Sunday, October 25
7 am Benjamin Nathans, Alan Charles Kors and Shalom Sabar, “The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow,” https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Va7llN6HQlCxlJR-YXgg9A
8 am-2 pm “The Land That I Will Show You: Recent Archeological and Historical Studies of Ancient Israel,” Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/fall-2020/archaeology-israel-conference.html
8 am James E. Young, “The Stages of Memory against the Grain: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Spaces Between,” Ghetto Fighters’ House, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqceyrqDsqHdcdFtb_RCUW-nDJzYMGnIUp?fbclid=IwAR2CkcOdkL41AJEwPQI_4S_MmBruWXCiQU8Sc-OvMHFigQPnlL8I-kVYWpk
10 am “The Legendary Harry Houdini,” Contemporary Jewish Museum, https://www.facebook.com/events/355292335600867/
10 am Jeffrey Sacks, “From “A City of the Dead” to “A City in Its Fullness”: Tracing the Nostalgic Arc in Agnon’s Writing,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CGEmt1EcT_iqBA-EzozzAw
11 am Benjamin Balint, Columba Stewart, and Bedross Der Matossian, “Jerusalem: City of the Book,” Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/events/upcoming-events/icalrepeat.detail/2020/10/25/64/-/jerusalem-city-of-the-book
11 am Yehuda Nahari and Yossi Beilin, “Rabin 25 Years Later,” University of Rochester Hillel, https://form.jotform.com/202823769080155?utm_source=Ads&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Hillel%20at%20Home&utm_content=Deborah%20Lipstadt&fbclid=IwAR1KLbgvqq0ixxhKf4LgNh-SZAU4gjOJj6HtcWG9AZxnlSTUZ0YEA1SD6HQ
11:30 am Bruce Strang, Jeremy Maron, and Marco Spagnoli, “Racial Laws and Antisemitism in Fascist Italy,” Jewish Heritage Center of Central Canada, https://www.jhcwc.org/programs/
12 pm Vivienne Roumani-Denn, Danielle Willard-Kyle, and David Meghnadi, “Libyan Jews in the Maelstrom of Modern History,” Sephardic World, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84611605355
12 pm Michael Bazyler, Michael Bryant, and Kristen Nelson, “Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials,” Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas-Dallas, holocauststudies@utdallas.edu
12 pm David Treuer, Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow, Steven Zipperstein, and Karen Biestman, “Contested History, Art, and the Politics of Trauma,” Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMdICzw29Uj5pwaPBqRDXqM3ITczPYQQJU4wBP2m6HmU9b1A/viewform
1 pm Aviva Kempner, Elizabeth Varet, and Carol Boston Weatherford, “Rosenwald,” Sousa Mendes Foundation, http://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-film-and-discussion-rosenwald/
Monday, October 26
6 am-12:30 pm “The Land That I Will Show You: Recent Archeological and Historical Studies of Ancient Israel,” Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/fall-2020/archaeology-israel-conference.html
8:30 am David Blatt, “Us and Them: American Jews and Israel,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker-center.ticketleap.com/david-blatt-us-and-them-american-jews-and-israel/dates/Oct-26-2020_at_1130AM
9 am Shava Weil, “From Red to Black: The Changing Color of Ethiopian Jews in Israel,” Jewish Museum of Florida, https://secure.qgiv.com/for/jmoffiu/event/819511/
9 am Golda Vainberg-Tatz, “Righteous Among Nations (film),” Vilna Shul, https://vilnashul.org/events/event/rightous-among-nations-film-screening-and-discussion-with-golda-vainberg-tatz
9 am David Shyovitz, “The Might of the Living Dead: Thinking with Zombies in the Jewish Tradition,” Jewish Studies Program, Pennsylvania State University, https://psu.zoom.us/…/tJAocO-trD8iHNfaXvPdCwEIJnexZ8-4EH69
9 am Dan Tadmor and Tsila Hayu, “The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f7i42fajS6SnxqIiRyuDGw
9:30 am Sarah Swartz, “Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust: A Personal Reflection in Contemporary Times,” Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHF7xBXWkEARC8on5T-otjEJ7vwSyt2pHFEPg1rtnUeftziw/formResponse
10 am Shirel Horovitz, “Israeli Artists of the 21st Century,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/76d0e0430575/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4521524
10 am Eitan Fishbane, “Spiritual Meaning and Inspiration in Hasidic Teaching,” Jewish Theological Seminary, http://www.jtsa.edu/spiritual-meaning-and-inspiration-in-hasidic-teaching
11 am Guy Hodes and Tomer Shushan, “Emerging Israeli Filmmakers,” Jewish Studies Program, University of California-San Diego, https://mgsdii.org/event/meet-and-greet-with-emerging-israeli-filmmakers/
11 am Amos Goldberg “The Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History,” Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies together with the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Minnesota, https://umn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-C6XUoe0TY-_fdQ_GEoazA
