UC Davis, American Studies Program
Telephone: 530-752-5227
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Ari Y Kelman is an assistant professor of American Studies at UC Davis. He is the author of "Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States" (UC Press, 2009), and the editor of "Is Dis a System?: A Milt Gross Comic Reader" (NYU Press, 2009). He is the co-author with Steven M. Cohen of a number of studies of contemporary Jewish culture and identity. He is currently working on a book about Christian worship music
The Jewish Counterculture
Freedom Riders or Fundamentalists?
Identity & Responsibility,
Text & Thought
Through a survey of some key texts, we will take a close look at what Jews who were involved in the 60s counterculture were saying about themselves, their American context, their Jewish identities, and their values. Were they advocating for a "free Jewish" approach in a way that follows the other "Frees" (love, speech, etc.), or was their position on things Jewish something less radical?
Do It Yourself Jewish Community
Josh Fine,
Ari Y. Kelman,
Eliana Schonberg,
Naomi Soetendorp
Identity & Responsibility
It seems that as synagogues are struggling to maintain memberships, minyanim, independent start ups, and other new forms of Jewish community are emerging. What does the future look like for Jewish institutions?
This panel of people who have studied or built "do it yourself" Jewish communities will talk about what is happening in America and overseas.
Field Trip to New Life Church
Experience a different kind of worship
Arts & Performance,
Ritual & Prayer
Encounter a very different style of worship in a very different setting than what Jews are used to. Participants may find the experience strange, provocative, and uncomfortable, but challenging, thought provoking, and even moving. Come visit New Life Church with one the country's foremost scholars of Jewish community and Jewish/Christian worship. Attendance at the session on Worship in America is encouraged.
Due to travel time, this is a double session.
Worship in America
A conversation about contemporary worship
Ari Y. Kelman,
Ross Parsley,
Marc Soloway
Arts & Performance,
Ritual & Prayer
Join Pastor Ross Parsley, the worship pastor from New Life Church, Rabbi Marc Soloway of Bonai Shalom in Boulder, and Ari Y Kelman of UC Davis for a panel discussion about differences and similarities among Christian and Jewish worship in 21st century America.
