Courses Offered
New trends in Orthodox Judaism and the history of Jewish farming are the subjects of two virtual mini-courses at Rutgers in February presented by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life. Free and open to the public, they showcase the expertise of Rutgers’ visiting scholars and faculty, bringing these resources to the broader community.
The two-part series “Innovative Orthodoxies” will unpack new trends in Orthodox Judaism, including changes in women’s leadership roles and the relationship between Israeli and American Orthodox Jews and practice. Presented by Michal Raucher, assistant professor in Rutgers’ Department of Jewish Studies, and Adam S. Ferziger, Allen and Joan Bildner Visiting Scholar and Rabbi S.R. Hirsch Chair, Bar-Ilan University, the sessions will be held Thursdays, February 10 and 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
“A Short History of Jewish Farming on Four Continents in the Modern Era” is a two-part mini-course that explores the Jewish agricultural settlement movement that spanned the Americas, Eastern Europe, and the land of Israel from the 1880s to the 1950s. This important, yet largely forgotten, history, as well as more recent developments in the U.S. and Israel, will be presented by Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Allen and Joan Bildner Visiting Scholar and Rabbi Edward Sandrow Chair in Soviet & East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The mini-course will be held Wednesdays, February 16 and 23, from 7 to 8 p.m.
For more information and to register, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu.
Call for Poetry
The Delaware Valley Poets/US 1 Poets organization is accepting submissions for the 2022 edition of its annual poetry journal, US 1 Worksheets Volume 67, through Tuesday, February 15.
Submit up to three poems to US1Worksheets@gmail.com. The poems to be published will be announced by July 1. Print publication and a launch party are planned for November, depending on the pandemic.
Your submission should include your email mail address and your postal address. Attach each poem as a separate file named with your last name and the first four words of the title of your poem.
Use Times New Roman, in 12-point font. Type your poem’s title in bold, skip three lines, then start your poem. Do not place your name on your poem. All poems are judged devoid of personal knowledge of the poet.
Each poem will fit on a single side of a 6”x 9” page. This means no more than 35 total lines (including your poem’s title and blank space between lines and stanzas) and no lines over 55 characters (including spaces). Longer lines must be properly lineated for page size.
Please left justify each poem, rather than scattering it over a page unless your poem’s layout absolutely requires it. Preference is for left justified layout.
Use doc, docx, or rtf files ONLY. No other file types will be read. Poems that do not comply with these guidelines will not be considered.
We do not accept previously published poems. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify DVP/US1 Poets by email if your poem is accepted elsewhere.
Contact US1Worksheets@gmail.com for more information.
