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THURSDAY: 'Judah Halevi, Pilgrim and Poet,' Second 2009 Lichter Lecture

   Each year, the annual Lichter Lecture Series in Judaic Studies, made possible by the Jacob and Jennie L. Lichter Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, focuses on a critical theme. The topic for autumn 2009 is timely and promises to continue the tradition of excellence that this three-decade series has established for both the “town” and “gown” audiences. Its theme: “Jews and Muslims: Co-Existence.”

The second lecture of the series will take place as follows:

What: “Judah Halevi, Pilgrim and Poet”
Who: Raymond P. Scheindlin, Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary
When: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12
Where: UC Uptown Campus, Campus Recreation Center, Room 3230 (map)

All the lectures are free and open to the public and include a reception, which will be observant of Kosher dietary law. To RSVP, call 513-556-2297.

Prof. Raymond Scheindlin's talk is 'Judah Halevi, Pilgrim and Poet' on Nov. 12.

About the Speaker
Raymond Scheindlin is Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary and has served as the Seminary’s provost. A native of Philadelphia, Scheindlin received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, his master’s degree and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and his PhD in Arabic literature from Columbia University (1971). He has published companion volumes on Hebrew literature in the Middle Ages, entitled Wine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life and The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul, both of which appeared in paperback in 1999. Active also as a literary translator, he published a verse translation of the Book of Job in 1998. His Short History of the Jewish People also appeared in 1998. He is also author of a reference book, 501 Arabic Verbs. His most recent book is Song of a Distant Dove: Pilgrimage Poems by Judah Halevi (2007).

Scheindlin has been a Guggenheim fellow and a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library; he is vice-president of the American Academy of Jewish Research and serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals. In 2004 he was received the Jewish Cultural Achievement Award of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. He has two grown children and is married to the opera singer Janice Meyerson.

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The Jacob and Jennie L. Lichter series at the University of Cincinnati is sponsored by the Judaic Studies Department in UC’s McMicken College of Arts and Science and the Jewish Federation.