Mon, Dec 29
07:00PM
Mon, Dec 29
07:00PM
lecture
What is Jewish Humor?: Exploring Wit and Humor in Freud
Dr. Max Kohn, psychoanalyst, journalist and author
What is the secret of Jewish humor? Freud thinks that jokes must be distinguished from humor. A joke requires that someone is listening, but humor is a conflict between the ego and the superego. Through humor, the ego can be stronger than the superego. Max Kohn will present examples from his new book, Vitsn: mots d'esprit yiddish et inconscient (Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2008).
What is the secret of Jewish humor? Freud thinks that jokes must be distinguished from humor. A joke requires that someone is listening, but humor is a conflict between the ego and the superego. Through humor, the ego can be stronger than the superego. Max Kohn will present examples from his new book, Vitsn: mots d'esprit yiddish et inconscient (Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2008).
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lecture
Sun, Dec 28
03:00PM
Sun, Dec 28
03:00PM
hanukkah celebration
Annual Hanukkah Concert
Eleanor Reissa of the Broadway and Yiddish stage and her band; stories by Isaiah Sheffer. Followed by reception and candle lighting.
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hanukkah celebration
Thu, Dec 25
Thu, Dec 25
holidays and closures
Center Offices and Reading Room Closed for Christmas
Merry Christmas!
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holidays and closures
Thu, Dec 25
11:00AM
Thu, Dec 25
11:00AM
hanukkah celebration
Hanukkah Spectacular
Featuring international recording artist Ramon Tasat and the lively and syncopated rhythms of the Fiesta Sepharad Ensemble. Spirited songs in Hebrew, Italian, Ladino and Aramaic. Live at 1:30 and 3:00 pm. With family activities throughout the day.
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hanukkah celebration
Sun, Dec 21
02:00PM
Sun, Dec 21
02:00PM
sephardic music festival scholar series
Elie Massias Flamenco-Ladino & Victor Esses Tarab Ensemble
As part of the fourth annual Sephardic Music Festival, we are pleased to announce the expansion of the Sephardic Scholar Series! This year the series, presented in collaboration with the American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum, will feature two distinct musical performances, a panel discussion and entrance to the Yeshiva University Museum. Each performance will focus on a unique aspect of Sephardic musical culture: Elie Massias will perform Flamenco-Ladino improvisations from Gibraltar; and the Victor Esses Tarab Ensemble, led by Brooklyn cantor Victor Esses, will perform Sephardic piyyutim set in the Syrian-Sephardic musical tradition.
Curated by ethnomusicologist/performer, Samuel R. Thomas, who will lead an audience-interactive panel discussion with the two performers, exploring contemporary representations of Sephardic musical culture.
Schedule:
2:00pm Doors open for YUMusuem Galleries.
2:45pm Performance: Elie Massias solo guitar, electronica, Ladino/Hebrew.
3:15pm Intermission: Menorah lighting in Hebrew/Ladino and Light refreshments.
3:45pm Performance: Victor Esses Tarab Ensemble - Hebrew Piyyutim
4:30pm Scholar panel with Samuel Thomas, Victor Esses and Elie Massias
5:00pm Program concludes
Curated by ethnomusicologist/performer, Samuel R. Thomas, who will lead an audience-interactive panel discussion with the two performers, exploring contemporary representations of Sephardic musical culture.
Schedule:
2:00pm Doors open for YUMusuem Galleries.
2:45pm Performance: Elie Massias solo guitar, electronica, Ladino/Hebrew.
3:15pm Intermission: Menorah lighting in Hebrew/Ladino and Light refreshments.
3:45pm Performance: Victor Esses Tarab Ensemble - Hebrew Piyyutim
4:30pm Scholar panel with Samuel Thomas, Victor Esses and Elie Massias
5:00pm Program concludes
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sephardic music festival scholar series
Fri, Dec 19
12:00PM
Fri, Dec 19
12:00PM
lecture
Psikhoanaliz un yidishkayt
Dr. Max Kohn, psychoanalyst, journalist, and author
This is a Yiddish language event.
This is a Yiddish language event.
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lecture
Thu, Dec 18
06:00PM
Thu, Dec 18
06:00PM
gisella levi cahnman open seminar
From "Jews" to "Israelites": Identity and Tradition at the Dawn of Emancipation
This 3-day seminar led by Gadi Luzzatto Voghera of the University of Venice explores real life stories of 19th-century men and women against the background of political and cultural change in unified Italy.
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gisella levi cahnman open seminar
Thu, Dec 18
07:30PM
Thu, Dec 18
07:30PM
concert
Four Seasons: Music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Peter I. Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi
Part of the four-concert series, "Fanny and Felix," commemorating Mendelssohn's bicentennial. Performed by the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Vassa Shevel and Inessa Zaretsky.
For more information view the program.
For more information view the program.
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concert
Wed, Dec 17
06:00PM
Wed, Dec 17
06:00PM
gisella levi cahnman open seminar
From "Jews" to "Israelites": Identity and Tradition at the Dawn of Emancipation
This 3-day seminar led by Gadi Luzzatto Voghera of the University of Venice explores real life stories of 19th-century men and women against the background of political and cultural change in unified Italy.
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gisella levi cahnman open seminar
Tue, Dec 16
06:00PM
Tue, Dec 16
06:00PM
gisella levi cahnman open seminar
From "Jews" to "Israelites": Identity and Tradition at the Dawn of Emancipation
This 3-day seminar led by Gadi Luzzatto Voghera of the University of Venice explores real life stories of 19th-century men and women against the background of political and cultural change in unified Italy.
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gisella levi cahnman open seminar
Fri, Dec 12
12:00PM
Fri, Dec 12
12:00PM
lecture
Tsi iz dos take a fremde un griltsndike shprakh: tsu der frage vegn Ben-Gurions batsiung tsu yidish nokhn khurbm
Rachel Rojanski
University of Haifa
This is a Yiddish language event.
University of Haifa
This is a Yiddish language event.
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lecture
Thu, Dec 11
02:00PM
Thu, Dec 11
02:00PM
cjh graduate seminar program
Building The Nation: Portuguese Jewish Community in the Atlantic World
Hilit Surowitz, Morris and Alma Schapiro Fellow, and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Florida, presenting
Dr. Jonathan Schorsch, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Religion, Columbia University, responding
Dr. Jonathan Schorsch, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Religion, Columbia University, responding
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cjh graduate seminar program
Thu, Dec 11
06:00PM
Thu, Dec 11
06:00PM
lecture & book signing
Traces of Sepharad/Huellas de Sefarad
Artist Marc Shanker, Spanish novelist Antonio Muñoz Molina and Sephardic and biblical scholar Professor T.A. Perry will speak about the exhibition and book of etchings, discuss the origins and meanings of the Ladino proverbs, and their relationship to Sephardic and Spanish culture.
6:00 pm Exhibition Viewing
7:00 pm Program
6:00 pm Exhibition Viewing
7:00 pm Program
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lecture & book signing
Sun, Dec 07
01:00PM
Sun, Dec 07
01:00PM
gallery talk
Erfurt: Jewish Treasures from Medieval Ashkenaz
Rhoda Seidenberg, YUM's Associate Curator, will lead a special tour of the Erfurt treasure.
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gallery talk
Sun, Dec 07
05:00PM
Sun, Dec 07
05:00PM
dance performance
The Sidney Krum Annual Concert: Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, this company appears at major theatres and dance festivals around the world. Founder and Artistic Director Carolyn Dorfman , a child of Polish Holocaust survivors, has created a body of work that honors her Jewish legacy; its trials and triumphs, uniqueness and precious commonalities with the human race.
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dance performance
Wed, Dec 03
01:30PM
Wed, Dec 03
01:30PM
membership film series
Jews of Lebanon (Le Petite Histoire des Juifs du Liban)
In the 1960's, there were nearly 8,000 Jews in Lebanon; today there are less than 60. Through the stories of community members now scattered throughout the world, this film recounts their times of happiness and their subsequent exile to many countries.
Director: Yves Turquier. France/Lichtenstein, 2006. 77 mins. English subtitles.
Director: Yves Turquier. France/Lichtenstein, 2006. 77 mins. English subtitles.
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membership film series
Mon, Dec 01
07:00PM
Mon, Dec 01
07:00PM
choseed memorial lecture
Between Two Worlds: The Literary Works of Kalman Segal (1918-1980)
Dr. Magdalena Ruta, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University of Crakow
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choseed memorial lecture
Fri, Nov 28
Fri, Nov 28
holidays and closures
Thanksgiving
The Center is closed. Happy Thanksgiving!
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holidays and closures
Thu, Nov 27
Thu, Nov 27
holidays and closures
Thanksgiving
The Center is closed. Happy Thanksgiving!
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holidays and closures
Tue, Nov 25
07:00PM
Tue, Nov 25
07:00PM
concert
Live from YIVO: The Andy Statman Trio
Legendary clarinetist and mandolinist Andy Statman performs and provides a rare glimpse into his evolution as a musician and embrace of Orthodox Judaism. Moderated by noted musicologist, producer and performer Henry Sapoznik.
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concert
Sun, Nov 23
10:00AM
Sun, Nov 23
10:00AM
day-long international colloquium
Vienna's "Kristallnacht": 70 Years On
This international colloquium is timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Vienna's "Kristallnacht" - Vienna's "Night of Broken Glass" - and focuses on memory, responsibility, trauma, and judgment as experienced through the recollection and interpretation of war. The colloquium is co-sponsored by Yeshiva University Museum, Cardozo School of Law, and New York University's Center on Violence and Recovery.
Highlights of the colloquium will include:
- A screening of the film Truth Be Told (A Work in Progress), chronicling one family's journey back to Vienna, from where they fled the Nazis in 1939. The film focuses on the discovery of the Jewish Community Archive and on records found there that challenge and even contradict the stories passed down the generations. The film is directed by Brian Dilg and written and produced by Linda Mills, director of NYU's Center on Violence and Recovery, and Peter Goodrich, a law professor at Yeshiva University. A panel discussion with the filmmakers and two European directors, Ruth Beckerman and Christian Delage, follows.
- A lecture, "Ranks of Powerlessness: Vienna 1938-1945, the Path to the Judenrat" by Doron Rabinovici, Austrian-Israeli writer and historian.
- A discussion, "Vienna: Continuity and Change," by leading historians, archivists, and educators on the renewal of interest in and the admission of responsibility for the Holocaust in contemporary Austria, with Lothar Hölbling, Holocaust Victims' Information and Support Center of the Jewish Community, Vienna; University of Klagenfurt historian Herbert Posch; and Christine Stromberger, Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, among other participants.
- A multidisciplinary panel on "Trauma Across Time," addressing the specific issue of the impact of trauma upon subsequent generations.
- "Global Contexts: Continuity and Change," a discussion with NYU President John Sexton; Dennis Davis, High Court Judge, South Africa; and Hannah Lessing, Secretary General, Austrian National Fund, on the lingering impact of Kristallnacht globally, and the potential for healing.
This colloquium is co-sponsored with the Yeshiva University School of Law Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, the Yeshiva University Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, and the Yeshiva University Program in Law and Humanities.
Glatt kosher refreshments and lunch will be served. A wine and cheese reception follows the event.
