Israel is a microcosm of the sign language world.  Within a country about equal in area to New Jersey, Israel contains both a widely dispersed deaf community sign language used in schools, Israeli Sign Language, and a number of much smaller village sign languages, each confined to a single community and used only within its confines.  Our research team was formed to study Israeli Sign Language, but we have also spent the last decade studying and documenting the sign language of the Bedouin village of Al-Sayyid, located near Be’er Sheva, the ancestral home of Abraham.  I will compare the history and structure of these two languages and show how the study of their emergence has provided a variety of insights into language and human nature.

Dr. Levine will speak on, "Hearing Jesus' Parables as Jewish Stories," at 7:00 P.M. at Temple Adath Israel on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013. Dr. Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and an affiliated professor with the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations in Cambridge, England. This is the second of two lectures presented by Dr. Levine in Lexington, as part of the Moosnick Lectures.

There will be a lecture by Dr. Oliver Leaman, Zantker Professor of Judaic Studies at UK. He writes mainly on Islamic and Jewish philosophy and culture. He is the author most recently of Islamic Philosophy (2009), Judaism (2011) and Controversies in Contemporary Islam (2013). He is currently working on a project studying the links between religion and art in modern culture. The event is free and open to the public.

Excited about Homecoming? Want to learn more about what it was like at UK 60 years ago?

Join Mr. Gene DuBow, class of 1953, president of Zeta Beta Tau and Hillel, in a program sponsored by the UK Jewish Studies program for a trip down memory lane. There will be a brief film showcasing archival materials of UK over the years and Mr. DuBow will offer remarks on Jewish life at UK in the 1950s. The discussion will be followed by an open Q and A session and light refreshments.

Start #ukhomecoming weekend off right; don't miss today's talk from Mr. Gene Dubow, Class of 1953 alum, President of Hillel and ZBT.  TODAY-- 2pm , DMB Theater in the Marksburgy Building. There will be FREE COOKIES and COFFEE :) Those of you coming from off-campus there will be a limited number of vouchers available for parking structure 5, first come/first served.
Here is a link to the location of the Marksbury Building
http://ukcc.uky.edu/cgi-bin/dynamo?maps.391+campus+0633

 

Public lecture by Dr. Benor is Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles). Her book, Becoming Frum: How Newcomers Learn the Language and Culture of Orthodox Judaism, was published in 2012.