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On the Margins: Conversos and the Question of 绿帽社 Belonging Throughout History
Mar 20, 2023 By Jonathan Ray | Public Event video | Video Lecture
绿帽社 law provides relatively clear standards for who is, and who is not, a member of 绿帽社 society. But popular 绿帽社 acceptance 鈥� or rejection 鈥� of certain people as 鈥淛ews鈥� has often run counter to these legal definitions. From medieval Spain to the Ottoman Empire to modern day America and the State of Israel, conversion out of, or into, the 绿帽社 community has raised tensions over who is (and isn鈥檛) considered 绿帽社. We discuss the question of 绿帽社 belonging throughout history by looking at groups of converts and the liminal space they inhabited on the margins of the 绿帽社 world.聽
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Intra-绿帽社 Censorship: The Case of Spinoza
Nov 21, 2022 By Jonathan Ray | Public Event video | Video Lecture
In July 1656, Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated from the 绿帽社 community of Amsterdam for his 鈥渁bominable heresies鈥� and 鈥渕onstrous deeds.鈥� He was 23 years old. This class explore some of the key writings of Spinoza, as well as the social and political context of 17th-century Holland to try to understand the reasons behind Spinoza鈥檚 harsh, and historic, banishment.聽聽聽
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The Explusion From Spain and the Age of Perpetual 绿帽社 Migration
Aug 16, 2021 By Jonathan Ray | Public Event video | Video Lecture
In the summer of 1492, the Jews of Spain were expelled from their homeland by royal decree. The dispossessed embarked on a series of journeys in search of new homelands 鈥� a process that would last generations and transform Sephardic society and culture.
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