Oxford University Chabad Society
Summer Term Card, 2009
Flaggs - The College Store
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Week 0
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We are proud to present the screening of the film
"The Road to Jenin"
With French Jewish Filmmaker Pierre Rehov
Pierre Rehov will be present at the screening and give a talk about the movie.
Pierre Rehov (1952–) is a French Jewish film maker and novelist, most known for his movies which are almost exclusively based on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Rehov was born to a Jewish family in Alger, Algeria, then a French colony, where he experienced terrorism at a young age. In 1961 his family moved to France with as many as 250,000 other Jews fleeing Algeria, which was to become independent the next year. He made later a film on the Jewish refugees (Silent Exodus) describing the fate of the million Jews expelled from Arab countries after 1948.
Rehov says he was not pro-Israel until 2000, when he saw the death of Muhammad al-Durrah on television, and doubted its authenticity. Since then, he has been working mostly in the Palestinian territories, and other Arab countries, including in Iraq, where he was embedded in the US army as a free lance reporter.
He, among others, requested an investigation into the murder of al-Durrah, in which he claimed that it was Palestinian gunfire that killed the child.
Since July 2005, Rehov has appeared on many TV networks including CNN, FOX and MNSBC. In January 2008, Rehov was embedded in the US cavalry in Baghdad, where he filmed hours of dailies, showing the situation in Iraq from the field.
Thurs, 23 April, 8pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Please join us
Welcome Back Persian Shabbat Dinner
"Jews of Iran"
Break into the new term with a delicious Persian Shabbat dinner with
Iranian Jewish Film Director of Jews of Iran
Ramin Farahani
Born in 1969 in Tehran, Iran, Ramin began to experience with photography and making of short films from 1987. Later he studied Cinema at the Art University in Tehran (1989-1993). In 1994 Ramin moved to the Netherlands where he also studied at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam (1997-1999). In recent years he has been living and working periodically in Tehran and Amsterdam. Ramin's last film was a documentary titled Jews of Iran which got lots of attention especially in US. Ramin has written, directed, edited and produced several films and videos. His other activities are photography, translating, writing and blogging.
Fri, 24 April, 7:30pm
Delcious dessert table from 10:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
All welcome!
(The film Jews of Iran will be screened at the Ultimate Picture
Palace on Thursday 23rd at 4.00 p.m. Website is: www.oxdox.com)
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Week 1
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Japanese Cuisine Shabbat Dinner
Fri, 1 May, 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
All welcome!
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Week 2
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Please join us for
Walking tour of Medievel Jewish Oxford
By Marcus Roberts, Director of National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail
View the site ancient Jewish cemetary, medieval synagogue, Jews' Mount, Dead Man's walk, oldest college purchased from Jewish landowner, the old Jewihs quarter, Great Jewry St (St Aldate's), and more.
Sun, 3 May, 3pm
Meet at entrance to Botanic Gardens
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We cordially invite you a lecture by
French Holocaust survivor Madame Margaret Acher
Madame Margaret Acher was born in 1930 in Poland and grew up in Warsaw. The family was moved to the Ghetto in 1939. Her father, a Polish army officer, escaped to Hungary where he was hidden by friends. The mother managed to get Margaret and her sister outside of the Ghetto and hid them with a Polish family. In the end of the war the family was reunited. Today Margaret lives in Paris.
Madame Acher was the subject of a BBC documentary, entitled "The Family that Defeated Hitler".
Tues, 5 May, 8pm, reception at 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
All welcome!
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Please join us for
Moroccan cuisine Shabbat Dinner
Guest speaker Mr. Larbi Rmiki
Head of Cultural Department, Moroccan Embassy
Morocco & the Jews
Introduction by Moroccan born Sydney Assor, Chairman, Association of Moroccan Jews in Great Britain
Fri, 8 May, 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Week 3
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Grand Lag B'omer Celebration
Delicious BBQ with all the trimmings, Bonfire, music
Mon, 11 May, 8:30pm
At Chabad House Garden, 75-75A Cowley Road
All welcome!
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Viewing of first printed Bible
and other early printed works
The first printed Hebrew Bible (Torah) was published in Soncino, near Cremona, Italy, in 1488, of which nine copies are now known, one of which belongs to Exeter College, Oxford.
List for exhibition:
INCUNABULA (printed before 1501)
JOSEPHUS, Flavius
‘de bello Judaico’ (Printed 1470)
SONCINO BIBLE 1488
Volumes published after 1501
HARTMANN J & F
Bible Hebrew
Frankfurt. 1595 Quarto 24 cm.