Media wishing to cover this event should contact Barbara Jester at 212.998.6844, email; or Yael Shy at 212.998.2266, email.
Highlights of the colloquium will include:
- A screening of the film Truth Be Told (A Work in Progress), chronicling one family's journey back to Vienna, from where they fled the Nazis in 1939. The film focuses on the discovery of the Jewish Community Archive and on records found there that challenge and even contradict the stories passed down the generations. The film is directed by Brian Dilg and written and produced by Linda Mills, director of NYU's Center on Violence and Recovery, and Peter Goodrich, a law professor at Yeshiva University. A panel discussion with the filmmakers and two European directors, Ruth Beckerman and Christian Delage, follows.
- A lecture, "Ranks of Powerlessness: Vienna 1938-1945, the Path to the Judenrat" by Doron Rabinovici, Austrian-Israeli writer and historian.
- A discussion, "Vienna: Continuity and Change," by leading historians, archivists, and educators on the renewal of interest in and the admission of responsibility for the Holocaust in contemporary Austria, with Lothar Hölbling, Holocaust Victims' Information and Support Center of the Jewish Community, Vienna; University of Klagenfurt historian Herbert Posch; and Christine Stromberger, Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture, among other participants.
- A multidisciplinary panel on "Trauma Across Time," addressing the specific issue of the impact of trauma upon subsequent generations.
- "Global Contexts: Continuity and Change," a discussion with NYU President John Sexton; Dennis Davis, High Court Judge, South Africa; and Hannah Lessing, Secretary General, Austrian National Fund, on the lingering impact of Kristallnacht globally, and the potential for healing.
This colloquium is co-sponsored with the Yeshiva University School of Law Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, the Yeshiva University Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, and the Yeshiva University Program in Law and Humanities.
Glatt kosher refreshments and lunch will be served. A wine and cheese reception follows the event.
Media wishing to cover this event should contact Barbara Jester at 212.998.6844, email; or Yael Shy at 212.998.2266, email.
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day-long international colloquium
Fri, Nov 21
12:00PM
Fri, Nov 21
12:00PM
lecture
Yidishe literatur in nokhmilkhomedikn Poyln 1945-1968
Magda Ruta
Jagiellonian University of Cracow
This is a Yiddish language event.
Jagiellonian University of Cracow
This is a Yiddish language event.
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lecture
Wed, Nov 19
07:00PM
Wed, Nov 19
07:00PM
panel discussion
Young Artists Exploring Our Heritage: A Journey Where Art Meets History
Second in a series of encounters with young professionals reconnecting to their Sephardic roots through their creative processes.
Join Lisa Alcalay Klug, Los Angeles-based author, photographer, editor and writing coach; Sarah Aroeste, musician and leader of The Sarah Aroeste Band; and Erez Safar, aka Diwon, founder and director of Shemspeed and The Sephardic Music Festival. Moderated by award-winning art director, Michelle Ishay-Cohen.
Join Lisa Alcalay Klug, Los Angeles-based author, photographer, editor and writing coach; Sarah Aroeste, musician and leader of The Sarah Aroeste Band; and Erez Safar, aka Diwon, founder and director of Shemspeed and The Sephardic Music Festival. Moderated by award-winning art director, Michelle Ishay-Cohen.
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panel discussion
Sun, Nov 16
10:00AM
Sun, Nov 16
10:00AM
international conference
Soviet Jewish Soldiers, Jewish Resistance, and Jews in the USSR During the Holocaust
This conference examines new insights into the Soviet Jewish experience during World War II and the Holocaust that have come to light since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Conference continues at NYU on November 17.
For a full program and registration information visit the conference site.
For a full program and registration information visit the conference site.
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international conference
Thu, Nov 13
06:30PM
Thu, Nov 13
06:30PM
panel discussion
Figuration, Abstraction and the Spiritual
In conjunction with the exhibition "Figuration, Abstraction and the Spiritual: David Stern," this panel will explore the themes of the exhibition using Stern’s artwork which uses heavy layers of paint to create figures that emerge from the canvases and confront contemplative introspection and spirituality.
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panel discussion
Tue, Nov 11
06:30PM
Tue, Nov 11
06:30PM
panel discussion
The Pulpit and the "Bully Pulpit": Religion in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Protestant/Catholic/Jew: How religion affected the 2008 presidential election and voting patterns.
Featuring: Rev. James M. Dunn, PhD, Rabbi James Rudin, Peter Steinfels, PhD and Seymour P. Lachman, PhD.
Featuring: Rev. James M. Dunn, PhD, Rabbi James Rudin, Peter Steinfels, PhD and Seymour P. Lachman, PhD.
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panel discussion
Mon, Nov 10
06:00PM
Mon, Nov 10
06:00PM
exhibition opening and book launch
Traces of Sepharad (Huellas de Sefarad): Etchings of Sephardic Proverbs
These etchings of Ladino proverbs by artist Marc Shanker, with their many levels of meaning, can be appreciated by a broad audience. The exhibition brings our attention back to the thriving Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula at a time when Jews, Muslims and Christians lived together in relative peace.
Presented by ASF, Consulate General of Spain in NY, Turkish Consulate General in NY, Instituto Cervantes.
Presented by ASF, Consulate General of Spain in NY, Turkish Consulate General in NY, Instituto Cervantes.
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exhibition opening and book launch
Mon, Nov 10
07:00PM
Mon, Nov 10
07:00PM
weiss memorial lecture
A Certain Justice: Jews, Poles, and the Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals
Dr. Gabriel Finder, Lecturer in Modern Jewish History, University of Virginia
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weiss memorial lecture
Thu, Nov 06
08:00PM
Thu, Nov 06
08:00PM
concert
Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy
An encore performance of the recently sold-out program at the Jewish Museum, as part of the citywide festival Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds.
The concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes, narrated by Jack Gottlieb, Bernstein’s longtime editor, sheds new light on some of the composer’s more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, combined with another piece from an abandoned project with Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, reveals a surprising transformation as a choral setting in Hebrew. Among the other works are world premieres of A Choral Quilt (arranged by Gottlieb) and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video from the maestro's personal and professional life are also featured.
Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, Andres Felipe Aristizabal, the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke, and the Amor Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary.
This performance made possible by a generous gift from Rosalind Devon and Sandy Batkin.
The concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes, narrated by Jack Gottlieb, Bernstein’s longtime editor, sheds new light on some of the composer’s more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, combined with another piece from an abandoned project with Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, reveals a surprising transformation as a choral setting in Hebrew. Among the other works are world premieres of A Choral Quilt (arranged by Gottlieb) and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video from the maestro's personal and professional life are also featured.
Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, Andres Felipe Aristizabal, the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke, and the Amor Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary.
This performance made possible by a generous gift from Rosalind Devon and Sandy Batkin.
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concert
Wed, Nov 05
02:00PM
Wed, Nov 05
02:00PM
cjh graduate seminar program
Converts and Community: Tales from the Vilna Archives
Ellie Schainker, Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow in Jewish Culture, and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, presenting
Dr. Elissa Bemporad, Visiting Fellow in Jewish Studies and History, The New School, and Dina Abramowicz YIVO Fellow, responding. Intended for an academically-oriented audience.
Dr. Elissa Bemporad, Visiting Fellow in Jewish Studies and History, The New School, and Dina Abramowicz YIVO Fellow, responding. Intended for an academically-oriented audience.
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cjh graduate seminar program
Wed, Nov 05
06:00PM
Wed, Nov 05
06:00PM
exhibition viewing, lecture, concert
Treasured Possession: Jews and Christians in the Medieval City
Featured speaker: Haym Soloveitchik, Merkin Family Professor of Jewish History and Literature, Yeshiva Universy.
Musical performance by Duo Marchand.
Musical performance by Duo Marchand.
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exhibition viewing, lecture, concert
Mon, Nov 03
06:00PM
Mon, Nov 03
06:00PM
lecture
Beyond the Dialectic of Ghetto Versus Integration: Towards a New Vision of Jewish Cultural History in Italy
David Ruderman, Ella Darivoff Director of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and renowned expert in the history of ideas that shaped the identity and culture of Italian Jewry, reframes in thought-provoking terms the historical dynamics of one of the oldest European minorities.
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lecture
Wed, Oct 29
07:00PM
Wed, Oct 29
07:00PM
jews and justice
Reckoning with the Past: A Conversation About Transitional Justice
How do nations move from conflict to a peaceful future in the wake of mass atrocity and suffering? What elements of social trust and civil discourse can be restored? What really counts in the process of reconciliation? A distinguished panel of historians, human rights advocates and lawyers will discuss the complex balance necessary for political transformation to a stable and civil society. Featuring Elazar Barkan, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; David Dyzenhaus, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto and Global Visiting Professor, NYU Law School; Moderated by Ruti G. Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law, New York Law School.
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jews and justice
Mon, Oct 27
06:30PM
Mon, Oct 27
06:30PM
discussion
Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal?
A conversation between Rob Riemen, president of the Nexus Institut and author of The Nobility of Spirit (Yale University Press, 2008) and Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harper's Magazine and editor of Education (Lapham's Quarterly, Fall 2008).
After Levi, Baruch Spinoza, Thomas Mann, and the Italian intellectual Carlo Ginzburg, Rob Riemen argues with passion that "nobility of spirit" is the quintessence of a civilized world and the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes.
For a full program see www.primolevicenter.org.
After Levi, Baruch Spinoza, Thomas Mann, and the Italian intellectual Carlo Ginzburg, Rob Riemen argues with passion that "nobility of spirit" is the quintessence of a civilized world and the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit, culture vanishes.
For a full program see www.primolevicenter.org.
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discussion
Mon, Oct 27
07:00PM
Mon, Oct 27
07:00PM
book presentation
Memories of Eden: A Journey Through Jewish Baghdad
Editors Mira and Tony Rocca will present Memories of Eden, a memoir of Mira's mother, Violette Shamash, drawn from recollections and notes she sent over a period of 20 years to Mira (born in the pogrom), and son-in-law, Tony Rocca, a former staff writer with the London Sunday Times and Daily Mail. A slide show of pictures and illustrations of old Baghdad will accompany their presentation.
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book presentation
Sun, Oct 26
09:00AM
Sun, Oct 26
09:00AM
conference
Jewish Youth and Cultural Change: A Conference on Rethinking American Jewish History
"He who holds the future, holds the youth."
Max Weinreich YIVO, Poland 1935
Young Jews were the majority of Jewish immigrants to the United States. They dominated the ranks of Jewish political and social movements from anarchism to the counterculture and feminism. They have played a key role in developing a Jewish press, pioneering new Jewish institutions, and creating alternatives to those institutions. They have also been the object of communal condemnation, anxiety and policy. Debates about communal change are debates about Jewish youth.
This conference brings together historians, anthropologists, and scholars of culture in order to reflect on the ways in which young Jews experienced their lives as Jews and Americans over the past two centuries, and how communal and cultural change were reflected in anxieties about Jewish youth. Scholars will ask: How do we tell the history of American Jewish life when we focus on youth? How did young Jewish men and women translate cultural change into American Jewish life? What are the differences between the 21st century and earlier eras? How does cultural memory shape these conversations?
An evening public program will bring together scholars, activists, and cultural critics to reflect on these issues.
