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October 7, 8, 9
FALL WEEKEND 2005
Here's your chance to see old friends and classmates.
Come join the fun!
  • Decade Reunion for the Classes of 1995-2005
  • Greek Reunions
  • SGA Reunion
  • College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture Reunion. Meet New Dean Louis Manzione
  • Barney School of Business Reunion. Meet New Dean James Fairfield-Sonn
  • 44th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony
  • 50th Reunion, Class of 1955
  • Tours and alumni classes in the new Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology building
  • Physical and Occupational Therapy Reunions
  • Tribute to Moshe Paranov, a founder of The Hartt School

Watch for more information to be mailed out this summer, or visit www.hartford.edu/alumni.

We need your help! Contact the Alumni Office to volunteer for these or any other Fall Weekend events at 888.UHALUMS or alumni@hartford.edu.


Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies

20th Anniversary Celebration

Now through Oct. 21
Now and Then Albany Avenue
A photographic celebration of the transformation of Hartford's Albany Avenue.
George J. Sherman and Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization
Admission is free.
For more information, including museum hours, or to schedule a docent-led tour, contact the Greenberg Center at 860.768.4963.



Sunday, Sept. 18
Bruce and Roberta Singer Entertainment Lecture featuring The Rothschilds
an afternoon of Jewish theater with Bernie Dean Through music, drama, and narration, Bernie Dean re-creates the rise of the Rothschilds from ghetto poverty in the 1700s to a position of wealth and influence.
3 p.m., Lincoln Theater
Admission is free, but tickets are required.
For tickets, call Susan Gottlieb at 860.768.4964.
Made possible by The Bruce and Roberta Singer Fund of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Greater Hartford.



Sunday, Oct. 9 through Thursday, Oct. 20
Israel and Spain-Archaeology and History
An exhibition prepared by Hartford Art School students and photography instructor Christine Dalenta '91, '94 from photographs taken during summer excavations in Israel and Spain.
Donald and Linda Silpe GalleryHartford Art School
Opening reception, Oct. 9, 2 to 4 p.m.Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 860.768.4964.



Sunday, Oct. 9
Israel and Spain: Hollander Archaeology and History
ConferenceGreenberg Center Director Richard Freund speaks on the University of Hartford's excavation projects in Israel and Spain.
7-8:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.



Sunday, Oct. 16
Aaron Kriwitsky Young Scholar Lecture
World-renowned nutritionist Anne Louise Gittleman speaks on the topic "What Did They Eat in Biblical Times?"
7:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.



Thursday, Oct. 27 through Thursday, MAR. 30
Latin America and the Holocaust-Exhibition on loan from the Museo de la Shoá, Buenos Aires, Argentina
George J. Sherman and Lottie K. Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization
Opening reception, Oct. 27, 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
For more information, including museum hours, or to schedule a docent-led tour, contact the Greenberg Center at 860.768.4963.



Sunday, Oct. 30
Judaic Studies Summit in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies
Rose and Arthur Fallmann Jewish Studies Summit, "The Significance of Jewish Studies on the College Campus Today"
Moderated by Ricky Greenfield, Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Panelists include Richard A. Freund, Greenberg Center; Arnold Dashefsky, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut; David Weinberg, Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies, Wayne State University, Michigan; Alan Berger, Holocaust and Judaic Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Rotan, Fla.; and Laurie Baron, Lipinksy Institute for Judaic Studies, San Diego State University.
1:30 to 3 p.m., Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.

The Presidents' Summit
"What Place Does Jewish Studies Have at the University?" roundtable discussion
Discussion and question-and-answer session moderated by Jonathan Rosenbaum, president, Gratz College, and former director of the Greenberg Center. Panelists include Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president, George Washington University; Humphrey Tonkin, president emeritus, University of Hartford; and Walter Harrison, president, University of Hartford.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.



Monday, Oct. 31
Middle East Teachers Workshop; "Latin America and the Holocaust" Workshop; and Holocaust Educators Workshop
In cooperation with Central Connecticut State University, the University of Hartford, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
Times to be announced.Gray Conference Center
Registration fee: $35-CEUs awarded.

Judith P. Wolfson Memorial Lecture
"European Jewish Studies: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism in European Intellectual and Political Life in the Media"

presented by David Weinberg, Wayne State University.
7:30 p.m., Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.For more information, call Susan Gottlieb at 860.768.4964.



Sunday, Dec. 11
Yiddish Film Presentation
Film to be announced.
1:30 p.m. Wilde Auditorium
Admission is free.
Made possible by an endowment established by Irving and Fran Waltman in honor of the 100th birthday of the late David Waltman.



Thursday, March 16, to Monday, March 27
Sign Up Now for Spring Break in Spain
Highlights:

  • Shabbat in Madrid * Madrid's Prado Museum and Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum
  • Excavations in Burgos
  • Sightseeing in northern Spain

For more information on any of the programs or events listed above, contact Susan Gottlieb, 860.768.4964


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