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The Early Modern Yiddish Book and its Function in Ashkenazi Society
Shlomo Berger, professor of Yiddish Culture
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 4:00 pm, 175 West 18th Ave, Science and Engineering Library
Print technology, as introduced in the late sixteenth century, played a crucial role in establishing Yiddish as an Ashkenazi vernacular. Yiddish books formed a basis of a new cultural outing on which modern Eastern European Jews relied and could go on and develop a secular and high Yiddish culture. It regulated forms of religious devotion and offered its readers first glimpses into the European non-Jewish culture. Professor Berger’s lecture will demonstrate essential roles of Yiddish books within a conservative Ashkenazi society on the verge of modernity.
*Public parking is available at the Tuttle Park Place Garage. The garage and Science and Engineering library (bldg. #005) are on the
campus map.
Jewish Music East & West Series
Luminescent Orchestrii
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8:00 pm, 2400 Olentangy River Road, Fawcett Center for Tomorrow
Luminescent Orchestrii encompasses Romanian gypsy melodies, salty tangos, hard-rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle. One critic describes the band as, “Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks playing tangos in Budapest...endless onstage energy, some truly romantic slow-dance numbers, quality musicianship and an adoring audience."
Ticket prices are: $23 Adults, $18 Seniors (60 and over), and $10 Students (21 and under). Purchase tickets online at Citymusiccolumbus.com, or by phone, (614) 433-9963. If you are a Friend of the Melton Center, purchase your ticket by phone and receive a $3 discount.
Co-sponsored by CityMusic, the Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Ohio Arts Council, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Target, Columbus Foundation, WCBE, WOSU-FM and the Pauline & Raymond Kahn, Sara & Harry Schwartz, and Joan Wallick Jewish
Arts Endowments of the Columbus Jewish Foundation.
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