Judaisms: A 21st Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities
Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Aaron Hahn Tapper gives a talk on his book Judaisms: A 21st Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities (University of California Press, 2016). Hahn Tapper is the Mae and Benjamin Swig Associate Professor in Jewish Studies and the founding director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice at University of San Francisco. His primary academic interest is the intersection between identity formation, social justice and marginalized groups. Free.
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Humanities Building, Room 415
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Department of Jewish Studies
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In 2003 Hahn Tapper founded Abraham’s Vision, a conflict-transformation organization that ran educational programs within and between the Muslim, Jewish, Palestinian and Israeli communities. He served as co-executive director through May 2013. He is executive director of the Center for Transformative Education, an educational initiative aiming to create empowering educational programs to transform societies into their potential, which he co-founded in 2008. In 2013 – 14, he was a Fulbright senior scholar in Australia.