Press Releases
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