Sponsored by: Center for Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Society, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Ratner Center for the Study of Conservative Judaism, Yeshiva University, University of Minnesota, Goren-Goldstein Center for the Study of American Jewish History at New York University
Click here for a complete conference schedule.
Max Weinreich YIVO, Poland 1935
Young Jews were the majority of Jewish immigrants to the United States. They dominated the ranks of Jewish political and social movements from anarchism to the counterculture and feminism. They have played a key role in developing a Jewish press, pioneering new Jewish institutions, and creating alternatives to those institutions. They have also been the object of communal condemnation, anxiety and policy. Debates about communal change are debates about Jewish youth.
This conference brings together historians, anthropologists, and scholars of culture in order to reflect on the ways in which young Jews experienced their lives as Jews and Americans over the past two centuries, and how communal and cultural change were reflected in anxieties about Jewish youth. Scholars will ask: How do we tell the history of American Jewish life when we focus on youth? How did young Jewish men and women translate cultural change into American Jewish life? What are the differences between the 21st century and earlier eras? How does cultural memory shape these conversations?
An evening public program will bring together scholars, activists, and cultural critics to reflect on these issues.
Sponsored by: Center for Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Society, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Ratner Center for the Study of Conservative Judaism, Yeshiva University, University of Minnesota, Goren-Goldstein Center for the Study of American Jewish History at New York University
Click here for a complete conference schedule.
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conference
Thu, Oct 23
07:30PM
Thu, Oct 23
07:30PM
concert
Four-Hand Music of Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert
Part of the four-concert series, "Fanny and Felix," commemorating Mendelssohn's bicentennial. Performed by the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Vassa Shevel and Inessa Zaretsky.
This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik.
This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik.
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concert
Wed, Oct 22
Wed, Oct 22
holidays and closures
Simchat Torah
The Center is closed.
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holidays and closures
Tue, Oct 21
Tue, Oct 21
holidays and closures
Shemini Atzeret
The Center is closed.
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holidays and closures
Mon, Oct 20
02:00PM
Mon, Oct 20
02:00PM
early closure
Erev Shemini Atzeret
The Center will close at 2:00pm.
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early closure
Sun, Oct 19
11:00AM
Sun, Oct 19
11:00AM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Viennese Research, Cadastral Maps and "Good-Bye Bohorodchany"
After an update on Galicia's newest map and landowner records project in Lviv, we'll waltz through the fascinating process of mining Viennese resources to discover your Galician relatives, including the IKG's (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien) vital records collection, the treasures found in the Gasometer archives and the Austrian National Library collections. Then join Bernard Reiner on his "homecoming" trip with Alex ("Tevye") Dunai, as he returns to the Bohorodchany burial site where his ancestors were laid to rest more than four centuries ago, reads the megillah in the Great Stanislawow synagogue, attends shul in Kolomea on Purim morning, and eats from the "conflicted soil" of his ancestors.
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jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Sun, Oct 19
02:00PM
Sun, Oct 19
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Research at the International Tracing Service (ITS) Archives in Bad Arolsen, Germany: Film and Panel Discussion
In May 2008, 40 genealogists spent a week researching at the ITS archives, the most important repository in the world containing information about individual victims of World War II. Although its stated mission was to document "the fate of the victims of Nazi persecution," it remained closed to the public for more than 50 years. On Nov. 28, 2007, after years of conflict and debate, ITS opened its doors to researchers. A short video will provide a first-hand look at the vast resources of the ITS and what the on-site research process looks like, followed by a panel discussion in which five trip participants – Valery Bazarov, William Fern, Janet Isenberg, Renee Steinig and Pamela Weisberger – will offer their unique perspectives on their experience. The program will include: description of ITS, the archives, categories of documents and their accessibility to the public; gaining access to and researching in the archives; obtaining copies of documents; discovering new items of individual, personal interest; analyzing documents for greater meaning; how to research the ITS archives yourself; community documents as an adjunct to personal research.
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jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Wed, Oct 15
Wed, Oct 15
holidays and closures
Sukkot
The Center is closed. Happy Sukkot!
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holidays and closures
Tue, Oct 14
Tue, Oct 14
holidays and closures
Sukkot
The Center is closed. Happy Sukkot!
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holidays and closures
Mon, Oct 13
02:00PM
Mon, Oct 13
02:00PM
early closure
Erev Sukkot
The Center will close at 2:00pm. Happy Sukkot!
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early closure
Thu, Oct 09
Thu, Oct 09
holidays and closures
Yom Kippur
The Center is closed.
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holidays and closures
Wed, Oct 08
02:00PM
Wed, Oct 08
02:00PM
early closure
Erev Yom Kippur
The Center will close at 2:00pm today.
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early closure
Wed, Oct 01
Wed, Oct 01
holidays and closures
Rosh Hashana
The Center is closed. L'shana Tovah!
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holidays and closures
Tue, Sep 30
Tue, Sep 30
holidays and closures
Rosh Hashana
The Center is closed. L'shana Tovah.
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holidays and closures
Mon, Sep 29
02:00PM
Mon, Sep 29
02:00PM
early closure
Erev Rosh Hashana
The Center will close at 2:00pm today. L'shana Tovah!
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early closure
Sun, Sep 28
01:00PM
Sun, Sep 28
01:00PM
film screening and discussion
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie: 20th Anniversary Presentation
Introductory Discussion:
John S. Friedman, Producer
Dr. David Marwell, Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage--A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and chief of investigative research for the Department of Justice during the hunt for Barbie
Stuart Klawans, film critic of The Nation
Note: The 4 1/2 hour film will be shown in its entirety with a short intermission.
Sponsored by the Center for Jewish History and the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
John S. Friedman, Producer
Dr. David Marwell, Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage--A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and chief of investigative research for the Department of Justice during the hunt for Barbie
Stuart Klawans, film critic of The Nation
Note: The 4 1/2 hour film will be shown in its entirety with a short intermission.
Sponsored by the Center for Jewish History and the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
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film screening and discussion
Sun, Sep 21
01:00PM
Sun, Sep 21
01:00PM
lecture and musical program
Nusakh Vilne Yizker and Memorial Lecture
This year marks 55 years since the founding of Nusakh Vilne, and 65 years since the liquidation of the Vilna ghetto. Opening remarks by Dr. Carl Rheins, YIVO Executive Director. Michael Bart, author of Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance (2008), which describes his parents’ years as partisans in Rudnicki Forest, will deliver a special address. Moish Palevsky will read material from Holocaust literature, and Cantor Victor Wortman of the Bay Terrace Jewish Center in Bayside, Queens will perform the hazkore and a musical program. Refreshments will be served.
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lecture and musical program
Tue, Sep 16
07:00PM
Tue, Sep 16
07:00PM
lecture
The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories
Joshua Rubenstein is the Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA and an Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. He will speak about his newest book, The Unknown Black Book (2008), which recounts the testimonies by survivors of the German massacres that took place in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic Region.
Presented in association with Amnesty International and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Presented in association with Amnesty International and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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lecture
Tue, Sep 16
07:00PM
Tue, Sep 16
07:00PM
exhibition opening
Fighting for the Fatherland: The Patriotism of Jews in World War I
Ninety years ago, the nations clashed in one of the deadliest military confrontations in human history. German and Austrian Jews welcomed the opportunity to gain fuller social equality by displaying their love of country. Such a show of loyalty, it was thought, would help end discrimination and further emancipation. However, not only did Jews encounter discrimination in the army every step of the way, the high command even went so far as to conduct a “Jewish census,” allegedly to counteract widely held rumors that Jews were shirking their patriotic duty as soldiers. When it transpired that Jews were, on the contrary, overrepresented in the military, the findings were suppressed. Many Jews came out of World War I wondering about whether Germany truly was their "Fatherland."
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exhibition opening
Mon, Sep 15
07:00PM
Mon, Sep 15
07:00PM
film and discussion
Primo Levi: Historian and Public Figure
International personalities will discuss Primo Levi's public profile vis-à-vis history and politics. Premiere screening of a documentary on Primo Levi from the archives of the Italian Broadcasting Company. This event is part of the Annual Primo Levi Conference.
For a full program see www.primolevicenter.org
Presented in association with NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo and the Italian Cultural Institute.
For a full program see www.primolevicenter.org
Presented in association with NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo and the Italian Cultural Institute.
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film and discussion
Sun, Sep 14
02:00PM
Sun, Sep 14
02:00PM
symposium
Max Weinreich's History of the Yiddish Language Symposium
On the occasion of the publication of the full translation of The History of the Yiddish Language. Panelists include Neil G. Jacobs, Ohio State University; Robert D. King, University of Texas; and Kalman Weiser, York University.
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symposium
Thu, Sep 11
06:30PM
Thu, Sep 11
06:30PM
discussion
Renewing the Colloque: Celebrating Levinas' Talmudic Readings at 50
Join human rights activists, rabbis and philosophers in an evening of study and discussion in the spirit of the famous Paris colloquia at which Emmanuel Levinas delivered profoundly ethical Talmudic lessons for our day. Featuring Professor Richard A. Cohen, Felice Gaer, Professor Annabel Herzog, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter. Moderated by Rabbi Michael Paley.
To hear the talk of Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy at the New School For Social Research from the Center for Jewish History’s December 7, 2006 Symposium on the Centennial of Emmanuel Levinas, click here.
To hear the talk of Warren Zeev Harvey, Hebrew University from the Center for Jewish History’s December 7, 2006 Symposium on the Centennial of Emmanuel Levinas, click here.
This event is presented in association with Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation, Societe International de Research Emmanuel Levinas, North American Levinas Society
To hear the talk of Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy at the New School For Social Research from the Center for Jewish History’s December 7, 2006 Symposium on the Centennial of Emmanuel Levinas, click here.
To hear the talk of Warren Zeev Harvey, Hebrew University from the Center for Jewish History’s December 7, 2006 Symposium on the Centennial of Emmanuel Levinas, click here.
This event is presented in association with Levinas Ethical Legacy Foundation, Societe International de Research Emmanuel Levinas, North American Levinas Society
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discussion
Wed, Sep 10
07:00PM
Wed, Sep 10
07:00PM
hort memorial lecture
The Failed Rehabilitation of Shomer the Novelist: Avrom Vevyorke's Revizye of 1931 and Soviet Yiddish Literary Theory
Dr. Roland Gruschka- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
In 1931, the Soviet literary critic Avrom Vevyorke (1887–1935) published the book Revision, in which he made an attempt to rehabilitate the most controversial writer of pulp fiction in Yiddish, Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitsh, 1849–1905), giving rise to a fierce dispute in Soviet Yiddish literary scholarship about the significance of his work for the emerging "proletarian literature." The arguments of both sides in this dispute can only be understood in the context of Soviet literary policy.
In 1931, the Soviet literary critic Avrom Vevyorke (1887–1935) published the book Revision, in which he made an attempt to rehabilitate the most controversial writer of pulp fiction in Yiddish, Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitsh, 1849–1905), giving rise to a fierce dispute in Soviet Yiddish literary scholarship about the significance of his work for the emerging "proletarian literature." The arguments of both sides in this dispute can only be understood in the context of Soviet literary policy.
