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2022

  • Rutgers offers Free Professional Development Seminar for Teachers on Holocaust History and Memory; June 27–June 30, 2022
  • Rutgers students recognized for excellence in Jewish studies
  • The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream Virtual Public Talk, March 23
  • Teaching Maus: A Free Virtual Workshop for Teachers Presented by the Bildner Center at Rutgers, March 3
  • Israel’s Moment: Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State Virtual Public Talk, March 7
  • Rutgers Mini-Courses on Jewish Life Open to the Public

2021

  • Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival to Run November 7–21
  • Introducing a New Online Exhibit: “Jewish Agriculturalism in the Garden State” Virtual Public Talk, October 21
  • Dance and Disability in Israel: The Power of Integrated Dance Online Public Talk, October 10
  • Rutgers advanced seminar for school teachers on gender and trauma in the Holocaust meets new mandate for LGBTQ inclusive curriculum in NJ, June 30–July 1
  • Rutgers students recognized for excellence in Jewish studies
  • Yiddish: Biography of a Language Dr. Jeffrey Shandler Discusses his New Book, April 12
  • A World Within Worlds: The Music of Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell A Musical Performance and Presentation, April 22
  • Discover the Artist Book Celebrating the Poetry of Yehuda Amichai “The Amichai Windows,” Online Public Program, March 7
  • Rutgers Professor Nancy Sinkoff Wins National Jewish Book Award
  • Conversion, Circumcision, and Ritual Murder: A Medieval Mystery, Unraveled Online Public Lecture, March 3
  • Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family Virtual Public Talk, February 1
  • Rutgers Jewish Film Festival—Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack
  • X-Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II In-Person Public Talk, December 9
  • Explore the History of Jewish Name Changing in America Online Talk, January 14

2020

  • Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Women and their Reproductive Lives: An Online Conversation, December 7
  • Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Goes Virtual, November 8–22
  • Jerusalem’s Cultural Diversity Revealed through Hidden Libraries and Rare Manuscripts “Jerusalem: City of the Book,” Online Panel Discussion, October 25
  • Hatikvah: A Sacred Reading of a Secular Text; Renowned Scholar Edwin Seroussi Delivers Online Talk, Sept. 13
  • “Writing the Life of Lucy S. Dawidowicz,” June 17, Online Talk: Professor Nancy Sinkoff Discusses Acclaimed New Book
  • Rutgers students recognized for excellence in Jewish Studies
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, RC ’77, Architect Esther Speber (AIA) will be featured speakers for April 1 panel discussion on importance of balancing safety and security in sacred spaces
  • Jerusalem’s Cultural Diversity Revealed through Hidden Libraries and Rare Manuscripts
  • Letters to Erich: A musical performance and talk by jazz composer Ted Rosenthal
  • Sneak peek at new film The Adventures of Saul Bellow: February 25 at Rutgers Cinema

2019

  • Renowned Archaeologist Jodi Magness Presents Discoveries in Ancient Israeli Synagogue Public Lecture at Rutgers-New Brunswick, December 10
  • Rutgers Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 20TH Anniversary November 3–17
  • Panel examines Paul Robeson’s ties to the Jewish community, left-wing political movements, and the Soviet Union in the 1940s
  • Prof. Yael Zerubavel Explores Changing Views of the Desert in Zionist and Israeli Culture: Public Lecture at Rutgers-New Brunswick, Sept. 12
  • Grammy-Nominated Yiddish Songs Brought to Life in Concert and Lecture March 13 at Rutgers-New Brunswick
  • Zionism and the Origins of International Human Rights Explored at Public Lecture, Rutgers-New Brunswick, April 2

2018

  • Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Bizarre Tales from the Yiddish Press Public Talk at Rutgers on March 19
  •  Polish-Jewish History, Culture, and Music Explored at Two Public Programs in March
  • Celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary on April 19 at Rutgers-New Brunswick
  • “Out of the Shtetl: Anarchists, Zionists and Other Dreamers Encounter the World” Public Lecture at Rutgers-New Brunswick on April 29
  • Professor Nancy Sinkoff Appointed Director of Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life
  • Rutgers’ Bildner Center to host Moshe Zonder, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist at Rutgers
  • Israeli Author Ruby Namdar will Speak at Rutgers-New Brunswick on September 27
  • America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe During WWII: Public Lecture and Teacher Workshop at Rutgers on Oct. 9 and 10
  • Rutgers Jewish Film Festival To Run October 30 – November 11
  • The Future of the Relationship between American Jews and Israel: Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer will Speak at Rutgers-New Brunswick on December 13
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