Video Lectures from the Greenfield Summer Institute

The George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies held the Annual Greenfield Summer Institute on July 13-17, 2008, Madison, Wisconsin. A faculty-taught four-day program including classes, films, and social events. Photos from the event can be seen here. Below are videos from the lectures presented there.


Albert Barry presents
The Lost Synagogues of Eastern Europe
More information on the film’s website.
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Andrei Malaev-Babel presents
Habima Theater in Russia
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Allan Nadler presents
You Say Kugel & I say Keegel: Litvaks vs. Galitsianers
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Daniel Pekarsky presents
The Past as Future? Images – and Resurgence – of a Lost World of Jewish Learning
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Lil’ Rev presents
Ale Brider: Yiddish Songs of Eastern Europe and America
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Lil’ Rev presents
Musical Performance
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Izaly Zemtsovsky presents
In Celebration of St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Music: 100 Years Young
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Judith Deutsch Kornblatt presents
The Jews of Russia

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Steven Nadler presents
Jews in the Dutch Golden Age
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David Sorkin presents
The Changing Synagogue as a Guide to European Jewish History
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