Nadya Strizhevskaya
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Nadya Strizhevskaya was born in Moscow and moved to New York in 1991. She is a locavore vegetarian, a Barnard College graduate, a Pardes alum, an Iyengar yogi, and a student of Torah. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Russian Poets Read Torah
An untraditional text study on Lot's wife
- Friday 9:45 PM–11:00 PM Breckenridge 5104
Stories from the Torah lend themselves beautifully to personal interpretation; how we read texts is often shaped by our upbringing, cultural heritage, and world views. This session will introduce participants to two Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky, who re-interpreted the story of Lot's wife in their poetry. No prior knowledge of Jewish texts or Russian poetry necessary!
Who is a Jew?: Jews' Engagement with Other Religious Traditions
- Saturday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM University Center 124 Canceled, sorry
- Saturday 3:00 PM–4:15 PM University Center 124
Global History & Culture, Identity & Responsibility
Thousands of Jews converted to Christianity in the Soviet Union and after the fall of the USSR. Here at home, Boulder has become ground zero of what some call JewBus (Jewish Buddhists). Russian Christian Jews and their children continue to live with the dual identity of Christian Jews. We will explore this phenomenon from a historical and cultural point of view, and have a broad conversation about Jews' engagement with other religious traditions and ask if there are any limits beyond which a person can no longer be considered a Jew.
Return of the Tsars?: Jewish Life in Contemporary Russia
Gideon Lichfield, David Shneer, Nadya Strizhevskaya
- Saturday 7:25 PM–8:40 PM University Center 116 A
After a bout of post-Soviet freedom, Russia has returned to normal: authoritarianism, corruption, and suspicion of anyone foreign. And yet the Jewish community is thriving. Join an ex Moscow correspondent and a professor of Russian Jewish history to learn whether the bad days for Russia's Jews are over, or whether anti-Semitism will rear its head again.
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