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hort memorial lecture
Wed, Sep 10
07:00PM
Wed, Sep 10
07:00PM
film screening and discussion
About the Jews of Yemen: A Vanishing Culture
In conjunction with the current exhibition, "The Last Aliyah from Yemen," Sampson Giat, former Executive Director of the Yemenite Jewish Federation of America, will discuss his mission to Yemen in 1992, documenting, photographing, and fighting for the rights of the Jewish community to make aliyah. Moderated by Richard Z. Chesnoff, journalist and N.Y. Daily News columnist. Followed by Dr. Johanna Spector's stunning documentary, "About the Jews of Yemen: A Vanishing Culture," which captures this rich culture as it is practiced today in modern Israel.
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film screening and discussion
Tue, Sep 09
01:00PM
Tue, Sep 09
01:00PM
cjh graduate seminar program
The Elderly in the Ghettos of Lodz and Vilna: A Comparative Analysis
Elizabeth Strauss, Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow in Jewish Culture, and Ph.D. Candidate at Notre Dame University, presenting
Dr. Robert Shapiro, Associate Professor, Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, responding
Dr. Robert Shapiro, Associate Professor, Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College, responding
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cjh graduate seminar program
Tue, Sep 09
07:00PM
Tue, Sep 09
07:00PM
film
Shadows in Paradise
Recreates the stories of the exiled German and Austrian composers and writers who fled the Nazi regime, hoping to make a living in the movie industry in Hollywood. Co-produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Peter Rosen, this film paints a lively and colorful picture of the atmosphere of the German-speaking exiled community in Los Angeles, revealing their struggles, influences, frustrations and accomplishments.
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film
Sun, Sep 07
05:00PM
Sun, Sep 07
05:00PM
ruth gay seminar in jewish studies
Inaugural Session: Remembering Ruth Gay and Her Work
To celebrate the opening of the Ruth Gay Seminar in Jewish Studies, established at YIVO by the Family of Ruth Gay in Her Honor, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research invites you to attend an Inaugural Session which will feature "Remembering Ruth Gay and Her Work" by Professor Marion Kaplan, New York University and Professor Sophie Glazer, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Seminar Discussion will follow on Ruth Gay's most recent publication "The Jewish King Lear" by Jacob Gordin translated by Ruth Gay with notes and essays by Ruth Gay and Sophie Glazer. (Yale University, 2007)
Panelists are Dr. Edna Nahshon (Moderator), Associate Professor of Hebrew, Jewish Theological Seminary; Dr. Nina Warnke, Assistant Professor of European Studies, Vanderbilt University; and Dr. Joel Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, State University of New York at Albany.
Seminar Discussion will follow on Ruth Gay's most recent publication "The Jewish King Lear" by Jacob Gordin translated by Ruth Gay with notes and essays by Ruth Gay and Sophie Glazer. (Yale University, 2007)
Panelists are Dr. Edna Nahshon (Moderator), Associate Professor of Hebrew, Jewish Theological Seminary; Dr. Nina Warnke, Assistant Professor of European Studies, Vanderbilt University; and Dr. Joel Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, State University of New York at Albany.
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ruth gay seminar in jewish studies
Wed, Jul 30
07:00PM
Wed, Jul 30
07:00PM
max weinreich center: uriel weinreich summer yiddish program
One Hundred Years Since Czernowitz
Symposium on the one-hundredth anniversary of the Czernowitz Yiddish Conference
With Cecile Kuznitz (Bard College) and Jess Olson (Yeshiva University). Moderated by Paul Glasser (YIVO).
With Cecile Kuznitz (Bard College) and Jess Olson (Yeshiva University). Moderated by Paul Glasser (YIVO).
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max weinreich center: uriel weinreich summer yiddish program
Thu, Jul 24
05:30PM
Thu, Jul 24
05:30PM
exhibit opening and reception
Paintings by Stella Cohen: Selections from Oracle Women
The forceful personalities, spiritual symbols, vivid colors, and protective amulets of Cohen's Oracle Women evince a direct emotional response. Through them, Cohen combines the specific (the Sephardi woman) with the collective (the universal female).
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exhibit opening and reception
Sun, Jul 13
12:30PM
Sun, Jul 13
12:30PM
classes, workshops, and dance party
Klezcamp Roadshow
12:30 - 5:30pm: Classes, workshops
7:00 - 8:30pm: Dance party
One of the world's great Yiddish language and literature programs joins together with one of the world's great music and culture programs to present an exciting day of lectures, concerts, workshops and Yiddish dance parties.
Presented in association with Living Traditions and Uriel Weinreich/NYU Program in Yiddish Language Literature and Culture.
RSVP: 212-294-6127
7:00 - 8:30pm: Dance party
One of the world's great Yiddish language and literature programs joins together with one of the world's great music and culture programs to present an exciting day of lectures, concerts, workshops and Yiddish dance parties.
Presented in association with Living Traditions and Uriel Weinreich/NYU Program in Yiddish Language Literature and Culture.
RSVP: 212-294-6127
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classes, workshops, and dance party
Sun, Jun 22
12:00PM
Sun, Jun 22
12:00PM
2nd annual family puppet festival
Performance and Workshop For Children and Parents
Featuring performances by the Chinese Theatre Works; the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater; Karagiozis, traditional Greek shadow puppets; hands-on puppet-making workshops and demonstrations.
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2nd annual family puppet festival
Sun, Jun 22
02:00PM
Sun, Jun 22
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Searching Online Historical Directories - and - A New Tool for Shoah Research
Speaker: Logan Joseph Kleinwaks
Many pre-World War 2 business, address, and organizational directories from Eastern and Central Europe have been made available online as part of library digitization programs. They can potentially help genealogists discover relatives or places where relatives lived. The website kalter.org makes it feasible to search 22,000 pages of these directories -- an important resource that should not be missed by researchers of families from Romania, Poland, or Galicia. Logan Joseph Kleinwaks will explain how to search these directories by focusing on real examples, with a complete walk-through from software installation to refining searches based on search results.
Mr. Kleinwaks will also describe ShoahConnect.org, his website that provides tools for working with one of the most important Jewish genealogical sources, the more than two million Pages of Testimony documenting Shoah [Holocaust] victims on YadVashem.org. By using this website to associate an email address with Pages of Testimony, a researcher can potentially make contact with submitters and relatives of victims. More than 8,000 such associations have already been made by nearly 500 users. ShoahConnect also makes it easier to manage searches at YadVashem.org that return many results from the vast database.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Many pre-World War 2 business, address, and organizational directories from Eastern and Central Europe have been made available online as part of library digitization programs. They can potentially help genealogists discover relatives or places where relatives lived. The website kalter.org makes it feasible to search 22,000 pages of these directories -- an important resource that should not be missed by researchers of families from Romania, Poland, or Galicia. Logan Joseph Kleinwaks will explain how to search these directories by focusing on real examples, with a complete walk-through from software installation to refining searches based on search results.
Mr. Kleinwaks will also describe ShoahConnect.org, his website that provides tools for working with one of the most important Jewish genealogical sources, the more than two million Pages of Testimony documenting Shoah [Holocaust] victims on YadVashem.org. By using this website to associate an email address with Pages of Testimony, a researcher can potentially make contact with submitters and relatives of victims. More than 8,000 such associations have already been made by nearly 500 users. ShoahConnect also makes it easier to manage searches at YadVashem.org that return many results from the vast database.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
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jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Mon, Jun 16
07:00PM
Mon, Jun 16
07:00PM
film and discussion
"Bloom" Comes Home
On Bloomsday, 2003 The Center for Jewish History and Jewish Heritage staged an exciting dramatic reading of scenes from Joyce's Ulysses, featuring Kathleen Chalfant and a host of talented actors playing the Odysseus-like protagonist Leopold Bloom. The acclaimed performance has now become the centerpiece of a film which plays with notions as light as reading Joyce in bed and as serious as what kind of Jew Leopold Bloom really was. The film travels to Ireland to reveal how an anti-Semitic outbreak in Limerick in 1904 inspired Joyce to create Dublin's best known fictional Jew.
Join us for a preview of this work in progress in the very auditorium where it was first performed. The evening will include conversation with the filmmakers and special additional readings.
Join us for a preview of this work in progress in the very auditorium where it was first performed. The evening will include conversation with the filmmakers and special additional readings.
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film and discussion
Thu, Jun 05
06:30PM
Thu, Jun 05
06:30PM
book signing & discussion
Black Grass, by Bernard Otterman
In celebration of the publication of "Black Grass," short fictions in response to the Holocaust, you are cordially invited to attend a dramatic reading from the book, with readings by noted actors Norma Fire and Robert Zukerman, and to hear a conversation with the author, Bernard Otterman, on the origins of the stories.
A reception and book signing will follow with refreshments in the Great Hall.
A reception and book signing will follow with refreshments in the Great Hall.
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book signing & discussion
Sun, Jun 01
03:00PM
Sun, Jun 01
03:00PM
annual spring concert
Contemporary Jewish Composers
The music of Paul Richards, Arkadie Kougell, Ofer ben Amotz, M. Samiaten, Paul Schoenfield.
For more information please call 212-294-6160.
For more information please call 212-294-6160.
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annual spring concert
Wed, May 28
07:00PM
Wed, May 28
07:00PM
tell memorial lecture
The Experiences of the Elderly in the Vilna Ghetto
Elizabeth Strauss, University of Notre Dame
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tell memorial lecture
Wed, May 21
06:00PM
Wed, May 21
06:00PM
celebration
Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award Dinner
This reception honors Jewish chaplains who led survivors from DP camps to Israel and the U.S. from 1945 to 1953 and Sid Lapidus, Chairman, for his deep commitment to AJHS.
For further information call 212-294-6164.
For further information call 212-294-6164.
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celebration
Tue, May 20
07:00PM
Tue, May 20
07:00PM
lecture
Israel at 60: Can It Remain Both Jewish and Democratic?
Moshe Halbertal, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Distinguished Israeli philosopher, scholar and writer Moshe Halbertal raises fundamental questions about the future of Israeli society. Halbertal will share his thoughts on the future of Israel between nationalism, democracy and religion.
Distinguished Israeli philosopher, scholar and writer Moshe Halbertal raises fundamental questions about the future of Israeli society. Halbertal will share his thoughts on the future of Israel between nationalism, democracy and religion.
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lecture
Sun, May 18
02:00PM
Sun, May 18
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Fusgeyers: Jewish Immigrants Who Walked to Freedom in the Early 1900s
Speaker: Jill Culiner
When Moldavia and Walachia united to become Romania in 1858, the new constitution granted citizenship to Christians only. Jews became foreigners in their own country. Forbidden to be market traders, artisans, innkeepers, evicted from villages, twenty thousand were soon on the streets and starving.
In 1899, 78 unemployed Jewish artisans from Romania and Bessarabia decided to cross Europe on foot, then continue, by ship, to America. To raise money they would give theatrical performances in Yiddish. Although the authorities forced this group of Fusgeyers (wanderers) to continue on by train at the Austro-Hungarian border, they attracted much admiration. Soon thousands of Jewish men and women were forming Fusgeyer groups, training in long-distance walking, and leaving for North America in the search for freedom and respect. When they arrived, they worked as peddlers in mining towns or founded Jewish farming communities.
