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DESCRIPTION:Jessica Roda (Georgetown University)\n\nPart of the Jewish Stud
 ies Seminar series\n\nRSVP: via the online form \n\nHave you had a glimpse
  of the mesmerizing music videos of ultra-Orthodox women celebrities like 
 Bracha Jaffe or Devorah Schwartz\, captivating over half a million viewers
  on YouTube? Or the myriad films and Yiddish plays crafted by Hasidic girl
 s in Montreal and New York? Probably not.\n\nIn this talk\, Jessica Roda o
 ffers a rare entry into these hidden artistic worlds. Drawing on her uniqu
 e work\, the first translocal ethnography of Hasidic women in North Americ
 a\, who mobilize the arts to transform religion\, Roda introduces the audi
 ence to a world rarely visible to outsiders. She explores how women artist
 s\, whether still part of the ultra-Orthodox community or navigating compl
 ex ties to it\, engage in music\, dance\, and film online and on-site to c
 hallenge expectations and reshape the image of Hasidicness. As an active o
 bserver and participant\, Roda brings singular insight into these private 
 feminine spaces and shows how their artistic expressions push us to think 
 about Hasidism beyond the local and the traditional. Much like in mainstre
 am society\, celebrity status is rare\, but stars like the above are house
 hold names in these circles\, and their influence on Jewish music and cult
 ure is wide-reaching.\n\nJessica Roda is an associate professor of Jewish 
 Civilization at Georgetown University. She is an anthropologist and ethnom
 usicologist trained between Europe and North America\, whose research expl
 ores music\, religion\, cultural heritage\, gender\, health\, and media. S
 he is the author of Se Réinventer au Présent (PUR\, 2018) and For Women an
 d Girls Only (NYU\, 2024)\, and has published over twenty scholarly articl
 es\, as well as an edited volume and a special issue of an academic journa
 l. Roda has received numerous fellowships and awards for her work\, notabl
 y the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Special Interest Group for Jewish Musi
 c Book Award for For Women and Girls Only. She is currently working on a n
 ew project exploring practices of healing and spirituality that mobilize p
 sychedelics in comparative settings\, both within and beyond the Jewish Or
 thodox world.\n\nBeyond academia\, Roda is also a trained pianist\, flutis
 t\, and modern-jazz dancer (City of Paris Conservatory). She grew up in Fr
 ench Guiana\, a formative experience that continues to shape her perspecti
 ve as a person\, educator\, and anthropologist.\n\nCoffee\, tea\, and past
 ries will be served.\n
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LOCATION:room 738\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:“Hasidic Women\, the Arts\, and the Digital Paradox”
URL:/jewishstudies/channels/event/hasidic-women-arts-a
 nd-digital-paradox-366371
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