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ENJAMIN GAMPEL is making his third visit to Adat Shalom
Lithis fall. In the past he has shown an amazing ability to
draw in people of all ages and engage them in learning and
discussion in a vibrant and passionate way.
The Dina and Eli Field Family Chair in Jewish History at
The Jewish Theological Seminary, Dr. Gampel is an author and
teacher specializing in the history of the Jews of the me-
dieval and early modern world. He earned his doctorate from
Columbia University. For his first book he spent almost a year
in Spain researching in the local archives. After much
painstaking work compiling materials for this project, he was
able to recreate some of the long-forgotten history of the
Jews of the Iberian peninsula. Dr. Gampel returned to the
Spanish archives and has just completed As If the Jews Had
No Lord: The Riots in Castile and Aragon and the Royal Re-
sponse, 1391 1392, which examines the riots and forced con-
versions of 1391 in the Iberian peninsula and the effects of
those events on the course of Sephardic history.
In addition to his scholarship, Benjamin Gampel is known
as a stimulating teacher and delightful lecturer on the whole
range of Jewish history. He has addressed synagogue and lay
groups, organizations of all stripes and scholarly conclaves.
Truly an energetic scholar and teacher, Dr. Gampel is among
a small group of educators dedicated to bringing the history of the Jews to a wide public
audience.
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Following Kiddush on Shabbat afternoon he will discuss 1:risis of Identity

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FRIDAY EVENING

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5:00 p.m. - POMMY APPE4,Lak
6:15 p.m. - Shabbat Dinner
7:45 p.m. - Presentation by Dr. Benjamin Gampel

CONFRONTING DISAFFECTION FROM JUDAISM:
A FOURTEENTH CENTURY SEPHARDIC PERSPECTIVE

SHABBAT MORNING

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9:00 a.m. - Shabbat Morning Service
10:00 a.m. - Shabbat Torah Study
with Ruth Bergman,
Community Educator
A PERSPECTIVE ON REBECCA & ISAAC
10:00 a.m. - Soulful Yoga with Rabbi Shere
Kiddush following Services
Post-Kiddush Discussion with Dr. Gampel

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