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Artifacts of Identity: Exploring Jewish Material Culture Through Time (Part 5/5 Erased Synagogues)

Hosted By: Orange County Community Scholar Program (CSP)

Professor Marc Michael Epstein explores the material culture of Jewish communities, including architecture, furnishings, clothing, and artifacts from various eras. This discussion will address how to uncover and interpret clues from these materials to understand historical and contemporary Jewish life. This session, titled “Erased Synagogues,” will focus on reconstructing synagogues that were once central to vibrant communities but are no longer extant.

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Marc Michael Epstein

Marc Michael Epstein is the product of a mixed marriage between the scions of Slonimer and Lubavitcher Hassidim and Romanian socialists, and grew up, rather confused, but happy, in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently Professor of Religion at Vassar College, where he has been teaching since 1992, and was the first Director of Jewish Studies. At Vassar, he teaches courses on medieval Christianity, religion, arts and politics, and Jewish texts and sources. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, received the PhD at Yale University, and did much of his graduate research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has written numerous articles and three books on various topics in visual and material culture produced by, for, and about Jews.
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