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Statement of Purpose
Since 1989 the Jewish Studies Program in coordination
with the Resnick Institute at the State University College
at New Paltz has presented the Louis and Mildred Resnick
Distinguished Lectureship Series every Fall semester,
and the Louis and Mildred Resnick Holocaust Memorial
Presentation every Spring. Our Fall programs have included
lectures on Jewish Identity, Jewish Spirituality, Israel
in the World Community, Jewish-American Fiction, Jews
in the Global Diaspora, and Reimagining the Holocaust,
and have featured such renowned speakers as Arthur Hertzberg,
Rachel Cowan, Arthur Waskow, Morris Dickstein, Shlomo
Avineri, and Judith Plaskow. The Holocaust Memorial
Programs have included presentations by Robert Jay Lifton,
Raoul Hilberg, Henry Feingold, Peter Balakian, Jan Gross,
Deborah Lipstadt, Sydney Schanberg, and the world premiere
of the award winning SUNY-made documentary "The
Children of Izieu," written and produced by Sheila Schwartz and introduced by famed
Nazi-hunter Beate Klarsfeld.
The goals of the Institute continue to be:
- to provide opportunities for students, faculty,
and members of the greater New Paltz community to
engage in stimulating learning experiences, discussion
and encounter,
- to extend to the entire community a deeper understanding
of Jewish civilization, and
- to contribute to the larger dialogue in the liberal
arts.
The Institute will continue to aim at the integration
of campus and community, including the auditing of Jewish
Studies courses by residents of the Hudson Valley, and
participation by local clergy in interfaith dialogue.
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