Oxford University Chabad Society

Summer Lecture Programme,

July-Sep, 2008

Film: The Forgotten Refugees

The Forgotten Refugees explores the history and destruction of Middle Eastern Jewish communities, some of which had existed for over 2,500 years. Employing extensive testimony of survivors from Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Iraq, the film recounts the stories – of joy and of suffering – that nearly a million individuals have carried with them for so long.

Segments on the contributions of Middle Eastern Jews to politics, business and music, testify to the enormously rich cultures which fleeing Jews left behind. The film weaves personal stories with dramatic archival footage of rescue missions, historic images of exodus and resettlement, and analysis by contemporary scholars, to tell the story of how and why the Arab world’s Jewish population declined from one million in 1945 to several thousand today.

Mon, 21 July, Movie at 7:30pm

Buffet dinner at 7pm - RSVP

At David Slager Centre, 61 George St

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Rabbi Yehuda Pink

Rabbi of Solihull Hebrew Congregation, lecturer on Jewish Medical Ethics at Birmingham University

Confidentiality & Jewish Medical Ethics

Wed, 23 July, buffet dinner followed by talk at 7pm

At David Slager Centre, 61 George St

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Professor Daniel Howe

Rhodes Professor of American History Emeritus and an emeritus Fellow of St. Catherine's College, Oxford University.  Author of several books, most recently "What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848," which won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2008.

"Some reflections on Judaism in the United States"

Fri, 25 July, Shabbat Dinner at 7:30pm

At Chabad House, 75 Cowley Road

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Mid-Summer BBQ

Wed, 30 July, 7pm

At Chabad House Garden, 75 Cowley Road

£3 * All welcome!

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Professor M. Lindsay Kaplan

Kaplan is a member of the Georgetown University English Department & teaches courses on Shakespeare, early modern drama and Jews in medieval and Early Modern England. Her publications include Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002); co-edited Feminist Readings in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 1996); and wrote The Culture of Slander in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 1997). She is currently working on a book on race, gender and the construction of Jewish identity in medieval and Early Modern English culture.

"Emerging Ideas of Race in Medieval English Representations of Jews"

Fri, 1 Aug, Shabbat Dinner at 7:30pm

At Chabad House, 75 Cowley Road

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Tisha B'Av Lamentations & Commentary

By Rabbi Eli Brackman

Sat, 9 Aug, 9:45pm

At Chabad House, 75 Cowley Rd

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Film: The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe

The pre-World War II wooden synagogues that were all over Eastern Europe are the focus of this documentary which is narrated by Theodore Bikel. Just a short time ago a team of experts from Hebrew University found that there were actually six remaining structures in Lithuania.

Tisha B'Av, Sun, 10 Aug, 5pm

At David Slager Centre, 61 George St

(Break-Fast Dinner at 9:21pm at Chabad House, 75 Cowley Rd - RSVP)

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Professor Linda Safran

Linda Safran teaches late antique and Byzantine art at the University of Toronto's Department of Art; she previously chaired the Department of Greek and Latin at the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC).  Her publications include the edited volumes  _Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium_  (1998) and, with W. E. Klingshirn,  _The Early Christian Book_  (2007).  She is the author of  _San Pietro at Otranto: Byzantine Art in South Italy_ (1992) and is currently working on a book titled _Art and Identity in the Medieval Salento.

"Jews in the Salento (Southern Italy)"

Thurs, 14 Aug, 8pm

At David Slager Centre, 61 George St

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Pre-Rosh Hashana

Shofar Exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum

The Pitt Rivers Museum cares for one of the world's greatest collections and is famous for its celebrated displays and leading role in contemporary research and museum curatorship. For the first time, there will be a single event display of a series of Shofars that are stored in the archives of the museum and will go on display in honour of the Jewish New Year.

RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org

Furthers details will be released soon

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Pre-Rosh Hashana Family Workshop

Honey Tasting Workshop

Honey tasting demonsration by England's leading honey company and producer of the nation's favourite honey, Rowse Honey. There wil be a selection of honeys from across the world, including Hungary, New Zealand, Spain, Australia, England, Himalayas, Canada, Greece and Scotland.

Honey tasting, honeycake baking, beesewax candle making, learn aboutthe holiday of Rosh Hashana and more.

Presentation on beekeeping and honey making by the Oxfordshire beekeepers association.

Tues, 23 Sep, 5:30pm

At David Slager Centre, 61 George St

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Shabbat Dinners

Rabbi Eli and Freidy will be hosting at Chabad House (75 Cowley Rd) every Fri throughout the summer open Shabbat dinners, besides for Fri, 15 Aug. Please feel free to join us.

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David Slager Centre Open

The David Slager Centre will be open every weekday from 10am. Please feel free to visit and browse the library, have a kosher lunch, relax in the lounge, study or just to have a chat with the Rabbi.