Moscow Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization “sefer”

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Moscow Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization “SEFER”

www.sefer.ru

23rd Annual International

Conference on Jewish Studies

January, 31 – February, 2, 2016

(Moscow, “Ismailovo – Beta” Hotel, 71, Ismailovsky road, “Partizanskaya” Underground Station)
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Program

January, 31, Sunday
9:00–10:30 Arrival and accommodation of non-local participants. Check-in for the conference participants
10:30–13:00 – Opening ceremony. 1st Plenary Session

Chairpersons: Victoria Mochalova, Mikhail Chlenov
Chlenov Mikhail (Moscow). Typology of the Jewish Communities in the Contemporary World

Shnirelman Victor (Moscow). «Day of Victory over Khazaria»: Celebration and Memorial
Presentations of the new publications and programs in Jewish Studies

The Awarding of Professor Eugene Weiner grants
13:00–14:00 lunch. Meeting of the Sefer Academic Board
14:00–17:30. Parallel sessions

Jewish Thought

Chairpersons: Ury Gershovich, Mikhail Wogman
Zapromyotova Olga (Moscow). The Torah Concept in Biblical Exegesis: the Development and Interaction of Image and Logic

Wogman Mikhail (Moscow). From Crocodile to Hippopotamus: Reconsidering the Reception History of Job 41–42

Gershovich Ury (Jerusalem / Moscow). Shlomo Maimon’s Commentary to More Nevuchim

Andreyev Gennady (Moscow). Problems of Translation of Rabbi Hasdai Crescas’ Work Or ha-Shem (The Light of the Lord) into Russian

Yanduganova Ekaterina (St.Petersburg). Midrash and Grammar in Fr. Rosenzweig's Hermeneutics

Rashkovsky Eugeny (Moscow). Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson (1908–1989): Geneticist’s Contribution to the Philosophical Comprehension of History
Judeo-Christian Relatioships
Chairpersons: Maxim Khizhyi, Alexander Lockshin,
Gerasimova Victoria (Omsk). From Judaism to Orthodoxy and Back Again: Apostasy among Converted Jews in the 18th Century Russia

Lockshin Alexander (Moscow). The Attitude of the Jewish Community to Baptizing in the End of 19th – early 20th Centuries

Khizhyi Maxim (Vladimir). Archbishop Antony (Khrapovitsky) and the Jews

Norkina Ekaterina (St.Petersburg). Life in the Neighborhood: Cossacks and Jews in the Cities and Villages of Kuban region (19th – early 20th Centuries)

Pogodina Svetlana (Riga). About Religious Jokes About Jews

Nekrasova Alesya (St.Petersburg). Judaism in Periodical Publications of the Union of the Godlesses. Letters to the Editorial Office

Omonov Nikolay (Jerusalem). Science in the Court of Amateurs: Research of Neo-Paganism in the Comprehension of Neo-Pagans (skype)
Non-Ashkenazic Jewish Communities

Chairpersons: Mikhail Chlenov, Maxim Hammal
Kulikova Olga, Semenov Igor (Makhachkala). Takhmasp’s I Firman Information about Jewish People of Daghestan (1558)

Chlenov Mikhail (Moscow). Jews in Indonesia

Kashovskaya Natalia (St.Petersburg). On the Trail of the Lost Collection: Estampages of the Medieval Jewish Epitaphs on the Mangup Cemetery (Crimea) Collected by Aharon Y. Gidalevich (from the Funds of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS)

Fishel Alexandrа (Kiev). “Looking for a Job”

Shumskaya Ksenia (Novosibirsk). The History of Formation and Development of Jewish Education in Georgia: Legal Aspect

Prokhorov Dmitry (Sympheropol). “Harmful to Public Order”: Karaites of Taurida Governorate who were Supervised by Police and Regarded as Politically Unreliable in the Middle of the 19th – early 20th centuries

Hammal Maxim (Moscow). Genre Features of the Book by Isaac Sinani "History and Development of Karaism", or Apology for the "Badly-made” Books
Jews in the USSR and the Post-Soviet Space
Chairpersons: Oleg Budnitsky, Gennady Kostyrchenko
Lapina Irina (St.Petersburg). «The parts of second plan»: N.A. Buсhbinder, S.G. Greenberg D.A. Lazurkina, D.B. Ryasanov, D.P. Sterenberg and the Others in Petrograd Narcompros. 1917–1920

Karpenkina Janina (Moscow). "I felt that for us begins a new life..." – Jews and Soviet Power in Western Belarus, 1939

Genina Elena (Kemerovo). Historians-"cosmopolitans" in the Kemerovo State Pedagogical Institute

