Roscoe C. Nelson Jr. Memorial
Lectures
Roscoe C. Nelson Jr., the first
president of the Institute for Judaic Studies,
was an attorney with a legal career that
spanned over 50 years. He was noted for his
work in the area of pro bono legal services.
Of'particular note were his efforts to protect
the property of his Japanese-American clients.
Roscoe C. Nelson Jr. served on the boards of
Metropolitan Family Services, the Oregon
Psychoanalytic Association, the Oregon
Symphony, and the Portland Opera. With Rabbi
Stampfer, he founded the Institute for Judaic
Studies.
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2012 Marat Grinberg, Reed
College (DETAILS)
Boris Slutsky,
the Soviet Rashi
2011
Natan Meir, Portland State University (DETAILS)
The Question
of Jewish "Authenticity" in the Modern Age: Lessons from History
2010 Robert Klonoff, Dean,
Lewis and Clark Law School
2009 Wim Wiewel, President,
Portland State University
2008 Laura Leibman, Reed
College
Grave Matters: Sephardic Funerary Art &
Identity in Colonial America
2007 Rabbi Michael Cahana,
Congregation Beth Israel
2006 Michael Weingrad, Portland
State University
2005 Matthew Warshawsky,
University of Portland
2004 Ben Zion Kogen
2003 Colin Diver, President,
Reed College
2000 Daniel Faulk, University
of Oregon
1999 Richard Stein, University
of Oregon
1998 David Leslie, Executive
Director, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
1996 Faith Gabelnick,
President, Pacific University
1995 Murray Sidlin, Associate
Director, Oregon Symphony Orchestra
1994 Daniel Lasker, Ben Gurion
University
1993 Robert Liebman, Portland
State University
1992 Malachi Hacohen, Reed
College
1991 William Brillner,
University of California, Berkeley
1990 Martin Jaffe, University
of Washington
1987 Steven Wasserstrom, Reed
College
1986 Richard Fox, Reed College
Reinhold Niebuhr
and the Jews
1985 Eric A. Kimmel, Portland
State University
The Worlds of
Jewish Folklore
1984 Marshall Lee, Pacific
University
Teaching the
Holocaust to University Students