11 am Weeam Hammoudeh, “The End of the Tunnel is Dark: Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic Under Occupation,” Program in Jewish Studies, University of Colorado, https://cuboulder.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kGQWw5jBTtWm1ty3gJemGQ
12 pm Uri Dorchin, “The Art of Zionism: Ideology, Art, and the Building of the Nation,” Na’amat and Nazarian Center for Jewish Studies, UCLA, https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZEwC5BrYQxCFblUGZWtsNg
1 pm Katrin Kogman-Appel, “A Jewish Look at World Politics: The Catalan Mappamundi (Majorca 1375),” Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcodOGppzwsGNBf9W8DL0TMz-4EBqRh-hkc
1 pm Danny Ben-Moshe, “Unsettling: Discussion of the Film,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/whizin-center-continuing-education/events/Unsettling-Israeli-Documentary
1 pm Louis Kaplan, Steven Aschheim, and Jennifer Caplan, “At Wit’s End: The Deadly Discourse on the Jewish Joke from Weimar Germany to the Holocaust and Beyond,” Tanenbaum Center for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83784974442?pwd=QmhHTmhmYVZoQkJoY1hWaWdaMHdNdz09
3 pm Geraldine Heng, “The Politics of Race in the European Middle Ages,” Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Washington University, https://wustl.app.box.com/s/f6408nqs60q4qifdgdskrimxkqnyc0qn
4 pm Yaakov Ariel, “An Unexpected Enchantment: Evangelical Christians and Jews,” Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies, Appalachian State University, holocaust@appstate.edu
4 pm Michael Berenbaum and Gosia Szymanska Weiss, “Aftermath: A Discussion of the Movie,” The Betsy, Florida International University, and Jewish American Holocaust and Literature Association, https://www.thebetsyhotel.com/calendar/zen-and-the-art-of-remembrance-and-reckoning-aftermath
4:30 pm Beth Kissileff, Barbara Stern Burstin, Laurie Eisenberg, and Adam Shear, “The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting: Reflections from Scholars and Writers on Life Before and After America’s Deadliest Antisemitic Attack,” Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RoN7h7D_RBGUOS9lo1t8jg
5 pm Hillel Mali and Azzan Yadin-Israel, “Residue of Holiness: Garbage Disposal in the Temple and the Tannaitic Hermeneutic,” Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/rsvp-residue-of-holiness
5 pm Yuval Levin and Rivka Press Schwartz, “A Time to Build: Strengthening American Democracy,” Shalom Hartman Institute, https://www.hartman.org.il/event/a-time-to-build-strengthening-american-democracy/?timestamp=1603742400
Tuesday, October 27
6 am-12:30 pm “The Land That I Will Show You: Recent Archeological and Historical Studies of Ancient Israel,” Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/fall-2020/archaeology-israel-conference.html
9 am Laura Shaw-Frank and Miriam Udel, “Women and Children at the Center,” Svivah, Maharat, and Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYohMnYHAl_5NWL6jnb9KsoizX4BpIhInpgAM8PwR9bqzhgQ/viewform
10 am Dorit Rabinyan, “On Literature and Censorship,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/76d0e0430575/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4521524
11 am Aimee Bunting and Tony Kushner, “The Medical Liberation of Belsen: British Doctors as Co-Presents to the Holocaust,” The Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/howard-rein-lecture-tickets-125019618043?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_editorial&utm_content=loc.85922227.r2020_43.rank.B&utm_term=ebemnsuserinsight&ref=ebemnsuserinsight&afu=224167843032&rank=4&recommended_events_quantity=15&aff=ebemnsuserinsight
11 am Edyta Gawron, Stanisław Krajewski, and Monika Krajewski “Jewish life in Poland post-1989”
Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GLdm8aOhRD2SVRoO6zIcWg
11 am Derek Goldman and Lakshmi Krishnan, “The Great Work Begins: Revisiting Angels in America during a Pandemic,” Center for Jewish Civilization, Georgetown University, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-work-begins-revisiting-angels-in-america-during-a-pandemic-tickets-124328376521?ref=ecal
1 pm Alon Ben David, Amit Segal, Anat Balint, and Ravit Hecht, “The Politicization of Israeli Media,” Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University, https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K6a2p2c9ThmrPz37IbE-gg
3 pm Amy Hill-Levine, “The Book of Jonah: How Anti-Jewish Readings Are Created,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker-center.ticketleap.com/dr-amy-jill-levine-the-book-of-jonah/dates/Oct-27-2020_at_0600PM
4 pm Daniel Chirot, “Ideologies of Racial Superiority and Purity: Why Did Germany and Japan Engage in Such Extreme Mass Murder During World War II?” Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, University of Washington, https://jewishstudies.washington.edu/2020-course-lecture-series-lessons-not-learned-from-the-holocaust/?#october27/
4 pm Hugo Perez, “Neither Memory nor Magic,” Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, https://events.iu.edu/cinemaiub/event/140543-special-virtual-event-neither-memory-nor-magic-w