Kostyrchenko Gennady (Moscow). Anti-Jewish Repression in the Post-War Stalinism: New Documents and Considerations

Romanova Victoria (Moscow). Jewish Community of Kharbin after August, 1945

Karpekin Konstantin (Vitebsk). The Jewish Communities of the Byelorussian SSR in the First Years after World War II

Gordeeva Irina (Moscow). Group to Establish Trust Between USSR and USA (1982–1989) and the Problem of Social Roots of Independent Peace Movement in the Soviet Union

Bartnik Anna (Lublin). Jews in Belarus – the Characteristics and Examples of Activity

Shevelyov Dmitry (Minsk). The Jews and Belarusian Peoples’ Front, 1988–1991
18:00 Departure for the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

Presentation of new Sefer publications

Fourchette

Visiting Museum (optional)

22:00 Departure from the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center
February, 1, Monday
10:00-14:00 Parallel sessions
Biblical and Ancient Middle-Eastern Studies
Chairpersons: Aleksey Lyavdansky, Sergey Tischenko,
In Memoriam of Professor Vladimir Jakobson
Emelyanov Vladimir (St.Petersburg). Vladimir A. Jacobson’ Scientific Achievements in Assyriology

Emelyanov Vladimir (St.Petersburg). The Babylonian "Sermon on the Mount", 7th Cent. B.C.E.

Seleznyov Mikhail (Moscow). On “Theology” of the Greek Bible

Yurovitskaya Maria (Moscow). Jer 30 (37) in Septuagint: Another Version of the Text or Exegetical Correction?

Tischenko Sergey (Moscow). "The Cult” of Deads vs Ritual Impurity, Caused by a Dead Body

Lyavdansky Aleksey (Moscow). Revelation 12 and Jewish Myths about Protection of Motherhood and Childhood

Babkina Svetlana (Moscow). The Star that Had a Son: to the Meaning of Bar-Kokhba’s Name
Jews in the Russian Empire

Chairpersons: Dmitry Elyashevich, Victor Kelner
Feldman Dmitry (Moscow). The Jews – Inhabitants of Moscow Free Settlements (sloboda) in 17th Century (Meschanskaya and Bronnaya)

Lubchenko Vladimir (Kiev). In Captivity of the Two Pales of Settlement: Have the Jews of the Polish Kingdom and the Russian Empire the Right of Mutual Residence?

Beizer Michael (Jerusalem). "That the Bent-Over Jew May Straighten His Back".  The Emergence of the OZE: Historical Circumstances and Ideology of the Founders

Kelner Victor (St.Petersburg). M.M. Winawer and «the Duma Policy» of the Union for Equal Rights of Jews in Russia

Goldin Semyon (Jerusalem). Liberal Nationalism and the "Jewish question" in the Russian Empire

Sobolevskaya Olga (Grodno). Letters to Eugenia Ioelson (1892–1914) аs a Source for the Study of Micro-History of Emotions

Victorоvskaya Valentina (St.Petersburg). The Ethnicity Scenarios of “Siberian Zionists” and Challenges of the Civil War

Andreyev Aleksey (Yakutsk). Demographic Situation of the Jewish Population in Yakutsk District (mid. 19 – early 20th cent.)
The State of Israel: Past and Present

Chairpersons: Tatiana Karasova, Zeev Khanin
From the History of Zionist Movement
Suchkova Elena (Donetsk). The Role of Jewish Women in Ukraine in the Zionist Movement in 1920s: Rose Meltzer, Beba Idelson, Clara Klinger

Pechenin Ilya (Moscow). “Der Onfang” – the Newspaper of the Jewish Social-Democratic Workers’ Party in Palestine (Poale-Zion)

Levin Zeev (Jerusalem). Palestinians in Tashkent", Some Notes to the History of Ha-Haluts in Central Asia

Mitina Ekaterina (Moscow). Chekh Jews’ Activity in Palestine in 1920–1930s

Masyukova Irina (Moscow). On the Eve of Establishment of the State of Israel: Jewish Immigration in the 1945–1948
The State and Society of Contemporary Israel

Remarovich Oxana (Kiev). The Role of Judaism in Social and Political Life of the State of Israel in 1948−1977

Ulbashev Alim (Moscow). Theodor Herzl’s Zionist Views and the Newest Codification of Civil Law in the State of Israel

Khanin Vladimir (Zeev) (Jerusalem). Israeli Coalition-Building as Indicator of Structural Political Transformations

Baulina Irina (Moscow). The “Equal burden” Law: Background and Problems of Realization in Israel

