A Crime on the Bayou Virtual Screening Dir. Nancy Buirski (US, 2020, 89 min) The story of a lasting bond formed between an unjustly arrested Black man, Gary Duncan, and Richard Sobol, his young Jewish attorney. In 1966, 19-year-old Duncan faces the white supremacist court system in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The pair takes Duncan’s case […]

“Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death” Book Talk Tuesday, July 13 | 2 PM ET on Zoom Former Museum Director David G. Marwell, tasked with uncovering Mengele’s fate while he worked at the U.S. Justice Department in the 1980s, is the author of Mengele: Unmasking the Angel of Death, a definitive new biography. Marwell will […]

A Crime on the Bayou Virtual Screening Dir. Nancy Buirski (US, 2020, 89 min) Filmmaker Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story, The Rape of Recy Taylor) tells the story of a lasting bond formed between an unjustly arrested Black man, Gary Duncan, and Richard Sobol, his young Jewish attorney. In 1966, 19-year-old Duncan faces the white […]

Understanding The Rise of Global Antisemitism and Extremism July 21, 2021 12:00 PM EST Join ADL New England for an important discussion moderated by Robert Trestan, ADL New England Regional Director, on the rise and complexities of global antisemitism and extremism, including perspectives from Israel and the United States. Shira Ruderman is the Executive Director […]

ENCOUNTERS: Jazz Meets Ashkenazi and Sephardi Sounds, OUTDOOR CONCERT Jazz quartet concert outdoors on a beautiful property in Lincoln, led by Israeli pianist and composer Moshe Elmakias. Learn More and Buy Tickets About this Event Join us for an outdoor concert featuring a Jazz quartet of NEC alumni helmed by Israeli composer and pianist Moshe […]

Image courtesy of the David Matlow Herzl Collection (www.herzlcollection.com) Herzlmania! 125 years of Theodor Herzl’s The Jewish State Film Premiere and Lecture by Herzl biographer, Prof. Derek Penslar Wednesday, September 1, 2021 5:30 – 7:00 PM EST Register In person: campus community only 3rd Floor Conference Room Mandel Center for the Humanities Brandeis University AND […]

Tikvah Online Academy Open House Speaker Series Tikvah Online Academy is excited to announce a new conversation series, addressing the animating spirit of our programs as they relate to the questions of the day. Rabbi Mark Gottlieb, Dean of Tikvah Online Academy and Senior Director at the Tikvah Fund, will be joined by some of […]

Apply by October 1, 2021 Following the success of our inaugural virtual exhibit, The Zionist Phantom, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University invites artists to apply for a solo virtual exhibition to be held in spring 2022. Preference will be given to artists whose work speaks to the diversity of Israel’s population. The […]