Recordings

Daniel Stein Kokin , the Bildner Center’s Norman and Syril Reitman Visiting Professor, will introduce his innovative digital mapping project, “All the Points,” which examines the creation of Zionist and Israeli communities in the Land and State of Israel from the 19th century to the present. The mini-course takes as

The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Lecture Join a discussion between Yossi Klein Halevi , a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and a leading expert on Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global Jewish affairs, and Nancy Sinkoff , the Bildner Center’s academic director, for an update on

The Toby and Herbert Stolzer Annual Program The Bible has long been a source of political fervor in America, both for conservative and progressive voices. Join professors Claudia Setzer (Manhattan University) and Gary A. Rendsburg (Rutgers University) for a conversation on how abolitionists, women's rights supporters, contemporary climate activists, and

Jenny R. Labendz , Allen and Joan Bildner Visiting Scholar, Fall 2024 This three-part, online mini-course will compare and contrast Jewish and Christian ideas about the end of the world through an exploration of several topics: divine judgment, resurrection, and the inauguration of the end-times. The course will challenge widespread

Jeffrey Shandler , Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will discuss his new book, Homes of the Past: A Lost Jewish Museum (Indiana University Press, 2024). Shandler tells the powerful story of how immigrant Jewish scholars in 1940s New York sought to build a museum to commemorate the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

~ 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

Funded by the Sagner Family Foundation Michal Raucher in conversation with Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women , (forthcoming Indiana University Press Fall 2020). Conceiving Agency explores the ways Israeli Haredi Jewish women make decisions about their reproductive lives. Although they must contend with interference from doctors,

3 Session Mini-Course Tuesdays: October 13, 20, 27, 2020 Taught by Marc Herman , Aresty Visiting Scholar This mini-course explores the ways that medieval Jews used ideas first found in Islamic legal theory to help them rethink their tradition and, ultimately, to reconstitute Judaism in new terms. Two major personalities