Belousov Sergey (Moscow). On Ethical Modality in Modern Hebrew
10:00-12:00 Round Table: Khazar Studies

Chairperson: Vladimir Petrukhin

Rashkovsky Boris (Moscow). Khazars and Babylon. To the Interpretation of Some Eschatological Prophecies in Biblical Exegesis of 10 Century

Bubenok Oleg (Kiev). Less Known Research of A. Krymskiy “The History of the Khazars”
Discussion participants: Valery Flyorov, Tatiana Kalinina, Oleg Mudrak, Victor Shnirelman,
12:00:14:00 Round Table: Jewish Field Research
Chairperson: Svetlana Amosova, Olga Belova

Participants: Alexandrа Fishel, Valery Dymshic, Maria Kaspina, Irina Kopchenova, Andrey Moroz, Fyodor Orlov, Nikita Petrov, Natalia Petrova, Svetlana Pogodina, Anna Shayevich, Mikhail Vassilyev, Maria Vyatchina
14:00-15:00 lunch
15:00-18:45 Parallel sessions
Biblical and Ancient Middle-East Studies

Chairpersons: Aleksey Lyavdansky, Sergey Tischenko
Fedotova Elena (Moscow). Wordplay in Jesaia 25:4

Kopeliovich Dmitry (Jerusalem). “A Prophet is not Without Honor Except in His Own Country and in His Own House”: a Foreign Ruler as a Defender of the Persecuted Prophet

Karanaev Mikhail (Nizhnekamsk). Reasons for Collaboration of the Jews at the Beginning of the Maccabean Revolt (167–160 B.C.E.)

Grischenko Alexander (Moscow). Toponymic and Ethnonymic Glosses in the Slavonic-Russian Pentateuchs Edited According to the Masoretic Text

Mikhailova Tatiana (Moscow). Ezekiel-Tragedian on the Phoenix: a Supplement to the Traditional Image

Tereschenko Tatyana (St.Petersburg). The Image of Judea in the Art of Old Rome

The State of Israel: Past and Present

Chairpersons: Tatiana Karasova, Zeev Khanin
Israel in International Relations

Karasova Tatiana (Moscow). The Current Situation in the Middle East and Israel's Security Problems

Mesamed Vladimir (Jerusalem). Israel and the Final Agreement on the Iranian Nuclear Program

Vassilyev Ilya (St.Petersburg). Memorial Projects in the Russian-Israeli Relations

Suleimanov Rais (Kazan). The Israeli Factor in Jewish-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Russia

Shapovalov Mikhail (Omsk). Representation of Jewish Palestine as Viewed by Russian Travelers in the late 19th – early 20th centuries

Maryasis Dmitry (Moscow). Prospects for the Development of Russian-Israeli Cooperation in the Field of High Technologies

Morozov Boris (Tel-Aviv). Prospects for the Publishing of the 2nd Volume of «Soviet-Israeli Relations»

Gender Etudes

Chairperson: Galina Zelenina

Fishbane Simcha (New York). No Right of Passage: The Rabbinic Dispute Over the Propriety of Bat Mitzvah Celebrations

Kireeva Natalia (Moscow). "Like the aqueduct, I went to Paradise": (Un)typical Gender Metaphors in Literature of Wisdom

Parizhsky Semyon (Moscow). « Dangerous Liaisons » of Form and Matter: Gender Metaphors in Maimonides Philosophy

Zelenina Galina (Moscow). "A Passion to Speak is Inherent for Women": Interaction between Marranos and the Inquisition in the Gender Dimension

Khizhaya Tatiana (Vladimir). Women-Subbotnics in 19th century Russia: Faith, Family, Fate

Weissman Anna (Moscow). Memoir Strategies in Women's Literary Autobiography on the Frontier of 19^th and 20^th Centuries

Ermak Julia (Grodno). Jewish Women’ Participation in Pharmacy Work in the Province of Grodno (End of 19^th – Early 20^th Cent.) (skype)

Prtavyan Amalia (Moscow). Feminist Critique of the post-Holocaust Theology and Peculiarities of Women’ Experience of the Holocaust

Bardina Svetlana(Moscow). Questions and Peculiarities in the Interpretation of Women’s Experience: Biblical Texts and the Theology of post-Holocaust

Pachomova Svetlana (Moscow). Total Divorce: Movie-Trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabets
Jewish Material and Artistic Culture. Museums
Chairperson: Maria Kaspina

Krutova Nina (Toliatti). Monumental Jewish Tombstones of East Kazakhstan, 1898-1916