BOMBERG David
Bible Hebrew
Venice. 1568 Folio. 40 cm
BOCHART, Samuel, 1599-1667.
Epistola
Paris : MDCL.. (1650)
160 p. ; 12°.
Woodcuts: printer's device on title page, initial.
With printed marginalia.
BUXTORF, Johannes (1599-1664)
Hebrew Bible 2 vols
Basel 1620 Folio
BUXTORF, Johannes (1599-1664)
Epitome grammaticae hebraeae.
Amsterdam 1632
EDERSHEIM, Alfred, 1825-1889.
History of the Jewish nation after the destruction of Jerusalem under Titus
by Alfred Edersheim
London : Green :1896
xiv, 553 p. ; 23 cm
ELZAS, Abraham, 1835-1880.
The Proverbs of Solomon
translated from the Hebrew text with notes, critical and explanatory, by A. Elzas.
Leeds : Charles Goodall :1871
78 p. ; 19 cm
TOULMIN Joshua 1740-1815
Memoirs of the life, character, sentiments, and writings, of Faustus Socinus.
SURENHUYS, Willem (1666-1729)
Theologorum Hebræorum
Amsterdam : Johannem Boom : M D CCXIII (1713)
24, 712 p. ; 4°.
SURENHUYS, Willem, 1666-1729.
Mishnah
Amsterdam. 1698. 3 vols. Folio.
JOSEPHUS, Flavius
Josephus Gorionides, sive Josephus Hebraicus
Gothæ, : Jacobum Mevium : M DCC VII (1707)
46], 892, [52] p. plates : port. ; 4°.
Hebrew text and Latin translation in parallel columns.
Thurs, 14 May, 3pm-4pm
Morris Room, Exeter College
Meet at the lodge
There is limited space for this viewing, please RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Week 4
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The Isaiah Berlin memorial lecture on Jewish Philosophy
Marking the centenary of Sir Isaiah Berlin
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz is a teacher, philosopher, social critic and prolific author who has been hailed by Time magazine as a "once-in-a-millennium scholar." His lifelong work in Jewish education earned him the Israel Prize, his country’s highest honor.
Born in Jerusalem in 1937 to secular parents, Rabbi Steinsaltz studied physics and chemistry at the Hebrew University. Following graduation, he established several experimental schools and, at the age of 24, became Israel’s youngest school principal.
In 1965, he began his monumental Hebrew translation and commentary on the Talmud. To date, he has published 38 of the anticipated 46 volumes. The Rabbi’s classic work of Kabbalah, The Thirteen Petalled Rose, was first published in 1980 and now appears in eight languages. In all, Rabbi Steinsaltz has authored some 60 books and hundreds of articles on subjects ranging from zoology to theology to social commentary.
Continuing his work as a teacher and spiritual mentor, Rabbi Steinsaltz established a network of schools and educational institutions in Israel and the former Soviet Union. He has served as scholar in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies in Washington, D.C. and the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University. His honorary degrees include doctorates from Yeshiva University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Bar Ilan University, Brandeis University, and Florida International University.
Rabbi Steinsaltz lives in Jerusalem with his wife and has three children and eleven grandchildren.
Tues, 19 May, 8pm, reception at 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
All welcome!
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Shabbat Dinner
with
Professor David Clary FRS
President, Magdalen College
"Magdalen College: the first 550 years and the challenges of the 21st century"
Fri, 22 May, 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
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Week 5
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Professor Sam Frydman
Sam Frydman is Professor and the Head of the Geotechnology and Mineral Engineering at Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He teaches, or oversees the teaching of, engineering geology, geomechanics, soil engineering and foundations, stability of retaining walls and slopes, and soil mechanics laboratory.
Dr. Frydman's research interests include constitutive behaviour of soils, geotechnical earthquake engineering, behaviour of piles, slope stability, reinforced soil, behaviour of unsaturated, swelling and collapsing soils, and rock mechanics.
"Engineering problems in the Holy land - then and now"
Mon, 25 May, 8pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
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Shavuot Dinner & Tikun Leyl lectures
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
It's traditional to stay awake studying Torah the night of the Festival fo Shavuot, the festival of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Rabbi Eli will give two provocative talks on current Jewish issues after a festive dinner, proceeded by delicious cheese cakes and blintzes.
