Past Events

The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Program

The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Lecture The state of Israel was established in 1947–1948 when the governments of the United States, the Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc, and two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Zionist project. In the United States, support for the cause of

Teacher Workshop Open to middle and high school teachers only Required reading prior to workshop: Maus I Join us for a free virtual workshop for middle and high school teachers on teaching Maus, an important and complex work of second-generation Holocaust literature. Recent news of a Tennessee school district’s controversial

An evening with Culinary Historian Michael Twitty Hosted by the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities Michael Twitty is an award-winning culinary historian and food writer. As a Black and Jewish gay man, his work speaks to the intersections of identity and the relationships between food, culture, and

Two-Part Series Presented by Adam Ferziger and Michal Raucher This two-part mini-series will unpack some of the new trends in Orthodox Judaism. In session one, Professor Adam Ferziger will explore the ways that Orthodox Judaism has developed transnationally between America and Israel. In session two, Professor Michal Raucher will examine

The Toby and Herbert Stolzer Annual Lecture Presented by Laura Arnold Liebman A descendant of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were members of the Sephardic elite. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came

Funded by the Sagner Family Foundation Three Session Mini-Course Mondays: November 29, December 6, 13, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sessions to be held through Zoom Virtual course taught by Anita Norich, Professor Emerita, University of Michigan This three-part series considers how Yiddish literature written by women addresses Yiddish

Location: Douglass Student Center , 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The Raoul Wallenberg Annual Program funded by Leon and Toby Cooperman In June 1942, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff devised an unusual plan: the creation of a new, top-secret commando unit made up of Jewish refugees

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Introducing A New Online Exhibit Jewish Agriculturalism in the Garden State Watch Recording Courtesy of Jack Delano, Library of Congress Organized farming has been a key part of the Jewish experience in the modern world, though this history is largely unknown or forgotten. In fact, Jewish agricultural settlements have spanned

Virtual Talk The Henry Schwartzman Endowed Seminar Listen to Audio Recording This talk will explore the Israeli aspects of integrated dance, an art form that brings together dancers with and without disabilities. Together, these dancers challenge the way disability is presented and perceived in public culture and in the arts.

The Abram Matlofsky Memorial Program Watch Recording Join us for a presentation and musical performance featuring Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell , award-winning American singer and musician specializing in Yiddish song, and moderator Josh Kun , Professor and Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. A diverse

~ Virtual Book Talk ~ Watch Recording Professor Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers University) discusses his new book Yiddish: Biography of a Language (Oxford University Press, 2020). Jeffrey Shandler’s new book, Yiddish: Biography of a Language , engages with the Yiddish language in the unusual form of a biographical profile. In conversation

Hosted by Miller Center for Community Protection & Resilience Co-sponsored by the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life HOW TO WATCH JBSTV.ORG MOTL.ORG MIMEH.ORG FACEBOOK LIVE The active participation of the medical community – those who took an oath to “first, do no harm,” –

Rick Black, book artist and poet, in conversation with Professor Gary A. Rendsburg Watch the recording The Amichai Windows pays homage to Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000). Rick Black will unwrap the artist book, revealing its exquisite sculptural design, as well as discuss his personal encounters with Amichai and share

~ Virtual Book Talk ~ Watch Recording Professor Paola Tartakoff (Rutgers University) discusses her new book Conversion, Circumcision and Ritual Murder in Medieval Europe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). Respondent: Professor David Shyovitz (Northwestern University). In England in 1234, Jews were accused of having abducted, circumcised, and converted a five-year-old

Three Session Mini-Course Tuesdays: March 2, 9, 16, 2021 Sessions to be held through Zoom Course taught by Dr. Gregg Drinkwater, Norman and Syril Reitman Visiting Professor In the late 1960s, many young American Jews decried what they perceived as a stagnant, suburban American Judaism that was out of touch

Rutgers Jewish Film Festival presents Artist Audrey Flack and Film Director Deborah Shaffer Discuss New Documentary Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack Watch recording Co-sponsored by Mason Gross School of the Arts Audrey Flack, Marilyn , 1977 Trailblazing artist Audrey Flack is an internationally acclaimed painter, sculptor, and pioneer of photorealism.

Three Session Mini-Course Wednesdays: February 3, 10, 17, 2021 Sessions to be held through Zoom Course taught by Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Allen and Joan Bildner Visiting Scholar Fictionalized images of Russian Jewry, primarily embodied by Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof”, have little in common with the realities of life for

~ Virtual Book Talk ~ Professor Kirsten Fermaglich (Michigan State University) discusses her book A Rosenberg By Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America (NYU Press, 2018). Kirsten Fermaglich , a professor of history and Jewish studies at Michigan State University, is the author of A