Press Releases
2019
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- 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
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- 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
2017
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- Award-winning Israeli Film Screens at Rutgers on February 9
- Fresh Perspectives on Jewish Law and Theology Offered at Two Public Programs: February 28 and March 8
- The Life of Golda Meir is Subject of Public Talk at Rutgers on March 27
- Shulem Deen Discusses His Memoir on Leaving Hasidic Community: April 26 at Rutgers
- Rutgers Offers Free Professional Development Course for Educators on Teaching the Holocaust, June 26 – June 30
- "Holocaust Memory in the Digital Age: Publlic Lecture and New Book Launch at Rutgers on September 13
- The Story of the Jews of Salonica: Public Lecture at Rutgers on October 15
- Rutgers Jewish Film Festival to Run October 29 - November 12
- Classical Jewish Texts on the Internet: Public Lecture at Rutgers on December 4
2016
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- How Jewish Authors reinvented the American War Novel: Public Lecture at Rutgers on March 9
- The Role of Jewish Scholars in the Development of Islamic Studies in Europe
- The Apostle Paul and the Rabbis
- Post-Holocaust Anti-Semitism in Europe
- John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Holocaust Trial
- Uncovering American Jewish Life: 1766, 1866, and 1966
- Rutgers Jewish Film Festival to Run October 30 - November 13
- High school and middle school students attend free Holocaust film screening at Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
- Scripture and Tradition in Judaism: The Challenge of Modernity
2015
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- Sacred music has made its way to the Israeli pop music scene where Israeli rock stars have adapted traditional Middle Eastern religious songs.
- Yiddish Princess, a Yiddish rock band, will perform at Rutgers on Tuesday, March 10.
- A World without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide - Public Lecture at Rutgers on April 14.
- Memorials, Collective Memory, and History: From the Holocaust to 9/11
- Rutgers Jewish Film Festival to Run October 28 - November 8
- Live Music and Conversation with David Broza Featured at Opening Night of Rutgers Jewish Film Festival on October 28
- Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Global Religious Leader, to explore relationship between violence, religion
- Jewish-Arab Relations through the Prism of Israel’s Jewish-Arab Cities