Thurs, 28 May, 8pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
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Week 6
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Oxford University Chabad Society cordialy invites you to
The inaugural Isaac Meyers Memorial Lecture in Jewish Classics
Professor Geza Vermes MA, DLitt, FBA, FEA
Géza Vermes is a Jewish Hungarian scholar on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a world renowned authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and was one of the first scholars to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls after their discovery in 1947. He is the author of the standard translation into English of the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, 1962, re-issued in London by Penguin Classics, as The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, 2004. Vermes is also an authority on the life and religion of Jesus and some describe him as the greatest Jesus scholar of his time. He is now Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford but continues to teach at the Oriental Institute in Oxford.
"The Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls"
Tues, 2 June, 8pm, reception at 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
This year marks the first anniversary of the passing of former Oxford Classics Jewish student Isaac Meyers O"H, who was an active member of the Oxford University Chabad Society while studying at the Oxford centre for Hebrew and Jewish studies in 2003. At the time of his death, he was a 28-year-old graduate student and teaching fellow in the Harvard Classics Department, and an active member of the Cambridge Jewish Community. He studied classics at Oxford and was also an important part of Jewish life in Oxford, regularly attending services, Shabbat dinners and organised social events.
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Medieval Manuscript Viewing at Merton College
The library building in Mob Quadrangle, dating from 1373, is the oldest continuously functioning library for university academics and students in the world, comprising more than 70,000 volumes. The special collections include over 300 medieval manuscripts, personal papers of notable Mertonians, as well as early printed books. The extensive college archive has an unbroken history back to the foundation of the college in 1264, documenting college activities and the administration of the estates, including some Hebrew documents.
Foermer Bek's hall, in the front Merton quadrangle (staircases 6 & 7) was sold to Bishop Walter de Merton, the founder of Merton college, in a historic property deal, which meant that one of Oxford's Jews had participated in the foundation of Oxford's first true college. In 1266/7 the property was sold to the Bishop by an increasing infirm Jacob.
The contract (or starr) survives, and is written in both Latin by a scribe, and in Hebrew in the shaky and weak hand of Jacob. It is the oldest collegiate document that survives. This document and other will be shown in this exclusive viewing.
Wed, 3 June, 2:30pm
Meet at Merton College, Merton St
RSVP only: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Shabbat Dinner
with
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE
"The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century"
Baroness Greenfield is Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain (the first woman to hold that position) and Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, where she leads a multi-disciplinary team investigating neurodegenerative disorders. In addition she is Director of the Oxford Centre for the Science of the Mind, exploring the physical basis of consciousness.
Her books include “The Human Brain: A Guided Tour” (1997), “The Private Life of the Brain” (2000), and “Tomorrow’s People: How 21st Century Technology Is Changing the Way We Think and Feel” (2003) and “‘ID’ - The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century” published in May 2008 by Hodder Publishing.
She has spun off four companies from her research, made a diverse contribution to print and broadcast media, and led a Government report on “Women In Science”. She has received 29 Honorary Degrees, Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (2000), a non-political Life Peerage (2001) as well as the Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur (2003).
In 2006 she was installed as Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University and voted `Honorary Australian of the Year’. In 2007 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Fri, 5 June, 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
All welcome!
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Week 7
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Michael Zwebner
Michael Zwebner is CEO of Air Water International and is one of several companies that have developed technologies to transform the moisture in the air into drinking water by utilizing Israeli know-how and manufacturing to provide solutions aimed primarily at destitute Third World villages.
Tues, 9 June, 8pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
(Picture: Jalimudi village project)
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Shabbat Dinner
With
Professor Colin Mayer
Professor Colin Mayer is Dean of the Saïd Business School and Professorial Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He has degrees in Engineering Science and Economics (BA, First Class, 1974) and Economics (MPhil, 1976; DPhil, 1981) from the University of Oxford. He was a Harkness Fellow at Harvard University (1979/80), a Houblon-Norman Fellow at the Bank of England (1989) and the first Leo Goldschmidt Visiting Professor in Corporate Governance at the Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles (2000 and 2001). He is an Inaugural Fellow and Board Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) in Brussels.
Colin Mayer has previously been Chairman of the European Science Foundation Network in Financial Markets, Co-Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research's Network in Financial Market and a member of the Executive Committee of the Royal Economic Society. He is Chairman of OXERA Holdings Ltd, an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne's College and Oriel College, Oxford, a Governor of St Paul’s School, London and on the editorial board of numerous economics and finance journals.
Colin Mayer researches in the fields of corporate finance, governance, regulation and taxation. He has worked on international comparisons of financial systems and corporate governance and their effects on the financing and control of corporations. He also researches financial aspects of the regulation of utilities and the regulation of financial institutions.
