spent ten years in the Israeli hitech
sector using his relations with associates in Arab countries to develop business relations in the Middle East. Before
that, Hirschson spent three years working for the Director General's Office, responsible for Israel's relations with countries
in the Persian Gulf. Hirschson was born in London, England, and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hirschson
currently holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Law) and a Master of Science (International Business
Management) from Boston University. He immigrated to Israel in 1985, serving in the Israeli Defense Forces as a medic
before rising to rank of sergeant. Hirschson worked in the civil service, relocating to England for three years. He became
well known in the Jewish and general community, specifically the academic community, the Church of England, and
Moslem communities.
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 Prof. Judith Baskin
Knight Professor of Humanities at the University of Oregon and Director of Judaic Studies
Women and the Holocaust: Controversy and Conclusions
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 10:30AM
Business Administration 2 Building, room 208
Four Approaches to Studying Women in Jewish History
Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at 7:30PM
Classroom I Building, room 105
Judith Baskin, Knight Professor of Humanities, is Head of the Religious Studies Department and also directs the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at the University of Oregon. Dr. Baskin served as president of the Association for Jewish Studies and has served on the Board of Directors since 1998. She is an expert on Women's studies, and has published numerous books, articles, reviews, and scholarly papers on topics in Judaic Studies, Women's Studies, Medieval Studies, and more. Her published work includes Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature (2002), Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing (1994), and Pharaoh's Counsellors: Job, Jethro and Balaam in Rabbinic and Patristic Tradition (1983). Dr. Baskin earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in History from Antioch College and a Ph.D in Medieval Studies from Yale, as well as many awards and fellowships. She has taught at several universities, including SUNY Albany, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Yale University.
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 Prof. Pan Guang
Walter and Seena Fair Professor of Jewish Studies and Dean of Center of Jewish Studies, Shanghai
Jews in China
Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 12:00PM
Classroom I Building, Room 103
Professor Pan Guang is the Director of the Shanghai Center for International Studies, Dean of Center of Jewish Studies, Shanghai, the Academic Director of the Institute of European & Asian Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Director of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies Center in Shanghai, and Vice Chairman of Chinese Society of Middle East Studies. Dr. Guang has been doing research and giving lectures widely in North America, East Asia, Russia, Central Asia, Europe, Middle East and Australia. He holds a number of prestigious posts in Chinese institutions on International Studies, Asian Studies, Middle East Studies and Jewish Studies, and published books and articles on a variety of topics such as "The Jews in China," "The Jews in Shanghai," "The Jews in Asia: Comparative Perspective," and "The Jewish Civilization."
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