One hundred years later, photographer, artist and writer Jill Culiner crossed Romania on foot, looking for lost Jewish communities, searching through European archives, then tracing the immigrant trail from Vienna to Liverpool and across America. Her book, Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers (Sumach Press) won the Tannenbaum Prize for Canadian Jewish History in 2005. Copies of the book will be sold and signed following the program.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
When Moldavia and Walachia united to become Romania in 1858, the new constitution granted citizenship to Christians only. Jews became foreigners in their own country. Forbidden to be market traders, artisans, innkeepers, evicted from villages, twenty thousand were soon on the streets and starving.
In 1899, 78 unemployed Jewish artisans from Romania and Bessarabia decided to cross Europe on foot, then continue, by ship, to America. To raise money they would give theatrical performances in Yiddish. Although the authorities forced this group of Fusgeyers (wanderers) to continue on by train at the Austro-Hungarian border, they attracted much admiration. Soon thousands of Jewish men and women were forming Fusgeyer groups, training in long-distance walking, and leaving for North America in the search for freedom and respect. When they arrived, they worked as peddlers in mining towns or founded Jewish farming communities.
One hundred years later, photographer, artist and writer Jill Culiner crossed Romania on foot, looking for lost Jewish communities, searching through European archives, then tracing the immigrant trail from Vienna to Liverpool and across America. Her book, Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers (Sumach Press) won the Tannenbaum Prize for Canadian Jewish History in 2005. Copies of the book will be sold and signed following the program.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Presented by:
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Thu, May 15
07:00PM
Thu, May 15
07:00PM
panel discussion
Young Artists Exploring Our Heritage: A Journey Where Art Meets History
This panel will discuss how young Sephardic Jews are discovering and reconnecting to their history through their own creative processes.
Featuring: Michael J. Cohen, co-author, Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews; Michelle Ishay-Cohen, producer and art director, Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews; Vanessa Hidary, actress, poet and playwright; and Galeet Dardashti, vocalist for the all-female Mizrahi/Sephardi band, Divahn.
Moderated by Alana Newhouse, Arts and Culture editor of The Forward.
Panel will be followed by tastings of sweet and savory delights from Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews.
Featuring: Michael J. Cohen, co-author, Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews; Michelle Ishay-Cohen, producer and art director, Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews; Vanessa Hidary, actress, poet and playwright; and Galeet Dardashti, vocalist for the all-female Mizrahi/Sephardi band, Divahn.
Moderated by Alana Newhouse, Arts and Culture editor of The Forward.
Panel will be followed by tastings of sweet and savory delights from Aromas of Aleppo: The Legendary Cuisine of Syrian Jews.
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panel discussion
Thu, May 15
07:00PM
Thu, May 15
07:00PM
abramowicz memorial lecture
The History of OZE: The Society for the Protection of Jewish Health
Rakafet Zalashik, New York University
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abramowicz memorial lecture
Wed, May 14
07:30PM
Wed, May 14
07:30PM
concert
Jewish Influences in Classical Music: Mendelssohn's Legacy in the Music of Brahms
Mendelssohn's Piano Quartet #3 and Brahms Piano Quartet, Op. 25 in G-minor. Performed by Phoenix Chamber Ensemble under the direction of Vassa Shevel and Inessa Zaretsky.
This concert is made possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik.
This concert is made possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik.
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concert
Mon, May 12
07:00PM
Mon, May 12
07:00PM
lecture
Gods and Laws: The Roman Empire and the Rabbis in Pre-Christian Palestine
Natalie Dohrmann, PhD, University of Pennsylvania will speak about Late Antiquity, one of the most significant eras in Western history, marked by the emergence of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism, and the forces that led to the dramatic appearance of Islam in the early Middle Ages. She will give an overview of the era, with special focus on the period from 200 to 650 C.E. We will imagine the complex and perhaps unexpected world shared and shaped by Jews, Christians and Pagans.
Full program at the Primo Levi Center website.
Presented by the Primo Levi Center and the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Full program at the Primo Levi Center website.
Presented by the Primo Levi Center and the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
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lecture
Sun, May 11
12:00PM
Sun, May 11
12:00PM
conference
The Temple of Jerusalem: From Moses to the Messiah
In conjunction with the exhibition "Imagining the Temple," the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies presents its first international conference bringing together scholars of literature, history, archaeology, art history and political science to discuss the place of the Jerusalem Temple in Jewish, Christian and Moslem thought and history.
Continues on May 12 at Stern College's Schottenstein Center at 239 E. 34th St.
Continues on May 12 at Stern College's Schottenstein Center at 239 E. 34th St.
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conference
Thu, May 08
07:00PM
Thu, May 08
07:00PM
lecture
Poland and the Jews: Before and After the Holocaust
Jan Gross, Professor of War and Society; Professor of History, Princeton University will speak about the central question of and Polish reaction to his newest book, Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz: How, after World War II with over 90% of Polish Jewry killed in the Holocaust, was a pogrom and anti-semitism possible in Kielce, Poland? Gross is also the author of the 2001 National Book Award nominee, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland.
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lecture
Wed, May 07
07:00PM
Wed, May 07
07:00PM
lecture and book signing
From Dachau to D-Day, a Memoir by Werner Kleeman
The author of this memoir has recently seen his life story published to international acclaim, full-scale press coverage around the world, and countless invitations for interviews and lectures.
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lecture and book signing
Tue, May 06
06:00PM
Tue, May 06
06:00PM
exhibition viewing and film screening
Through Sephardic Eyes: Israel at 60
Schedule:
6pm: Viewing the exhibition: The Last Aliyah from Yemen
7pm: Film: The Pioneers (Hehalutzim) and post-screening discussion.
The Pioneers (Hehalutzim)
Israel, 2007, 50 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles.
A film by Aharale Cohen and Sigalit Banai. Producer: Sigal Vanunu Gadish
Upon the establishment of the State of Israel, new immigrants were sent to peripheral regions in order to settle the Israeli frontier and to shape the country's borders. In 1951 a group of immigrants from Asia and North Africa arrived, in the middle of the night, to a desolate ma’abara (transit camp) location in the Negev. In time they established the town of Sderot. Today it is the target of ongoing terrorist rockets -- and yet it remains a unique and vibrant town. Post-screening discussion with Richard Z. Chesnoff, prize-winning journalist, N.Y. Daily News columnist and former U.S. News & World Report Senior Correspondent who has covered many of the major stories and personalities of our time - including Israel's early years and the establishment of its pioneer immigrant towns.
For information call 212.294.8350.
6pm: Viewing the exhibition: The Last Aliyah from Yemen
7pm: Film: The Pioneers (Hehalutzim) and post-screening discussion.
The Pioneers (Hehalutzim)
Israel, 2007, 50 mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles.
A film by Aharale Cohen and Sigalit Banai. Producer: Sigal Vanunu Gadish
Upon the establishment of the State of Israel, new immigrants were sent to peripheral regions in order to settle the Israeli frontier and to shape the country's borders. In 1951 a group of immigrants from Asia and North Africa arrived, in the middle of the night, to a desolate ma’abara (transit camp) location in the Negev. In time they established the town of Sderot. Today it is the target of ongoing terrorist rockets -- and yet it remains a unique and vibrant town. Post-screening discussion with Richard Z. Chesnoff, prize-winning journalist, N.Y. Daily News columnist and former U.S. News & World Report Senior Correspondent who has covered many of the major stories and personalities of our time - including Israel's early years and the establishment of its pioneer immigrant towns.
For information call 212.294.8350.
Presented by:
exhibition viewing and film screening
Mon, May 05
07:00PM
Mon, May 05
07:00PM
multimedia presentation and reception
Silversmiths and Literati: Jewish Family and Society in 19th Century Modena
A multimedia presentation in collaboration with the Municipality of Modena.
Presented by:
multimedia presentation and reception
Thu, May 01
07:00PM
Thu, May 01
07:00PM
pen world voices festival at cjh
Conversation Between A. B. Yehoshua and Leon Wieseltier
Acclaimed as one of Israel’s preeminent writers, A. B. Yehoshua’s award-winning books, which include The Lover, Open Heart, and A Journey to the End of the Millenium, have
been widely translated. Don’t miss this special evening with Yehoshua as he discusses a lifetime in literature, fact in fiction, writing politics and atonement with Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of The New Republic.
PEN World Voices is a festival of international literature featuring 170 writers, 51 countries, and 82 events coming to venues across New York City, April 29-May 4th, 2008. Don't miss six days of exciting literary exchange with conversations, panel discussions, readings, film screenings, a translation slam and a cabaret night! Click here to view a complete schedule of events.
PEN World Voices is a festival of international literature featuring 170 writers, 51 countries, and 82 events coming to venues across New York City, April 29-May 4th, 2008. Don't miss six days of exciting literary exchange with conversations, panel discussions, readings, film screenings, a translation slam and a cabaret night! Click here to view a complete schedule of events.
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pen world voices festival at cjh
Wed, Apr 30
07:00PM
Wed, Apr 30
07:00PM
Patriots and Pacifists: American Jewish Women and the Peace Movement Between the Wars
Melissa Klapper, Rowan University
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Tue, Apr 29
06:45PM
Tue, Apr 29
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 4/4
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the fourth of four classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the fourth of four classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Apr 29
08:00PM
Tue, Apr 29
08:00PM
sephardic nightlife music series
Mimouna (Eating Bread Again)
The third and last concert in the series presents Sultana's Ensemble, a band featuring Yoel Ben-Simhon. They will draw on Arabo-Andalusian Moroccan music that celebrates the end of Passover. Their music immerses tradition in the cross-cultural currents of contemporary urban life.
This series is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthopy Advisors.
This series is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthopy Advisors.
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sephardic nightlife music series
Mon, Apr 28
06:00PM
Mon, Apr 28
06:00PM
reception and readings
Writers on View – 2nd Annual Writers Read
Yeshiva University Museum continues its explorations of the links between the visual and literary arts with poets Eve Grubin and Ada Limon, fiction writers Mark Jay Mirsky and Anne Darby, and essayist Sima Rabinowitz. Artists include Varda Rotem and Margalit Mannor. Public Radio personality Ellen Kushner will host.
Presented by:
reception and readings
Tue, Apr 15
06:45PM
Tue, Apr 15
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 3/4
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the three of four classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the three of four classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Mon, Apr 14
07:00PM
Mon, Apr 14
07:00PM
lecture
Contesting the Land: Christians and Jews in Late Roman Palestine
Oded Irshai, Senior Lecturer of Ancient Jewish
History, Hebrew University. Through a revealing analysis of historical sources and an original look at the question of the land, Dr. Irshai explores a seminal period in the formation of the Jewish Diaspora. Full program available.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
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lecture
Sun, Apr 13
10:00AM
Sun, Apr 13
10:00AM
symposium
Objects of Affection: The Wedding in Jewish Culture
Scholars, artists, curators and others will gather to discuss the most elaborately celebrated of Jewish life cycle events. Weddings provide rich opportunities to consider the intersection of media and Jewish religious life.
Click here for more information and a program schedule.
Co-sponsored by the Working Group on Jews, Media & Religion of the Center for Religion & Media, NYU
Click here for more information and a program schedule.
