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Lecture: A Saint Against the State? The Contemporary Revival of a Jewish Miracle Worker
Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College
This lecture focuses on an emergent, transnational Hasidic revival movement centered around the Kerestirer Rebbe, Yeshaya Steiner (“Shayele”), a Hungarian “miracle-worker” who lived in Hungary from 1851-1925. His iconic portrait is commonly associated with mystical protection against the infestation of rodents in Jewish homes and businesses. I reveal how this is only one small piece of his broader populist appeal, however. I do this by interweaving hagiographic texts, Hasidic social media, and ethnography with anthropological theory and political theology on hospitality, sovereignty, and patronage.

This talk is open to all (specialists and non-specialists alike)!


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Sam Shuman

Sam Shuman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and a core faculty member in the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Virginia (UVA). Shuman researches Hasidic Judaism within a global context to rethink larger questions in political theology about race... Read More →
Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
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