Note: All times are Pacific Time.
Sunday, May 31
9 a.m., Barak Oded, “Musical Source of the Yemenite Tefillah,” Center for Jewish History.
11 a.m., Ilan Stavens and Josh Lamberg, “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish,” Vilna Shul,
12 p.m. Maria Schrader, director of Unorthodox, discussing the series, Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival.
12 PM, Marc Michael Epstein, “Plagues, Emotions, Empathy in Jewish Art,” Orange County Community Scholars Program.
Tuesday, June 2
9 a.m., Mordechai Kedar, “The Muslim World’s Reaction to the Six Day War,” Center for Jewish History.
Wednesday, June 3
1 p.m., Gabriella Safran, “Dybbuks, Golems, S. An-Ski, and Jewish Legends in Times of Fear,” YIVO.
Thursday, June 4
10 a.m., Efrat Rotem, “Israeli Culture through Pop Songs,” My Jewish Learning.
4 p.m., Laura Arnold Leibman, “The Art of the Jewish Family,” American Jewish Historical Society.
5:30 p.m., Taylor Lee Nagel and Julia Lindon discuss film Lady Liberty after screening,” San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Friday, June 5
10 a.m., Rob Havers, “The Legacy of Winston Churchhill,” Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center,
Sunday, June 7
2 p.m., Virtual Greater Chicago Jewish Film Festival.
6 p.m., Aviva Kempner, “Celebrating Jews in History,” San Diego Center for Jewish Culture.
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Laurie Baron, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of European History at San Diego State University; a humor columnist (in his own name and in that of his dog Elona), and is an authority on Jewish-themed movies, particularly those dealing with the Holocaust. To see an archive of his stories, please click on his byline at the top of this page. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com