4 pm Ruth Ben-Giat and Jason Stanley, “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, https://mjhnyc.org/events/strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present/
4 pm Vivian Gornick, “Emma Goldman: Anarchist Par Excellence,” United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTCMcO4WTjE&feature=emb_logo
4:30 pm Andrew Stuart Bergerson, “Collapsing Democracy-Rising Fascism: Lessons From Germany,” Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, https://mchekc.org/collapsing-democracy-rising-fascism-lessons-from-germany/
5 pm Casey Bush, “Holocaust Forgiveness,” Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, https://dallasholocaustmuseum.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.55083435.1461705035.1602778786-656147262.1588005769#/events/a0S5A00000d7IW3UAM
5 pm Katy Millett, “Perhaps Redeemed: Literature, the Holocaust, and the Survivor’s Need for a Radical Humanism,” Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University, https://jewish.sfsu.edu/events/2020/10/27/823-%E2%80%9Cperhaps-redeemed%E2%80%9D-literature-holocaust-and-survivor%E2%80%99s-need-radical-humanism
5 pm Bernie Sanders and Pittsburgh Jewish Leaders, “We Rise: National Solidarity Gathering Two Years After the Shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.” Bend the Arc, https://www.bendthearc.us/1027?utm_campaign=tol_invite_102020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jewishaction
Wednesday, October 28
6 am-1pm “The Land That I Will Show You: Recent Archeological and Historical Studies of Ancient Israel,” Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/fall-2020/archaeology-israel-conference.html
7 am Eric Cline, “Biblical Conundrums: From the Exodus to the Ten Lost Tribes,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker-center.ticketleap.com/dr-eric-cline-biblical-conundrums/dates/Oct-28-2020_at_1000AM
9 am Moshe Rosman and Debra Kaplan, “Jewish Gender Expressed: The Synagogue and Other Institutions,” Jewish Studies, Fordham University, https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1362/18/interior.aspx?sid=1362&gid=1&pgid=8831&cid=16107
9 am Ellie Schainker, “From Progressive to Reform Judaism: Language and Aesthetics of Jewish Religious Diversity in Late Imperial Russia, Judaic Studies Program, Yale University, https://yale.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtceGtqjgrGtSmlWbys4HYAA44niRAIhPW
10 am Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser, “Hayehudim Baim: ‘The Jews Are Coming,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/76d0e0430575/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4521524
11 am Peter Jelavich, “Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Dӧblin,” Leo Baeck Institute, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lbi-book-club-vol-v-part-2-berlin-alexanderplatz-by-alfred-doblin-tickets-123350401371
11 am Yuval Rabin and Shaqued Morag, “25 Years Since the Murder: Honoring Rabin’s Legacy,” J Street, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L0p7rDwWRFiGuHTUvec_lA
12 pm Robert Altman, Ron Hendel, Chana Kronfeld, and Ilan Pardes, “The Song of Songs: A Biography,” Center for Jewish Studies, University of California-Berkeley, https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/8215992402733/WN_5dMqN5hvR5amwCHPATW39A
12 pm Yaron Silberman and Yoram Peri, “Incitement: Film and Discussion,” Jewish Studies Program, University of California-San Diego, https://mgsdii.org/event/incitement-film-screening-filmmaker-discussion/
1 pm Irwin Kula, “Beyond Polarization: Judaism and Our Public Culture, Valley Beit Midrash, https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/beyond-polarization-judaism-and-our-public-culture/
2 pm Robert Abzug, “Not in Our Town: The 1993-1994 Uprising of Citizens against the Skinheads and Klan’s Antisemitic and Anti-Native American Campaign in Billing’s Montana,” Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, University of Texas-Austin, https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUldemgqDwpH9Eprq3kkoS3DJCl-gNN16an
4 pm Robert Williams, “Today’s Antisemitism and Its Relationship to Holocaust Denial and Distortion,” Holocaust Museum Houston, https://hmh.org/events/todays-antisemitism-its-relationship-to-holocaust-denial-and-distortion-2020-10-28-18:00:00
4 pm Eliot Wolfson, “Melancholic Redemption and the Hopeless of Hope: From Kafka to Dylan,” Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina, https://jewishstudies.unc.edu/files/2020/07/Wolfson.SocialFlyer-scaled.jpg
4:30 pm Azi Schwartz. “Concert: From Bimah to Broadway,” Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, Fairfield University, https://fairfield.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JcGP_mEXToi_qS3GsFiHIw
4:30 pm Sata Moughalian, “Armenian Ceramics: How the Art of a Genocide Survivor Changed the Face of Jerusalem,” Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University, https://brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nP8XPSW6RXCkSf0L95l9JQ