Colin Mayer has advised numerous companies, financial institutions and international agencies in the private and public sectors on capital structure, costs of capital, rates of return and regulation. He has worked on projects concerned with capital markets, corporate sectors and regulatory systems in France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA.
"Moral Values & the Markets"
Fri, 12 June, 7:30pm
At Slager Jewish Student centre, 61 George St
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Week 8
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You are invited to
Punting on the Cherwell
Strawberries and beer served
Sun, 14 June, 3pm
Meet at Magdalen Bridge
Cost: £3
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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We cordially invite you to a special televised lecture by
Former Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau
Rabbi Lau, born 1937 in Piotrkow, Poland, is former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Holocaust survivor liberated from Buchenwald
Healing through Unity: One Man with one heart
Sun, 14 June, 7:45pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
Refreshments will be served
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Classes & Courses at the Chabad Society
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Judaism in a term - NEW Course
University is the time for pushing the boundaries of knowledge. It is a time to prepare for the great challenges of life that lie ahead, and gathering knowledge is crucial for the task. A knowledgeable Jew is an empowered Jew. Judaism in a Term is a programme designed for students who would like to know more about Judaism and will expose you to a wide range of Jewish issues.
The course is scheduled for 8 Tuesday afternoons, beginning 28 April, 2009, 5pm, and will conclude at the end of the term. Each lesson runs for 60 minutes. No prior Jewish knowledge necessary. In one term you will learn every area of Judaism you ever wondered about.
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Eight classes, Eight Subjects:
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Jewish History
- The Jewish Home
- Judaism's Wisdom
- Jewish Life's Moments: From before birth to after death
- Judaism's Literature: From Moses’ best selling Bible to what’s hot today
- Jewish Yearly Spiral
- Jewish Life Today
- Jewish Issues
Every Tues during term, beginning 28 April - 16 June, 5pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
To book: info@oxfordchabad.org
Cost: £20 for the course
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Lunch 'n' Learn
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Every Mon, 1pm
Platnauer Room, Brasenose College
All welcome!
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Lunch & Learn at John Radcliffe Hospital
Jewish Medical Ethics
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Every Tues, 12:30pm
The Graduate Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Hebrew for Beginners & intermediate
Wednesdays, beginning 28 April
Beginners: 4-5pm
Intermediate: 5-6pm
By Liat Greenfield
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
£5 per class
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Talmud Class
Exploring the ancient work of Rabbinical Jewish law, which also includes profound stories and insightful wisdom relevant to the beginner and the advanced
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Wednesdays, 8pm
At Chabad House, 75 Cowley Road
RSVP: info@oxfordchabad.org
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Lunch & Learn at Brookes University
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Thursdays, 5 Feb, 1pm
Room 529, The Gibbs Building
All welcome!
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Jewish Mysticism
Exploring the Jewish mystical philosophy of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Alter Rebbe): 1745-1812
By Rabbi Eli Brackman
Every Fri at 7pm, followed by Shabbat Dinner
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
All welcome!
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Oxford Kosher Cafe
Enjoy all this in our spacious lounge with internet wireless connection, Wii sports, newspaper and satellite tv, in addition to our well stocked and diverse Judaica library with over 2000 interesting titles. Drop by for soups, deluxe sandwiches, bagels, salads, schnitzel, soft drinks and a range of delicious pastries.
OPEN daily: 10:30am-5:30pm
At Slager Jewish student centre, 61 George St
Info: mark@oxfordchabad.org
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Sign Up
If you or a friend would like to sign up to the Chabad Society, please email info@oxfordchabad.org
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Oxford University Chabad Society Committee
Chabad Society student president: Babak Somekh (Keble)
Executive directors: Rabbi Eli & Freidy Brackman
Executive Student Committee: Esteban Hubner (Hertford), Treasurer; Gaston Yalonetzky (Oriel), Library officer; Avi Ohayon (Pembroke), Women's officer; Daniel Solomon (Somerville); Melissa Friedman (St John's); Sam Lindley (Brookes); Ruvi Ziegler (Lincoln), Law officer; Daniel Hemel (New), American officer; Madeleine Victoria Bell (Brookes); Harry Orlans (Merton), Medical school officer; Mark Tilse (Oxon), Drinks officer; Philippe Petrov, (Linacre), Mayanot officer; Gabriel Martindale (Magdalen); Guy Sela (Keble), Jewish Review advisor; Dani Rabinowitz (Green); Ellaine Gelman (Regents); Claire Strauss (Trinity); Adam Etinson (New), Yishai Mishor (Lincoln)
