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Dr. Curt Leviant
Professor of Hebrew and Yiddish at Rutgers University
The Golem: Myth and 'Fact'
Kabbalah: Mysticism, Mythology & Literature
Monday, October 31, 2005, at 7:30 PM
The 1920 silent film, The Golem, directed by Paul Wegener, will be shown in the Pegasus Ballroom A, B, C, located in the Student Union.
He will also conduct a seminar on
1654-2004: 350th Anniversary of Jews in America
Jewish Contribution to American Civilization
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, at 10:30 AM
Student Union, Key West room, 218D
THE LECTURE AND SEMINAR ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Dr. Curt Leviant is a Professor of Hebrew and Yiddish at Rutgers University. He is the author and translator of several books. His book on Isaac Bashevis Singer, More Stories From My Father's Court, was published in 2000. Selections of this book appeared in The New Yorker and the book was listed as "A Best Book of the Year" by the New York Times. Dr. Leviant won a National Jewish Book Award for his translation of Chaim Grade's The Yeshiva. He has also translated Sholom Aleichem's only love story, The Song of Songs, which was adapted into a successful off-Broadway musical. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Jerusalem Foundation. Dr. Leviant is also an award-winning writer of fiction. On NPR's "All Things Considered," a critic compared Leviant to Kafka. His fiction has been praised by two Nobel Laureates, Saul Bellow and Elie Wiesel. His anthology, Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature, is used as a text in many universities, including UCF.
More Information
Contact Dr. Moshe Pelli at pelli@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu for further information.
Conference on Sacred Text, Sacred Film
Department of Philosophy
411 Colbourn Hall
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-1352
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