Sinilo Anatolyi (Bogushevichi). Attribution of the Drawings by Moses Maimon from the Collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus

Ulitsky Efim (Moscow). Creation of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Posters

Kaspina Maria (Moscow). Moscow Museum of Jewish History in Russia

Anisina Natalia (Moscow). Museum of Jewish Heritage and the Holocaust on Poklonnaya Mount in Moscow

Sokolova Alla (St.Petersburg). History of the Collection of Graphic Works by Solomon Yudovin in the Museum of the History of Religion: 1930ies (text available)
19:00-20:00 – dinner
February, 2, Tuesday

10:00-13:45 Parallel sessions
The Holocaust and Historical Memory

Chairperson: Eugeny Rosenblat
Rebrova Irina (Berlin/Krasnodar). Strategies and the Reasons for the Salvation of the Jews during the Holocaust in the North Caucasus: Theming and Self-Reflection in Their Life-Stories

Rosenblat Eugeny (Brest). Peculiarities of the Holocaust in Western Byelorussia in 1941–1944

Sinyaeva-Pankowska Natalia (Warsaw). The Holocaust and National Identity in Moldavia and Eastern Europe

Radchenko Olga (Cherkassy). The Holocaust in Memory of Ukrainian Children of War

Terushkin Leonid (Moscow). Letters by Neighbors and Friends – Unknown Testimonies about the Holocaust. Searching for them in the Family Archives

Yudkina Anna (Tula), Vyatchina Maria (Kazan). From Soviet Monuments to the Constructing of Local Memory Places

Charny Semyon (Moscow). "The theory of Substitution" in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR

Around Yiddish

Chairperson: Valery Dymshic
Stampfer Shaul (Jerusalem). Yiddish Archaeology

Bikard Arnaud (St.Petersburg). Immanuel of Rome’s Dantesque Exploration of the Hereafter and its Gilgulim in Yiddish Lliterature and Folklore

Polyan Alexandrа (Moscow). Verses by Poets of the Enlightenment in Yiddish

Fedchenko Valentina (St.Petersburg). Is there a Momental Aspect in Yiddish?

Kuznetsova Ekaterina (Jerusalem). Translating Sholem Aleichem: the Problem of Biblical and Talmudic Quotations

Khazdan Evgenia (St.Petersburg). "Dark Alleys": a Function of Slavic Inserts in Yiddish Songs

Dymshic Valery (St.Petersburg). Two Editions of “Ten Wagons” by Doivber Levin
History of Jews in Eastent and Western Europe in Modern Time

Chairpersons: Alexander Ivanov, Andrey Shpirt
Damian Victor (Kishinev). Jewish Migration from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Principality of Moldavia during the Khmelnytsky Uprising (End of 1640s – Beginning of 1650s)

Shpirt Andrey (Moscow). New Approaches to the Study of Jewish Chronicles in the Bogdan Khmelnitsky’ Times

Salivon Aleksey (Stuttgart). Body Aspects of the Jewish Military Service in Russia and German States in 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Dementiev Ilya (Kaliningrad). “Unused people”: Jewish Minority in East Prussia during the Stay of the Russian Army at the Beginning of the First World War (1914—1915)

Marchuk Vladimir (Rovno / Ostrog). Crafts Occupation of Jews on the Western Volynia during 1921–1939

Umanovskaya Gita (Riga). A Building in Riga, Skolas Street, 6, as a Mirror of Jewish History

Ivanov Alexander (St.Petersburg). D.V. Lvovich and Jewish Transnational Philanthropy’ Development in 1920s – 1940s
Jewish Literature. Literary Communications

Chairperson: Leonid Katsis
Lipkin Mikhail (Moscow). New approach to Byalik’s “Legends from Midrash and Aggada” Translation

Eliasberg Galina (Moscow). The problem of Decay in Prose and Playwritings of S. Yushkevich

Orlitsky Yury (Moscow). "Books of Praises" by Feyga Kogan Among Sources and Parallels

Katsis Leonid (Moscow). Zhabotinsky’s Unknown Pseudonim «V. Klimkov» as an Inspiration for the Texts by Leonid Andreyev, Leo Tolstoy and Innocenty Annensky

Mochalova Victoria (Moscow). Jewish Orpheus in the 20th Century Hell: Case of Josef Wittlin

Vassilyeva Elina (Daugavpils). «Jewish Text» in the Latvian Literature: Anti-Semitic Component

Velichko Alyona (Daugavpils). The artistic world of F. Gorenstein’s Drama “Volemir”
13:45-14:45 - lunch

14:45-15:45 Closing the conference, Summary, Reports of Sections Chairs