(All times are Eastern Standard Time; deduct 3 hours for California time)
Sunday, June 7
3 PM, Marc Michael Epstein, “Jewish Tours of Heaven and Hell,” Orange Country Community Scholar Program,
June 7-14 (check link for times, titles, and dates)
“Virtual Film Festival,” Israel Film Center.
Monday, June 8
12 PM, Michael Berenbaum, Arthur Green, and Ariel Evan Mayse, “Spiritual Journeys and Religious Pursuits in Hassidism,” American Jewish University.
12 PM, Peter Rubinstein and Andre DeGraff, “Building Bridges: Is It Possible?” 92nd Street Y,
1 PM, Michal Raucher, “Is There a Jewish Continuity Crisis?” Jewish Theological Seminary.
5 PM, “Journalists as Hate Objects : Populism, Authoritarianism, and the Free Press,” Deutsches Haus of New York University,
Tuesday, June 9
2 PM, Pawel Sawicki “Perspectives from the Auschwitz State Museum,” Museum of Jewish Heritage,
3 PM, Knute Berger, “Real Nazis of the Pacific Northwest, 1933-1941,” Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity.”
3:30 PM Peter Geffen, “The Spiritual Humanism of Abraham Joshua Heschel,” (first lecture of 3 on June 10-11 at same time), Orange County Community Scholar Program.
Wednesday, June 10
12 PM, Leonard Stein, “Imagining the Jew in Early Modern England: Rodrigo Lopez and Menassah Ben Israel,” American Sephardi Federation. g
3 PM, Andrew Gottlieb, “Ritual Objects and Identity,” Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Thursday, June 11
8 PM, Karla Goldman, “Henrietta Szold,” Jewish Women’s Archive.
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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