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At Home In the Jewish World

Hosted By: Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program ("CSP")

Professor Marc Michael Epstein will lead a discussion on the material culture of Jewish communities, exploring architecture, furnishings, clothing, and artifacts that define Jewish spaces and daily life through various eras. The session will examine how to analyze this vast array of material to better understand past Jewish lives and their relevance today. It will also focus on what Jewish homes, as depicted in art, reveal about historical Jewish life and the search for “lost treasures” from civilizations now gone.

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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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Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program ("CSP")

The Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program (“CSP”) is a program offering adult Jewish education and family Jewish celebrations.
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