Past Events

Location: Virtual Public Lecture Presented by Yehudah Mirsky , Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University Rav (Rabbi) Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) is widely known as the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the Land of Israel, an important theologian, a foundational thinker of religious Zionism, and the Zionist

Location: Virtual The Raoul Wallenberg Annual Program, funded by Leon and Toby Cooperman Karina Urbach , Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, University of London Alice Urbach, a renowned chef and cookbook writer in Vienna, was forced to flee to England in 1938 after the Anschluss - the German

Discussions of who “belongs” in the United States are hardly new. From the very moment the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they were not only interested in who belonged in the United States, but also in who did not. In the nineteenth century, questions of “assimilation” and “Americanization” became prominent.

24 rd Annual Film Festival October 26 - November 12, 2023 Click here to view the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival website.

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Ruth Ellen Steinman Bloustein and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture Cosponsored by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Samuel G. Freedman , Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Hubert Humphrey was elected

Location : George Street Playhouse October 15 Performance includes discussion on The Pianist with Professor Nancy Sinkoff Cosponsored by The Bildner Center The Pianist: A Play with Music Adapted for the stage by Emily Mann Based on the book “ The Pianist ” by Władysław Szpilman Directed by Emily Mann

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Program Derek Penslar , William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Annual Abram Matlofsky Memorial Program Speaker: Nadine Epstein, Editor, Moment Magazine In conversation with Rebecca Walkowitz, Dean of Humanities at Rutgers, Nadine Epstein will discuss her collaboration with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Raoul Wallenberg Annual Program funded by Leon and Toby Cooperman Robert B. Alter , Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley Winner , Charles Homer Haskins Prize for career achievement, American Council of

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Public Lecture The University of Chicago Press Presented by Azzan Yadin-Israel , Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics, Rutgers University How did the apple, unmentioned by the Bible, become the dominant symbol of temptation, sin, and

Three Session Mini-Course Wednesdays: January 25, February 1, and February 8 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sessions to be held through Zoom Virtual course taught by Avraham Yoskovich, Jerome and Lorraine Aresty Visiting Scholar This course traces the footsteps of people who were considered apostates—those who renounced their religious beliefs

The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Lecture Presented by Dr. Lynne M. Swarts, Department of History, University of Sydney Watch Recording Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925) was one of the most important Jewish artists at the turn of the twentieth century. A successful illustrator, photographer, painter, and printer, he became the

23 rd Annual Film Festival October 30 - November 13, 2022 Click here to view the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival website.

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Public Lecture Funded by the Sagner Family Foundation Cosponsored by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Nomi M. Stolzenberg, Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law, USC Gould School of Law David

Location: Douglass Student Center , Trayes Hall, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Toby and Herbert Stolzer Annual Lecture Please join us for The Bildner Center’s 25th-Anniversary Kickoff Event featuring a talk by Gal Beckerman , award-winning author and senior editor, The Atlantic with opening remarks by Jonathan

Two-Part Mini-Course Wednesday, February 16 and Sunday, May 1 Taught by Prof. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Bildner Visiting Scholar, and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Following up on the recent launch of the Bildner Center’s exciting new digital exhibit Jewish Agriculturalism in the Garden State , this mini-course will explore

Location: Academic Building , East Wing, Room 2400 Join us for a lecture and screening of "Landscapes of Memory - The Life of Ruth Klüger" a documentary film by Renata Schmidtkunz Hosted by the Department of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures , and supported by the Department

Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Performance with Commentary "Exile" is a concert with spoken commentary that explores Jewish musical culture in early modern Europe and its encounters with other traditions. Featuring the period-instrument ensemble Incantare in conjunction with Professor Rebecca Cypess, Rutgers Department of Music,

Three Session Mini-Course Mondays: March 21, 28, and April 4, 2021 Sessions to be held through Zoom Course taught by Dr. Ron Lasri, Jerome and Lorraine Aresty Visiting Scholar This course will offer an introduction to Sephardic folklore by presenting three folk heroes of early modern Sephardic Jewry, i.e., the

The Annual Abram Matlofsky Memorial Program Author Dan Grunfeld in conversation with Craig Karmazin , CEO, Good Karma Brands, and grandson of Abram Matlofsky From the grips of the Nazis to the top of the Olympic podium, from the cheap seats to center stage at Madison Square Garden, from yellow