Jewish Studies and Music Study Group

TOMORROW: JSMSG panel at AMS “We will dance again”: Amplifying Jewish Joy in the Face of Contemporary Trauma Speakers: Rachel Baum (@RNBaum), Philip V. Bohlman Discussant: Samantha M. Cooper (@JewishOperaDoc). Co-chairs: Zeke Levine, Nicolette van den Bogerd (@MusicologyStuff).

Reminder: AMS 2024 Chicago Jewish Music Roundup! We’ve assembled a list of all the panels engaging with Jewish music/studies this year, with topics such as religious conversions, opera, Cuban synagogues, and much more. jewishstudies.ams-net.org/pa…

JSMSG panel at AMS 2024: “We will dance again”: Amplifying Jewish Joy in the Face of Contemporary Trauma Speakers: Rachel Baum (@RNBaum), Philip V. Bohlman. Discussant: Samantha M. Cooper (@JewishOperaDoc). Co-chairs: Zeke Levine, Nicolette van den Bogerd (@MusicologyStuff).

AMS 2024 Chicago Jewish Music Roundup! We assembled a list of panels engaging with Jewish studies, with topics such as religious conversions, opera, Cuban synagogues, and much more. If you'd like us to add something to the list, please get in touch! jewishstudies.ams-net.org/pa…

JSMSG Awards DEADLINE EXTENDED: July 5, 2024 We are still accepting nominations for the JSMSG publication awards! We welcome publications from 1/1/2023-12/31/2023, in the categories of book, article/chapter, or other. For more details: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/20…

Reminder: JSMSG Awards Journal Club This Thursday, our group will host a virtual event featuring the winners of our 2023 publication awards, where we will discuss the texts with their authors. Thursday, June 20 11am-12:30pm ET jewishstudies.ams-net.org/js…

JSMSG Awards Journal Club Our group is hosting a virtual event featuring the winners of our 2023 publication awards, where we will discuss the texts with their authors. 6/20 11am-12:30pm ET To receive PDFs of the texts in advance, please register here: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/js…

Concert-lecture, fixed Zoom link! Tomorrow (5/30) we are hosting a lecture-concert with Dr. Seulki Susie Yoo about Paul Dukas’s Jewish identity. Streamed live, free, and open to the public. Please join us! May 30, 2024 6pm ET Details and registration: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/le…

Reminder: This Thursday we are hosting a virtual lecture-concert with Seulki Susie Yoo, DMA, about Paul Dukas’s Jewish identity. This virtual event will be streamed live, free, and open to the public. Please join us! May 30, 2024 6pm ET Details: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/le…

Conference at UCLA: “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Synagogue: Cantors, Opera Singers, and Jewish Performance Culture" May 19-21 Presented by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience For more details and registration: milkenjewishmusiccenter.scho…

2024 Call For Nominations: JSMSG Awards We are now accepting nominations for the JSMSG publication awards! We welcome publications from 1/1/2023-12/31/2023, in the categories of book, article/chapter, or other. For more details: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/20… Deadline: 6/16/2024

JSMSG is excited to host Seulki Susie Yoo, DMA, for a virtual lecture-concert about Paul Dukas’s Jewish identity. This virtual event will be streamed live, free, and open to the public. Please join us! May 30, 2024 6pm ET Details and registration: jewishstudies.ams-net.org/le…

*JSMSG Awards* The Jewish Studies and Music Study Group of the AMS is pleased to announce its annual publication awards: Lynette Bowring (@yalemusic) Rebecca Cypess (@MasonGross) Liza Malamut (@NewberryConsort) Samantha M. Cooper (@katzcenterupenn) jewishstudies.ams-net.org/wi…

Virtual Lecture: Shared Soundscapes from Ottoman-Era Safed With Dr. Naomi Cohn Zentner Sponsored by the Departments of Music and Jewish Studies at Rutgers University Tuesday, 3/26, 4pm Zoom link: go.rutgers.edu/cohn-zentner @MasonGross @RutgersU

Society for American Music: the Jewish Studies Interest Group is relaunching! After a hiatus, the group is restarting its activities. Join the meeting at SAM 2024: Thursday, 3/21, 7:30-9pm Grand C Please pass this information along to anyone who might be interested. @SocAmMusic

Upcoming Lecture-Concert: The Vints Hans Lied: Yiddish Song in the 17th Century Frankfurter Judengasse The Newberry Consort with musicologist Paul Feller-Simmons (@BienenSchoolNU). March 21, 2024, 7pm Northwestern University, Harris Hall 107 newberryconsort.org/202324-s…

Dr. Kathryn Huether was recently featured on an episode of the Unorthodox podcast for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, where she discussed sonic representations of the Holocaust. Listen here (starts at 12:20): open.spotify.com/episode/29z… @KathrynHuether

Please sign this petition for the Music Collection at the National Library of Israel, organized by Prof. Ruth HaCohen (Pinczower): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…