Co-sponsored by the Working Group on Jews, Media & Religion of the Center for Religion & Media, NYU
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symposium
Thu, Apr 10
07:00PM
Thu, Apr 10
07:00PM
film and book discussion
Beneath the Surface of Jewish Suburbia: Doug Block's Film "51 Birch Street" and Joanne Jacobson's New Book Hunger Artist
In the decades following World War II, thousands of Jewish families followed the American dream of upward mobility onto fresh suburban ground. Filmmaker Doug Block and memoirist Joanne Jacobson return to that world of hope and plenty, and unlayer it in surprising, moving ways.
Presented by:
film and book discussion
Tue, Apr 08
01:00PM
Tue, Apr 08
01:00PM
cjh graduate seminar program
Jew vs. Jew in 18th Century Hamburg
David Horowitz, Cahnman Foundation Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate at Columbia University, presenting.
Dr. Elisheva Carlebach, Professor of History at Queens College and the Graduate Center, responding.
CJH Graduate Seminars are conducted by:
Dr. Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor in American Jewish Studies, NYU
RSVP: email or (212) 294-8325
Dr. Elisheva Carlebach, Professor of History at Queens College and the Graduate Center, responding.
CJH Graduate Seminars are conducted by:
Dr. Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor in American Jewish Studies, NYU
RSVP: email or (212) 294-8325
Presented by:
cjh graduate seminar program
Tue, Apr 08
06:45PM
Tue, Apr 08
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 2/4
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of four classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of four classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Apr 08
07:00PM
Tue, Apr 08
07:00PM
lecture
Starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto: Pioneering Studies of Jewish Physicians
Myron Winick, M.D., a leading world expert in starvation and nutrition, will discuss new research findings centered on a remarkable study of human starvation that was carried out in the Warsaw ghetto by Jewish physicians in the spring of 1942, as fictionalized in his new book, Final Stamp.
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lecture
Sun, Apr 06
01:00PM
Sun, Apr 06
01:00PM
israel at 6o: jewish sovereignty: its promise and its reverberations
Exodus
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Produced and directed by Otto Preminger
Starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, and Sal Mineo
Based on the novel "Exodus" by Leon Uris
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Screening of the epic film about the founding of the State of Israel released just 12 years after the struggle for the rebirth of a people and a nation. To be followed by a panel discussion about how the film shaped public perceptions of the new country and Jewish sovereignty.
The panel will be moderated by Nathan Lee, film critic for the New York Sun, New York Times and the Village Voice and member of the New York Film Critics Circle.
*A ticket for this event includes a reception from 6:30pm to 7:00pm
Produced and directed by Otto Preminger
Starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, and Sal Mineo
Based on the novel "Exodus" by Leon Uris
Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo
Screening of the epic film about the founding of the State of Israel released just 12 years after the struggle for the rebirth of a people and a nation. To be followed by a panel discussion about how the film shaped public perceptions of the new country and Jewish sovereignty.
The panel will be moderated by Nathan Lee, film critic for the New York Sun, New York Times and the Village Voice and member of the New York Film Critics Circle.
*A ticket for this event includes a reception from 6:30pm to 7:00pm
Presented by:
israel at 6o: jewish sovereignty: its promise and its reverberations
Sun, Apr 06
07:00PM
Sun, Apr 06
07:00PM
israel at 6o: jewish sovereignty: its promise and its reverberations
Bernard-Henri Levy: The Strange Experience of Jewish Sovereignty
Keynote Address: Bernard-Henri Levy, Philosopher, Journalist, Author
Moderated by Paul Berman, writer in residence, New York University
After the Exile, Jews did not experience sovereignty for thousands of years until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Levy brings his formidable intellect to the questions: Why does the new Jewish sovereignty rattle many Gentiles? Why does it rattle many Jews?
Moderated by Paul Berman, writer in residence, New York University
After the Exile, Jews did not experience sovereignty for thousands of years until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Levy brings his formidable intellect to the questions: Why does the new Jewish sovereignty rattle many Gentiles? Why does it rattle many Jews?
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israel at 6o: jewish sovereignty: its promise and its reverberations
Thu, Apr 03
06:00PM
Thu, Apr 03
06:00PM
lecture & book signing
The German Bride by Joanna Hershon
A new novel by the author of Swimming, this elegant story describes one woman's quest for identity as she leaves Germany in the mid-19th century and makes a new life in the wild and untamed American Frontier. No matter how far she travels - by steamship over the Atlantic, and across the sweeping vistas of the Sante Fe Trail - her past torments her.
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lecture & book signing
Wed, Apr 02
10:00AM
Wed, Apr 02
10:00AM
book presentation
Jewish Daily Life in Germany, 1618-1945
Edited by Professor Marion Kaplan
German (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003), English (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Hebrew (The Zalman Shazar Center, 2008)
This book portrays the drama of German-Jewish history by examining the everyday lives of ordinary Jews. It traces the gradual ascent of Jews scattered throughout Germany, in rural areas as well as in more urban ghettos, from impoverished outcasts to comfortable bourgeois citizens, and their dramatic descent during the Nazi era. Using a wide variety of original sources, the authors focus on the qualitative aspects of ordinary life – emotions, impressions, and perceptions that provide insights easily overlooked in more traditional studies.
The program presented lectures by the contributing authors:
Steven Lowenstein, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Changes in the Jewish Family in Germany 1780-1870.
Marion Kaplan, New York University, Friendship on the Margins: Social Relations between Jews and other Germans in Imperial Germany.
Trude Maurer, Universität Göttingen, Germany, Interactions between Jews and non-Jews in Weimar and Nazi Germany.
German (C.H. Beck Verlag, 2003), English (Oxford University Press, 2005), and Hebrew (The Zalman Shazar Center, 2008)
This book portrays the drama of German-Jewish history by examining the everyday lives of ordinary Jews. It traces the gradual ascent of Jews scattered throughout Germany, in rural areas as well as in more urban ghettos, from impoverished outcasts to comfortable bourgeois citizens, and their dramatic descent during the Nazi era. Using a wide variety of original sources, the authors focus on the qualitative aspects of ordinary life – emotions, impressions, and perceptions that provide insights easily overlooked in more traditional studies.
The program presented lectures by the contributing authors:
Steven Lowenstein, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, Changes in the Jewish Family in Germany 1780-1870.
Marion Kaplan, New York University, Friendship on the Margins: Social Relations between Jews and other Germans in Imperial Germany.
Trude Maurer, Universität Göttingen, Germany, Interactions between Jews and non-Jews in Weimar and Nazi Germany.
Presented by:
book presentation
Wed, Apr 02
08:00PM
Wed, Apr 02
08:00PM
concert
Premiere Performance by the YU Ensemble-in-Residence: Momenta String Quartet
Celebrated for its eclectic programming, the Momenta Quartet is now the first ensemble-in-residence at Yeshiva Univeristy. The program will present a wide range of music by Jewish composers featuring John Zorn's Kol Nidre and the world premiere of David Glaser's Guitar Quintet.
Presented by:
concert
Tue, Apr 01
06:45PM
Tue, Apr 01
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 1/4
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of four classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of four classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Mon, Mar 31
07:00PM
Mon, Mar 31
07:00PM
lecture
Close Encounters: Jews and Germans in Occupied Germany
Dr. Atina Grossmann discussed the story of the "close encounters" in Allied occupied Germany between Jewish survivors of the Nazi Final Solution who found themselves on "cursed German soil" after the German surrender, and the defeated Germans with whom they continually interacted.
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lecture
Thu, Mar 27
07:00PM
Thu, Mar 27
07:00PM
lecture
Churchill and Zionism: Not By Sufferance
Winston Churchill was a pivotal figure in modern Jewish history, particularly in his relation to Zionism. Like the great statesmen of the 19th century - Disraeli and Palmerston, for example - Churchill was immensely stirred by the idea of the Jewish return to Palestine. Still, he contrived the excision of Trans-Jordan from Palestine and did very little to curtail the British ban on Jewish migration to Palestine after the White Paper of 1939. Nonetheless, the Jews were one of Churchill's great romances in a very romantic life.
This evening featured a presentation by Michael Makovsky (Foreign Policy Director, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC, Harvard University, Ph.D., Diplomatic History) about the clarity and ambiguity of Churchill's relationship to Jews and Zionism. This was followed by a discussion of the topic with Sir Harold Evans (Editor, The Times (London, 1981-1982); The Sunday Times (London, 1967-1981)), and the audience.
This evening featured a presentation by Michael Makovsky (Foreign Policy Director, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC, Harvard University, Ph.D., Diplomatic History) about the clarity and ambiguity of Churchill's relationship to Jews and Zionism. This was followed by a discussion of the topic with Sir Harold Evans (Editor, The Times (London, 1981-1982); The Sunday Times (London, 1967-1981)), and the audience.
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lecture
Wed, Mar 26
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 26
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Treasures of the YIVO Sound Archives (in English) 3/3
with Lorin Sklamberg (Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of Sound Recordings)
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the third of three classes.
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the third of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Wed, Mar 26
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 26
07:00PM
works in progress
The Last Chanukah by Dan Fishback
Dan Fishback will present a reading of the new draft of "The Last Chanukah." A discussion will follow, with scholar David Shneer.
At turns light-hearted and brooding, The Last Chanukah is a neurotic exploration of social responsibility and progressive guilt. A young Jewish man, crippled by his overactive sense of empathy, tries to get out of bed in the morning, but is distracted by history itself. His personal history. The history of America. The history of Judaism. The history of everything bad that has ever happened, ever. Will he break under the pressure of other people's tragedies? Or will he put on some pants and go to work already?
At turns light-hearted and brooding, The Last Chanukah is a neurotic exploration of social responsibility and progressive guilt. A young Jewish man, crippled by his overactive sense of empathy, tries to get out of bed in the morning, but is distracted by history itself. His personal history. The history of America. The history of Judaism. The history of everything bad that has ever happened, ever. Will he break under the pressure of other people's tragedies? Or will he put on some pants and go to work already?
Presented by:
works in progress
Tue, Mar 25
07:00PM
Tue, Mar 25
07:00PM
works in progress
Voices of Our Mothers by Galeet Dardashti
This musical project explores some of the compelling yet underappreciated Jewish and non-Jewish female Bible characters. Drawing inspiration from the diverse musical, cultural and linguistic landscapes of the Middle East, Galeet weaves their stories with the sounds of our world today.
Presented by:
works in progress
Wed, Mar 19
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 19
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Treasures of the YIVO Sound Archives (in English) 2/3
with Lorin Sklamberg (Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of Sound Recordings)
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the second of three classes.
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the second of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Wed, Mar 19
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 19
07:00PM
lecture & book signing
Symphonic Aspirations: German Music and Politics, 1900-1945 by Karen Painter
Karen Painter, associate professor of musicology, explores the politicization of musical listening in Germany and Austria, showing how nationalism, anti-Semitism, liberalism, and socialism profoundly affected the experience of serious music.
Presented by:
lecture & book signing
Tue, Mar 18
06:45PM
Tue, Mar 18
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 3/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Sun, Mar 16
02:00PM
Sun, Mar 16
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Identical Strangers: Jewish Adoptees Fill in the Blanks to the Past
Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein, co-authors of Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited.
