Dr. Noam Sienna, the Bildner Center’s Jerome and Lorraine Aresty Visiting Scholar, will offer a window into Jewish life in the Islamic world, from medieval Cairo to modern-day North Africa, through an examination of Jewish books and other written texts. Texts produced by Jews over the centuries in Egypt, the Ottoman Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East shed important light on the dynamics of interreligious encounters among Jews, Christians, and Muslims; local relations with the transnational Jewish diaspora; the legacy of the Jewish expulsion from Spain in 1492 CE; and the active role taken by Jews in Islamic countries during the complex, turbulent transition to modernity. This three-part virtual mini-course is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required on the Bildner Center's website.