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2009 Silver Scholar Lecture:
Vanessa Ochs
Medicine and Multiculturalism:
Decoding Jewish Patients
Thursday, October 29, 2009
4:30 p.m., Clark Hall, Room 309 (Refreshments starting at 4:15 p.m.)
11130 Bellflower Road, Clevealnd
216/368-8961
Free and open to the public
Vanessa Ochs is the author of numerous books and articles. Among her books are Inventing Jewish Ritual, Sarah Laughed, and The Book of Jewish Sacred Practices (co-edited with Irwin Kula). Her research interests include the anthropology of Judaism, women in Judaism, material culture and the study of religions, new ritual, healing in the Jewish tradition, and the literature of spiritual journeys. She is associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.
The Silver Scholar Lecture is co-sponsored by the Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies at Case Western Reserve University and The Temple Tifereth Israel.
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