Elyse Schein, a writer and filmmaker, had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties that she searched for her biological mother. When Elyse contacted Louise Wise Services, the prestigious Jewish adoption agency in Manhattan, she was shocked to discover she had an identical twin sister.
Paula Bernstein, a married freelance writer and mother, also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered a call from the adoption agency one spring afternoon, Paula's life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth.
After their reunion, Paula and Elyse set out to answer the haunting questions surrounding their origins and their separation. As they investigate their birth mother's past, Paula and Elyse move closer toward solving the puzzle of their lives.
This program is based on Bernstein and Schein's experiences researching Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited, which was published by Random House in October 2007. Bernstein and Schein will discuss how, as Jewish adoptees, they researched their biological roots using the Internet and the New York Public Library Genealogy Division.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Elyse Schein, a writer and filmmaker, had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties that she searched for her biological mother. When Elyse contacted Louise Wise Services, the prestigious Jewish adoption agency in Manhattan, she was shocked to discover she had an identical twin sister.
Paula Bernstein, a married freelance writer and mother, also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered a call from the adoption agency one spring afternoon, Paula's life suddenly divided into two starkly different periods: the time before and the time after she learned the truth.
After their reunion, Paula and Elyse set out to answer the haunting questions surrounding their origins and their separation. As they investigate their birth mother's past, Paula and Elyse move closer toward solving the puzzle of their lives.
This program is based on Bernstein and Schein's experiences researching Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited, which was published by Random House in October 2007. Bernstein and Schein will discuss how, as Jewish adoptees, they researched their biological roots using the Internet and the New York Public Library Genealogy Division.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 pm for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Presented by:
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Thu, Mar 13
07:00PM
Thu, Mar 13
07:00PM
lecture
The Rise and Fall of the Yiddish Empire
Benjamin Harshav, J & H Blaustein Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Yale University, author of Language in the Time of Revolution and The Moscow Yiddish Theatre: Art on Stage in the Time of Revolution, explored the complex relation of Yiddish and Hebrew in the 19th century Russian Empire. Jewish majorities were found in towns and shtetlakh of the vast territories, where 98% of Jewry declard Yiddish as their language. This was the time that entailed the total transformation of the Jews their languages, professions, education, and their place in general history. It was also the time when the base was laid for the emergence of a new Hebrew society which founded the state of Israel 60 years ago.
Presented by:
lecture
Wed, Mar 12
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 12
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Treasures of the YIVO Sound Archives (in English) 1/3
with Lorin Sklamberg (Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of Sound Recordings)
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the first of three classes.
A fascinating survey of YIVO’s audio holdings. Examples will include rare commercial and private audio and video recordings of Yiddish folk, theater and art songs, cantorial and klezmer music.
This is the first of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Mar 11
06:45PM
Tue, Mar 11
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 2/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Mar 11
07:00PM
Tue, Mar 11
07:00PM
panel discussion
The YIVO Encyclopedia: A First Look
A celebration of the publication of the YIVO Encyclopedia. Chaired by editor-in-chief Gershon Hundert, with novelist Allegra Goodman, historians Marsha Rozenblit (University of Maryland) and Leo Spitzer (Dartmouth), and librarian Edward Kasinec (New York Public Library), who presented their initial impressions of the work.
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panel discussion
Mon, Mar 10
02:00PM
Mon, Mar 10
02:00PM
cjh graduate seminar program
Non-Jewish Jews, Exceptional Jews, or Hamburg Jews? Aby Warburg, Ernst Cassirer, and Erwin Panofsky in Weimar-Era Hamburg
Emily Levine, Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow in Jewish Culture and Ph.D. Candidate at Stanford University, presenting.
Dr. Samuel Moyn, Professor of History, Columbia University, responding.
CJH Graduate Seminars are conducted by:
Dr. Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor in American Jewish Studies, NYU
RSVP: email or (212) 294-8325
Dr. Samuel Moyn, Professor of History, Columbia University, responding.
CJH Graduate Seminars are conducted by:
Dr. Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor in American Jewish Studies, NYU
RSVP: email or (212) 294-8325
Presented by:
cjh graduate seminar program
Sun, Mar 09
10:00AM
Sun, Mar 09
10:00AM
conference
Rabbis and Rebbes, Artists and Intellectuals: Roundtable Conversations on the Culture of Eastern European Jewry 19th-20th Centuries
While certain topics such as Hasidism and Jewish Haskalah have been dealt with extensively by scholars, there has been relatively little discussion of the varieties of rabbinic, intellectual and artistic activity. We examined these activities in three panels, in which the invited scholars engaged in animated discussion.
Co-sponsored by the Touro College Graduate School of Jewish Studies.
Co-sponsored by the Touro College Graduate School of Jewish Studies.
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conference
Fri, Mar 07
12:00PM
Fri, Mar 07
12:00PM
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
Boyen dem varshever muzey fun poylishe yidn
Michael Steinlauf (Gratz College)
Presented by:
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
Thu, Mar 06
08:00PM
Thu, Mar 06
08:00PM
historical development of jewish music
The Influence of Modern Jewish Nationalism
This first concert in the series will feature vocal and instrumental works by Jewish composers of Eastern European origins as well as Jewish-influenced pieces by internationally known composers such as Dvorak, Bruch, and Glinka. We will explore the revival of interest in Jewish Folklore at the turn of the 20th century and its influence on serious composers.
Co-sponsored by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Co-sponsored by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
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historical development of jewish music
Wed, Mar 05
07:00PM
Wed, Mar 05
07:00PM
book reading
Farewell, Babylon: Coming of Age in Jewish Baghdad
Naim Kattan was born into an intellectual Jewish family in Baghdad in 1928. He, his brother, and his friend Nessim were the only Jews in a group of young men who met every evening in a cafe to talk passionately about creating a national Iraqi literature in their newly independent country. They had a goo reason, for although the Jewish community in Iraq dated back 2500 years, and Jews were among the best Arabic scholars in the country, they were never considered equals by the Muslim majority.
In 1941, after British forces defeated the German-backed Iraqi insurgents, angry Bedouins entered Baghdad before it could be secured and began the Farhoud, the massacre of Jews in the city. The violence stopped just short of the Kattans' house, but the family immediately began the long application process for visas. Kattan began selling stories to literary magazines and speculating about the role of women in a country where even Jewish women wore veils. He eventually won a scholarship ti the Sorbonne and left his family, not to be reunited with them until five years later, when he found them in a settlement camp in Israel.
This is a memoir of identity, of growing up in a tumultuous polygot society, of change both personal and societal, of finding one's place in life. here is a fascinating portrait of a people, a city, a state, and a culture that are as troubled today as Kattan found them 60 years ago.
In 1941, after British forces defeated the German-backed Iraqi insurgents, angry Bedouins entered Baghdad before it could be secured and began the Farhoud, the massacre of Jews in the city. The violence stopped just short of the Kattans' house, but the family immediately began the long application process for visas. Kattan began selling stories to literary magazines and speculating about the role of women in a country where even Jewish women wore veils. He eventually won a scholarship ti the Sorbonne and left his family, not to be reunited with them until five years later, when he found them in a settlement camp in Israel.
This is a memoir of identity, of growing up in a tumultuous polygot society, of change both personal and societal, of finding one's place in life. here is a fascinating portrait of a people, a city, a state, and a culture that are as troubled today as Kattan found them 60 years ago.
Presented by:
book reading
Tue, Mar 04
06:45PM
Tue, Mar 04
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 1/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Mon, Mar 03
07:00PM
Mon, Mar 03
07:00PM
hertz memorial lecture
"The Jewish Families of 16 Ujazdowskie Avenue: Assimilation and the Jews of Warsaw after the Second World War"
Karen Auerbach (Brandeis University)
Presented by:
hertz memorial lecture
Wed, Feb 27
07:00PM
Wed, Feb 27
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Jewish Life and Food (in Yiddish) 3/3
with Eve Jochnowitz (NYU)
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the third of three classes.
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the third of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Feb 26
06:30PM
Tue, Feb 26
06:30PM
lecture
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolm
Distinguished writer and journalist Janet Malcolm will read from her stunningly perceptive work Two Lives, in which she pursues the charmed life of famed literary couple Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in a Vichy France village and the larger question of biographical truth.
Presented by:
lecture
Tue, Feb 26
06:45PM
Tue, Feb 26
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 3/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the third of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the third of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Wed, Feb 20
07:00PM
Wed, Feb 20
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Jewish Life and Food (in Yiddish) 2/3
with Eve Jochnowitz (NYU)
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the second of three classes.
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the second of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Feb 19
06:45PM
Tue, Feb 19
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 2/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the second of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Tue, Feb 19
07:00PM
Tue, Feb 19
07:00PM
works in progress
Haggadah by Dan Safer/Witness Relocation
CJH and the Six Points Fellowship present Works in Progress.
Come get a sneak peek as the Six Points Fellows present their newest projects. After each performance there will be a conversation with a noted scholar, exploring the creative process of these emerging artists.
Come get a sneak peek as the Six Points Fellows present their newest projects. After each performance there will be a conversation with a noted scholar, exploring the creative process of these emerging artists.
Presented by:
works in progress
Sun, Feb 17
02:00PM
Sun, Feb 17
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Arthur Szyk: An Artist's Self-Portrait in Documents
A case study of the life of political cartoonist, illuminist, and illustrator Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) will be presented through the use of genealogy documents. Szyk is noted for his extraordinarily detailed art involving Jewish themes, anti-Nazi cartoons, advertising, and illustrations in which he typically includes self-portraiture as well as characterizations of his family. While Szyk was a ubiquitous artist during the WW II era, this is the first time his life has been examined in the context of his involvement with bureaucratic systems during his most prolific periods. The detail of his self-portrait through documents is revealed through genealogical research strategies that intertwine rabbinic research, Polish records, the Holocaust, American immigration and naturalization, as well as FBI investigation. His Jewish, anti-Nazi, and Zionist themes are explored as an expression of his personal and artistic life.
Speaker Rhoda Miller, Ed.D.is a Certified Genealogist and Vice President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island. She teaches a credit-bearing course in family history at Dowling College, Oakdale NY, and has lectured widely at libraries, community groups, and genealogy societies as well as at annual conferences of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 PM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Speaker Rhoda Miller, Ed.D.is a Certified Genealogist and Vice President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island. She teaches a credit-bearing course in family history at Dowling College, Oakdale NY, and has lectured widely at libraries, community groups, and genealogy societies as well as at annual conferences of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 PM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Presented by:
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Thu, Feb 14
07:30PM
Thu, Feb 14
07:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Closing Night: Nuba of Gold and Light
Closing Night Screening and Reception
Nuba of Gold and Light
Director Izza Genini
Morocco, Spain and France, 2007, 80 mins
The word "nuba" (each one in turn) came to describe the process of reciting poems accompanied by music with a progressively accelerating tempo. In the 9th Century in Cordoba, Zyriab, also called the Blackbird, came from Baghdad to the Caliph's Court, where he set down the foundations of Arab-Andalusian music, within which the the "nuba," a musical suite, plays the key role. Tradition says that some of these suites were gradually lost after Cordoba's fall in 1236 and Seville's in 1249. From that time, Jewish and Muslim populations brought back to North Africa the al-Andalus scholar's musical art.
