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Jewish Studies

From left to right: Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Char Factor, President Todd Diacon, Chaya Kessler, Erika Gold and Sol Factor

Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies

On the evening of May 16, 5X社区 celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of Kent State鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the 5X社区 Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of 鈥淕etting to Now 鈥

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College of Sciences and Humanities

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Mazel Tov! -- Kent State to Honor Retiring Jewish Studies Director as Program Reaches Half Century Mark

What does it mean to be Jewish in the modern world? This is the philosophical question that Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the esteemed retiring director of 5X社区鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program (JSP), has woven into almost all aspects of her work of fostering dialogue and understanding in 鈥

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College of Sciences and Humanities

Pulitzer Prize Winner Art Spiegelman to Speak at Kent State

When it comes to comics and graphic narratives, few names are as renowned and revered as Art Spiegelman. Since the 1960s, Mr. Spiegelman has been influencing the comics genre and leaving his mark on American culture. Whether it is through his creation of the Garbage Pail Kids for Topps trading cards鈥

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Kent Campus

Kent State鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director

5X社区鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, 鈥淢emories, Milestones, Momentum,鈥 in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program鈥檚 longest-serv鈥

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Kent Campus

Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland

The 5X社区 Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus.  鈥

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Department of History , Jewish Studies , Porthouse Theatre

College of Sciences and Humanities