In partnership with the Jewish Community Library and Yale University Press' Jewish Lives Series

PROTOCOLS: An Erasure transforms the antisemitic text The Protocols of the Elders of Zion into a book-length erasure poem about power, history, and language. By redacting hateful content, Molnar reveals the fears and possibilities beneath the original words. She shows how language can harm but also heal, and how silence can help us face history and imagine a mo... Read more

A Jew raised in a predominantly Protestant section of mostly Catholic Montreal, Leonard Cohen understood "outsiderness" as well as community. From a family of Torah scholars and synagogue founders, he even used the synagogue's choir on his last album. Yet, Leonard was a maven of world religions, especially as they pointed to the majesty and wonder of human life and provided rich imagery for his songs. In this class, we will focus on Leonard's Jewish identity and themes with a nod toward his... Read more