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Judaic Studies Newsletter
Spring 2002 | No. 2
Prof. Gerber to Speak on "Jews and Arabs: Their Encounter"
 Dr. Jane Gerber, Professor of Jewish History, City University of New York Graduate Center, will be the second speaker in the UCF Judaic Studies Distinguished Lecturers Series this Spring semester. Prof. Jane Gerber will speak on "Jews and Arabs: Their Encounter in History" on Monday, March 4, 2002, at 7:30PM, in the UCF Visual Arts Building Auditorium Prof. Gerber will also conduct a seminar on "The Fate of Sephardi Jews During the Holocaust" on Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 10AM, in Phillips Hall, Room 213.
Dr. Gerber is a prominent scholar in Judaic Studies and is the Director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She has received numerous awards including National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Studies. Prof. Gerber was visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and the Hebrew University. She has published many books and articles in the area of Sephardim and European Judaism. Among her works: The Jews of Spain (1992), Jewish Society in Fez: 1450-1700 (1980). She also edited Sephardic Studies in the University (1994). Some of her articles include: "Jewish Studies in the Public University," Association for Jewish Studies Newsletter (1997), "The Sephardic Experience and 1492," Humanities (1992), and "April Memories of Soviet Jewry," The New York Times (1979).
The lecture and seminar are sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program at UCF with the cooperation of the Honors College, Liberal Studies and the Office of International Studies.
The lecture and seminar are open to the public and are free of charge. Permits for parking should be secured through the Campus Visitors Booth prior to both lecture and seminar.
For Further information, please contact Dr. Moshe Pelli, Director, Judaic Studies, UCF at (407) 823-5039 or 823-5129.
Prof. Peters Spoke on Holy War in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions
Dr. Frank Peters, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, History and Religion, New York University spoke on "Holy War in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions" on Monday, February 4, 2002, at 7:30PM, in the UCF Visual Arts Auditorium. He also conducted a seminar on "Jerusalem: The Contested Inheritance" on Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 10AM, in Phillips Hall, Room 213.
Dr. Peters is a notable scholar in Religious studies. He has published numerous books and articles in the area of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Among his works: Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (1982); Jerusalem: The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times (1985,1995); Muhammad and the Origins of Islam (1994), as well as The Family of Abraham. Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Their Origins and Evolution (to be published by Princeton University Press). Some of his articles include: "Romans and Bedouin in Southern Syria," Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 37 (1978); "Holy and Haram: The Limits of Sacred Real Estate," Pilgrims and Travelers to the Holy Land (1996), and "Mecca" and "Sacred Places" in the Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (1998).
Work of Art Recently Gifted to Judaic Studies Program
The UCF Judaic Studies Program is the recipient of a recent gift of Israeli artist Smadar Livne's fiber composition donated by Erma R. Draves and Mary Scott of Orlando, FL.
The abstract fiber composition is an energetic fury of delicate translucent color worked over a white background, giving it a feel of airy lightness. It suggests a wind blowing across rippling grasses, like the artist's impression of walks along the distant shores of Israel. It is an excellent example of the artist's sensitivity to color and her mastery of textiles, prevalent in her earlier works, done before she moved to the U.S. in 1987.
Smadar Livne was born in Kibbutz Ein Harod in 1958. She received a BA in art from Haifa University in 1984. In 1987 she moved to the United States and studied papermaking at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1988 she received an Artreach award from the National Congress of Art and Design.
Currently she is living in Owings Mills, MD where she maintains a successful studio and gallery. This exciting and vibrant work has a prominent place overlooking the Judaic Studies offices in the Office of Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies, Colbourn Hall 201, on the campus of UCF.
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