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In A Condition Of No Light, Alana Perino Jun 2023

In A Condition Of No Light, Alana Perino

Masters Theses

In a Condition of No Light is an autofictional investigation into lineages of familial domesticity. The performances therein circumnavigate one family in one domestic environment, yet are in dialogue with repertoires learned and rehearsed within legacies of myth, literature, theater, film, music, and image; as well as through the otherwise untraceability of embodied memory and inherited trauma. The methodologies used are primarily photographic but also encompass practices reaching towards sculpture, installation, and performance. The line of questioning reserved for this inquiry is how a home, its objects, and inhabitants generate, spacialize, and embody the conditions of wealth, whiteness, and gender. …


May 2021, Temple Shalom May 2021

May 2021, Temple Shalom

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Encounters a 20th Century Yiddish American Phenomenon; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


April 2021, Temple Shalom Apr 2021

April 2021, Temple Shalom

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates Passover; From the Rabbi;From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


March 2021, Temple Shalom Mar 2021

March 2021, Temple Shalom

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates our Cherished Seniors; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


February 2021, Temple Shalom Feb 2021

February 2021, Temple Shalom

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Travels to Europe; From the Rabbi; From the President; Book Group; Community Notices


January 2021, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jan 2021

January 2021, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom had a Great Fall; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Community Notices


December 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Dec 2020

December 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Mega-Chanukah Party; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Community Notices


November 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Nov 2020

November 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group;Community Notices


October 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Oct 2020

October 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Simchat Torah (and Sukkot), From the Rabbi, President's Message, Book Group, Commmunity Notices


September 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Sep 2020

September 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Erev Rosh Hashanah Sacred Music Concert and Service; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Community Notices


August 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Aug 2020

August 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Stan Tetenman,Community Notices


June, July 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jul 2020

June, July 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Strong; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; A Boy and His Blintzes; Community Notices


March 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Mar 2020

March 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Purim Perogies; Announcements; Book Group; Jewish Film Festival; Community Notices


February 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Feb 2020

February 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: tu B'Shavat; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


January 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jan 2020

January 2020, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shabbat Together; From the Rabbi; President's Message; MLK Day; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


October 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Oct 2019

October 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Simchat Torah; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


September 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Sep 2019

September 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shabbat in the Woods; From the Rabbi; Preident's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


August 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Aug 2019

August 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Kiddish Levana; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices


July 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jul 2019

July 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Maine-ly Jewish Storytelling Festival; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices


June 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jun 2019

June 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shavout with Rabbi Erica Asch; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices


Name Fluidity And Its Effect On Ashkenazi Genealogical Research, Meredith Dreyfuss May 2019

Name Fluidity And Its Effect On Ashkenazi Genealogical Research, Meredith Dreyfuss

Senior Theses

It is commonly believed that genealogical research has become easier and more popular than ever before, and with more and more records being digitized and available over the internet, the ability to research family history can be done by anyone with an interest and a computer. Where one might have had to travel to the places that housed the records that trace family life, now many of those records are online, with the data store growing all the time. Similarly, relatively inexpensive DNA testing is bringing family background and history to the masses.

However, while science and technology have revolutionized …


May 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center May 2019

May 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Lag B'omer; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Commmunity Notices


April 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Apr 2019

April 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Café shalom; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcents; Book Group; Community Notices


March 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Mar 2019

March 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Purim Perogies; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices


February 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Feb 2019

February 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shabbat Together; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Book Group; Community Notices


January 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Jan 2019

January 2019, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Tu B'Shavat; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; MLK Day; Announcements; Dr.Elcha Buckman Happiness and Humor; Community Notices


December 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Dec 2018

December 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Mega-Chanukah Party; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book group; Anouncements; Community Notices


November 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Nov 2018

November 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shab-bates; From the Rabbi; President's Message, Maine State Museum Tour; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


October 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Oct 2018

October 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Shabbat in the Woods; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Book Group; Announcements; Community Notices


September 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center Sep 2018

September 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Erev Rosh Hashanah Sacred Music Concert; Simchat Torah; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Community Notices