Wharton lectures will delve into a history of Jews with money
The scholars approached their topic with considerable nervousness, and that was before the Wall Street meltdown, before Bernard L. Madoff.
Would a series of lectures at a premier business school on the history of Jews making money feed negative stereotypes?
In the end, the Wharton School and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies decided to go ahead and tackle a topic that has gotten short shrift from academics until recently.
The goal, said the center's director, David Ruderman, is to understand Jewish economic history "more profoundly, which is what a university does."
The center and Wharton, which both are part of the University of Pennsylvania, are sponsoring three lectures at Wharton's Huntsman Hall titled "Jews in Business: Between Myth and Reality." The first is Jan. 20.
The presentations grew from a yearlong postdoctoral study program at the Katz Center, which has its own series of speeches on the topic in the community. Each year, 20 fellows from around the world come to the center to study a particular issue. This year, it is Jews, commerce and culture.
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Would a series of lectures at a premier business school on the history of Jews making money feed negative stereotypes?
In the end, the Wharton School and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies decided to go ahead and tackle a topic that has gotten short shrift from academics until recently.
The goal, said the center's director, David Ruderman, is to understand Jewish economic history "more profoundly, which is what a university does."
The center and Wharton, which both are part of the University of Pennsylvania, are sponsoring three lectures at Wharton's Huntsman Hall titled "Jews in Business: Between Myth and Reality." The first is Jan. 20.
The presentations grew from a yearlong postdoctoral study program at the Katz Center, which has its own series of speeches on the topic in the community. Each year, 20 fellows from around the world come to the center to study a particular issue. This year, it is Jews, commerce and culture.