Jewish Studies

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Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at Kent State

On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at Kent State. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food “Afro Ashkefardi.” Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works to talk about their hi…

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Crossed Out II by Samuel Bak (oil/canvas painting)

Phillips to Discuss Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak at Kent State

The 鶹 Jewish Studies program, in the College of Arts and Sciences, will host a presentation by Gary Phillips, Ph.D., the Edgar H. Evans Professor of Religion at Wabash College, on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121, on the Kent Campus. Phillips presentation, titled …

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College of Arts & Sciences