Events
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Upcoming:
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Mar
11
Film Screening: The Automat (2021)
Time: 7:30pmPlease join Director Lisa Hurwitz and film participant Purchase College Professor of History Lisa Keller, for a screening and discussion of The Automat.
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Apr
20
The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust – A Book Talk with Professor Lisa Leff
Time: 6:30pmWhy did renowned Jewish historian Zosa Szajkowski steal tens of thousands of archival documents from France—and why did libraries in the U.S. and Israel accept them? In this gripping talk based on her award-winning book The Archive Thief, Prof. Lisa Leff uncovers the complex story of a scholar whose illicit actions helped preserve a vital Jewish past. Through Szajkowski’s life, Leff explores urgent questions of memory, ownership, and the legacy of Holocaust-era archives.
Past Events:
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Apr
8
The Rescue of History: Uncovering Help for Jews in the Holocaust
Time: 6:30pmWe rightly celebrate altruistic individuals who rescued Jews in the Holocaust. But for Jews to survive, it took so much more than one person’s heroism. It is only now that historians are beginning to unearth the true history of rescue – one no less miraculous but far more complicated than the tales we are used to.
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Feb
4
Jewish - Christian Dialogue in Modern Times - A Talk with Dr. Malka Simkovich
Time: 7:00pmIn 1965, the Catholic Church embarked on one of the most remarkable religious transformations in human history when its Second Vatican Council retracted the accusation of deicide, God-murder, against the Jewish people. In the aftermath, leaders of the Church committed themselves to establishing good relations with the Jewish people and to disseminating the Council’s teachings. This lecture will explore how this work has become increasingly complex in recent years, and will consider the future of Catholic-Jewish relations, and Christian-Jewish relations more broadly, in a post October 7th world.
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Mar
19
No Return: Jews, Christians Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe - A Book Talk with Dr. Rowan Dorin
Time: 7:00pmDr. Rowan Dorin is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Stanford University, as well as core faculty of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies. His research and teaching focus on the history of premodern Europe and the Mediterranean, in particular Jewish-Christian relations, religious law, and digital humanities. His recent book, No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe (Princeton UP, 2023), received the 2024 Salo Baron Prize from the American Academy for Jewish Research, awarded annually for the best first book in Jewish Studies.
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Nov
19
“Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Family” a book talk with Prof. Laura Arnold Leibman
Time: 7:00pmOnce We Were Slaves provides a rare historical portrait of life as a Jewish American of color with Professor Laura Arnold Leibman.
