October was filled with exciting events at the Institute.
On October 16, we welcomed Prof. Paula Fredriksen to speak about her latest book, When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation.
On October 30, the IIJS and CUNY Graduate Center co-hosted a conference titled Jewish Ghosts: Haunting and the Haunted in Literature and Culture and a public lecture with Jonathan Boyarin on The Jewish Dead in Literature and Lore. Students, scholars, and members of the public explored the world of the Jewish dead from the Talmud to Fiddler.