5 pm Lila Corwin Berman, “The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex,” Shalom Hartman Institute, https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717662
Thursday, October 29
8:20 am Aomar Boum, Robert Satloff, and Mehnaz Afridi, “The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and the Memory of the Jewish Past in the Arab World,” Jewish Studies Program and Center for Israel Studies, American University, https://tinyurl.com/Antisemitism-AU
10 am Larry Greenfield, “The Evolution of the Jewish Conservative Political Narrative,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/byachad-together/events/The-Evolution-of-the-Jewish-Conservative-Political-Narrative
10 am Linda R. Hirshman, “Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World,” Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, https://18161.blackbaudhosting.com/18161/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=69f1a36e-59bb-4f7c-8e13-abc933913024
10 am Victor Gordon, Roy Horovitz, and Moshe Zuckermann. “You Will Not Play Wagner,” The Museum of Jewish Heritage, https://mjhnyc.org/events/you-will-not-play-wagner-reading-and-discussion/
11 am Alexandra Zapruder, “Salvaged Pages: Holocaust Children’s Diaries,” Jewish Family and Children’s Services Holocaust Center, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salvaged-pages-a-conversation-with-alexandra-zapruder-tickets-118070954403
12 pm Michael Oren, “The Night Archer: Ambassador Michael Oren’s Journey through Fiction,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/byachad-together/events/The-Night-Archer-Ambassador-Michael-Oren%E2%80%99s-Journey-Through-Fiction
12:30 pm Marc Michael Epstein, “Demons, Werewolves, and Revenants,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://occsp.net/current-online-events/
1 pm Rachel Havrelock and Yael Zerubavel, “The Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible,” Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies, University of Chicago, https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvc-mhpzouHNMRXSPop8UYMhmqALFmiS2C
1:30 pm There Were Good People…Doing Extraordinary Deeds: The Leo Ullman Story (film), Stockton Communication Studies, Stockton University, stockton.zoom.us/j/97180025907| Password: FILM
2 pm Benjamin Ferencz, Naomi Kikoler, and Barry Avrich, “Legacy of Nuremberg: 75 Years Later,” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/MANUREMBERG1020
4 pm Melissa Martens Yaverbaum, “Crack, Bam, Dot: Mah Jongg and Its Jewish-American Roots,” Yiddish Book Center, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UINjCChDT3WfUWm6RjgXOA?utm_source=weeklyreader&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklyreader
4 pm Ronit Stahl, “Lessons from RBG: Jews and Religious Freedom in the United States,” Jewish Studies Program, University of Virginia, https://jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/content/oct-29-7-8pm-est-lessons-rbg-jews-and-religious-freedom-united-states-paul-and-dorothy-grob
4:30 pm David Marwell, “Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death,” Holocaust Museum Houston, https://hmh.org/events/in-conversation-with-david-marwell-author-of-mengele-unmasking-the-2020-10-29-18:30:00
4:30 pm Eric Goldstein and Eric Ward, “Skin in the Game: American Jews, Whiteness, and the Contemporary Movement for Racial Justice,” Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Emory University, https://tinyurl.com/rothschildlecture
4:30 pm Jill Jacobs, “Caught In-Between: Jews, Power, Powerlessness, and Intersectional Movements,” Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/caught-between-jews-power-powerlessness-and-intersectional-movements
5 pm Kete Temoney, Susannah Heschel, Stephanie Mitchem, and Susan Neiman, Race, Rights, Resilience: 4 Perspectives by Jewish and Black Women,” Martin-Springer Institute, Northern Arizona University, http://eepurl.com/he73qj
5 pm Marla Brettscheider, “Jewish Women and LGBTQ Activism,” Jewish Women’s Archive, https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/e1JSUWc/OctoberHistoryCourse
5 pm Tomer Persico, Masua Sagiv, and Shraga Bar-On, Shalom Hartman Institute, https://hartman.tfaforms.net/4717662
5:30 pm Louis Fishman, “Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman Era 1908-1914, Claiming the Homeland,” Harris Center for Judaic Studies, University of Nebraska, https://judaic.unl.edu/fishman-lecture-historical-jewish-palestinian-relations-oct-29
Friday, October 30
8 am David Ruderman and Shaul Magid, “Missionaries, Converts, and Rabbis: The Evangelical Alexander McCaul and Jewish-Christian Debate in the Nineteenth Century,” Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Center of City University of New York, https://gc-cuny.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErf-ytrjIiH90d5Zw_2N0S5-Go7w-R3XaR
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Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.