Herzlmania!

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 […]

Open House Speaker Series

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 […]

Call for Artists

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 […]

Babi Yar Commemoration

Center Makor: The Campus 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA, United States

80th anniversary of BABI YAR Virtual & free for all Join us on ZOOM at vievma.com/babiyar80 Learn more at actionpsj.org/babiyar80 While Babi Yar in Kyiv is the most famous symbol of this international tragedy, the Holocaust by bullets occurred across Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The Soviet regime erased the memory of the victims of the […]

Babi Yar 80th Commemoration

Center Makor: The Campus 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA, United States

Babi Yar 80th Anniversary Commemoration By invitation only The event will be live streaming on the Center Makor YouTube channel. Watch Live In the program: 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Welcome table with hors d'oeuvre, salad bar, wine, etc. 7:30 pm – 8:20 pm – Welcome by Rob Leikind, Director of American Jewish Committee NE, and Vladimir […]

Tikvah Online Academy seminars

Tikvah Online Academy seminars for 11-12th grade students Tikvah Online Academy offers high-level seminars — with small classes, master teachers, and spirited discussions — for students interested in Jewish ideas, Zionism and modern Israel, American democracy, and Western civilization. — Each class meets for one session per week for five weeks: always live on Zoom. […]

I Named My Dog Pushkin

Center Makor: The Campus 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA, United States

Center Makor and Congregation Kehillath Israel present Margarita Gokun Silver I Named My Dog Pushkin (and Other Immigrant Tales): Notes From a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman An exclusive presentation of the bestseller book and book signing Musical breaks will be provided by Liliana Glik In English “Buy a pair of Levi’s, lose the […]

Flesh of My Flesh

BOOK LAUNCH - Flesh of My Flesh: Sexual Violence in Modern Hebrew Literature November 17, 12:15 - 1:45 PM Boston Time Via Zoom Join us for a discussion of Prof. Ilana Szobel's new book. "Flesh of My Flesh" examines the trope of sexual violence in modern Hebrew literature and situates the rhetoric of sexual aggression […]

Roma in Central and Eastern Europe

Roma in Central and Eastern Europe The Legacy of Racism, Enslavement, and Annihilation Part of 3GNY's New Series: More Than Six Million Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 8:00 pm on Zoom We're excited to introduce our new webinar series, More Than 6 Million: A series exploring Nazi persecution beyond the Jews. Over the next several months, we'll feature […]

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War

Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War November 18, 12:15 - 1:30 PM Boston Time Via Zoom Part of the Schusterman Seminars: advanced seminars geared toward faculty and graduate students, and open to all, presenting the latest research in Israel Studies. Shay Hazkani is Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the […]