Genini's beautiful documentary presents North African music and features Franciose Atlan and the Orchestra of Mohammed Briouel from Fez; Ihsan Rmiki and the El Awj Ensemble; the Amine El Akrami Orchestra of Tetouan; the orchestra of M. Zitouni and the musicians of the Hanafta café in Tangiers; the Arab Andalou Orchestra and the Hadarate of Chefchaouen; Albert Bouadanah and Gérard Edery. Post-screening discussion with the filmmaker.
Nuba of Gold and Light
Director Izza Genini
Morocco, Spain and France, 2007, 80 mins
The word "nuba" (each one in turn) came to describe the process of reciting poems accompanied by music with a progressively accelerating tempo. In the 9th Century in Cordoba, Zyriab, also called the Blackbird, came from Baghdad to the Caliph's Court, where he set down the foundations of Arab-Andalusian music, within which the the "nuba," a musical suite, plays the key role. Tradition says that some of these suites were gradually lost after Cordoba's fall in 1236 and Seville's in 1249. From that time, Jewish and Muslim populations brought back to North Africa the al-Andalus scholar's musical art.
Genini's beautiful documentary presents North African music and features Franciose Atlan and the Orchestra of Mohammed Briouel from Fez; Ihsan Rmiki and the El Awj Ensemble; the Amine El Akrami Orchestra of Tetouan; the orchestra of M. Zitouni and the musicians of the Hanafta café in Tangiers; the Arab Andalou Orchestra and the Hadarate of Chefchaouen; Albert Bouadanah and Gérard Edery. Post-screening discussion with the filmmaker.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Wed, Feb 13
05:00PM
Wed, Feb 13
05:00PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
The Last Jews of Libya
USA, 2007, 75 mins, Hebrew, English, Italian, Arabic w/English subtitles
Director: Vivienne Roumani-Denn
Producer: Aryeh Bourkoff
Through the story of her own family, who moved from Benghazi to Boston when she was 12 years old, Vivienne Roumani-Denn tells the story of Libyan Jewry, an ancient Sephardic community that lived on the southern shores of the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. At the end of World War II, there were 36,000 Jews remaining in Libya. Not one remains today; they have scattered to the four corners of the earth. The film takes us back to the period of Ottoman rule, through the Fascist occupation under Mussolini and the subsequent Nazi occupation, and to the Arab nationalism that dealt the final blow to the ancient Jewish community. Rare archival segments (still photographs and film) show Libya during the 20th century, providing the special flavor that permeates this film. Isabella Rossellini’s narration makes elegant transitions between the speakers, and casts additional light on their stories.
Post-screening discussion with the director.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Vivienne Roumani-Denn
Producer: Aryeh Bourkoff
Through the story of her own family, who moved from Benghazi to Boston when she was 12 years old, Vivienne Roumani-Denn tells the story of Libyan Jewry, an ancient Sephardic community that lived on the southern shores of the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. At the end of World War II, there were 36,000 Jews remaining in Libya. Not one remains today; they have scattered to the four corners of the earth. The film takes us back to the period of Ottoman rule, through the Fascist occupation under Mussolini and the subsequent Nazi occupation, and to the Arab nationalism that dealt the final blow to the ancient Jewish community. Rare archival segments (still photographs and film) show Libya during the 20th century, providing the special flavor that permeates this film. Isabella Rossellini’s narration makes elegant transitions between the speakers, and casts additional light on their stories.
Post-screening discussion with the director.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Wed, Feb 13
06:30PM
Wed, Feb 13
06:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Leaving Paradise: The Jews of Jamaica and Ladino - 500 Years Young
Leaving Paradise: The Jews of Jamaica (U.S. Premiere, Jamaica, 2007)
Director: Melanie Levy
Producer: Chandra Simon
A lively and colourful look at the little know Jewish Community In Kingston, Jamaica . They have existed on the island for over 350 years, and possess one of the only five extant synagogues in the world with a white sand floor. Key characters make for a unique, and vibrant cast and drive the film as they discuss their efforts to keep the community alive despite economic and cultural challenges.
Followed by:
Ladino - 500 Years Young (Israel, 2006, 52mins. Ladino, Spanish, Hebrew w/English subtitles)
Director: Rina Papish
Yasmin Levy, an electrifying 29-year-old Israeli singer, is following in the footsteps of her father, Yitzhak Levy, a revered singer who dedicated his life to recording and documenting the musical culture of Ladino, the ancient language of the Jews of Spain. Since her father died when she was only one, Yasmin knows him only through his songs, but she has taken it upon herself to immortalize and disseminate the musical legacy that he helped preserve. Ladino follows Yasmin on a powerful and exciting singing tour in Israel and Spain. Some Israelis view it as a tragic, diasporic language, but Levy is determined to keep it alive.
Since their expulsion from Spain in 1492, generations of Sephardic Jews succeeded in maintaining the Ladino language, a hybrid of Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish and Greek. Like its Eastern European counterpart Yiddish, Ladino is not merely a language but a culture, kept alive in part by a rich musical tradition of songs and melodies. But today's descendants of Ladino speakers are fast losing touch with Ladino; even in Israel, where approximately 200,000 people still speak or understand some Ladino, this rich and beautiful culture is in danger of becoming extinct.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Melanie Levy
Producer: Chandra Simon
A lively and colourful look at the little know Jewish Community In Kingston, Jamaica . They have existed on the island for over 350 years, and possess one of the only five extant synagogues in the world with a white sand floor. Key characters make for a unique, and vibrant cast and drive the film as they discuss their efforts to keep the community alive despite economic and cultural challenges.
Followed by:
Ladino - 500 Years Young (Israel, 2006, 52mins. Ladino, Spanish, Hebrew w/English subtitles)
Director: Rina Papish
Yasmin Levy, an electrifying 29-year-old Israeli singer, is following in the footsteps of her father, Yitzhak Levy, a revered singer who dedicated his life to recording and documenting the musical culture of Ladino, the ancient language of the Jews of Spain. Since her father died when she was only one, Yasmin knows him only through his songs, but she has taken it upon herself to immortalize and disseminate the musical legacy that he helped preserve. Ladino follows Yasmin on a powerful and exciting singing tour in Israel and Spain. Some Israelis view it as a tragic, diasporic language, but Levy is determined to keep it alive.
Since their expulsion from Spain in 1492, generations of Sephardic Jews succeeded in maintaining the Ladino language, a hybrid of Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish and Greek. Like its Eastern European counterpart Yiddish, Ladino is not merely a language but a culture, kept alive in part by a rich musical tradition of songs and melodies. But today's descendants of Ladino speakers are fast losing touch with Ladino; even in Israel, where approximately 200,000 people still speak or understand some Ladino, this rich and beautiful culture is in danger of becoming extinct.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Wed, Feb 13
07:00PM
Wed, Feb 13
07:00PM
max weinreich center: classes
Jewish Life and Food (in Yiddish) 1/3
with Eve Jochnowitz (NYU)
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the first of three classes.
Food-related rituals, ceremonial foods, and culinary innovations form the structure around which Jewish life is organized. This course will examine the unique role of food in the Jewish life cycle with special attention to lesser-known sources in Yiddish.
This is the first of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Wed, Feb 13
08:30PM
Wed, Feb 13
08:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Adieu Meres (Goodbye Mothers)
North American Premiere, France, 2007, French w/English subtitles
Director: Mohammed Ismael
A new film by director Mohamed Ismail discusses the relationship of two Moroccan families – one Jewish, the other Muslim – during a time of social upheaval in the 1960s. The film, shot mostly in Casablanca and Tetouan, depicts the situation of Moroccan Jews during the period known as the "Black Years of Emigration," when there was a pervading sense of hesitation between two conflicting desires: remaining in Morocco or uprooting themselves to emigrate.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Mohammed Ismael
A new film by director Mohamed Ismail discusses the relationship of two Moroccan families – one Jewish, the other Muslim – during a time of social upheaval in the 1960s. The film, shot mostly in Casablanca and Tetouan, depicts the situation of Moroccan Jews during the period known as the "Black Years of Emigration," when there was a pervading sense of hesitation between two conflicting desires: remaining in Morocco or uprooting themselves to emigrate.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Tue, Feb 12
06:45PM
Tue, Feb 12
06:45PM
max weinreich center: classes
Advanced Yiddish: Written Style (in Yiddish) 1/3
with Hershl Glasser (YIVO)
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
This course will concentrate on reading advanced texts and practicing good idiomatic written style. This is the first of three classes.
Presented by:
max weinreich center: classes
Mon, Feb 11
03:00PM
Mon, Feb 11
03:00PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Mortgage and Black Over White
Mortgage (Israel, 2006, 55 mins Hebrew w/English subtitles)
Directors: Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon.
A comic drama that examines how far a young couple from Ramle will go in order to save their home. Beny and Esty love each other very much, but one day they find themselves unemployed, and the bank is about to confiscate their apartment if they don't settle their mortgage debt within a month. The two search for creative solutions to obtain the money, while each of them believes that his solution is saner. As the confiscation date approaches, the relationship is marred, but their deep love holds in store a very precious surprise.
Followed by:
Black Over White (New York Premiere, Israel, 2007, 50 mins Hebrew, Amharic w/English subtitles)
Director: Tomer Heymann
The "Idan Raichel Project" is a huge hit in Israel and worldwide for good reason: it envisions a modern, multicultural nation where voices of young and old, Ethiopian and Yemenite, unite in a unique and extraordinary sound. The film takes us on a journey to the group's musical origins in Ethiopia, and to the personal origins of singer Cabra Kasai, who was born on the way from Ethiopia to Israel, but had never before been in the country of her ancestors. This is a story about longing for home, and discovering identity.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Directors: Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon.
A comic drama that examines how far a young couple from Ramle will go in order to save their home. Beny and Esty love each other very much, but one day they find themselves unemployed, and the bank is about to confiscate their apartment if they don't settle their mortgage debt within a month. The two search for creative solutions to obtain the money, while each of them believes that his solution is saner. As the confiscation date approaches, the relationship is marred, but their deep love holds in store a very precious surprise.
Followed by:
Black Over White (New York Premiere, Israel, 2007, 50 mins Hebrew, Amharic w/English subtitles)
Director: Tomer Heymann
The "Idan Raichel Project" is a huge hit in Israel and worldwide for good reason: it envisions a modern, multicultural nation where voices of young and old, Ethiopian and Yemenite, unite in a unique and extraordinary sound. The film takes us on a journey to the group's musical origins in Ethiopia, and to the personal origins of singer Cabra Kasai, who was born on the way from Ethiopia to Israel, but had never before been in the country of her ancestors. This is a story about longing for home, and discovering identity.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sun, Feb 10
12:00PM
Sun, Feb 10
12:00PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Tribute to Israel at 60: Sallah Shabati
Israel, 1964, 110 mins Hebrew w/English subtitles
Director: Ephraim Kishon
This comedy, about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement, introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide. This social satire placed the director, Ephraim Kishon, and producer, Menahem Golan, among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. This film was nominated for a 1964 Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, a first for an Israeli production, but lost to the Italian film, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
An Oriental Jewish family moves to a settlement camp in Israel in 1949. The patriarch, a lazy rube, tries several schemes to make money and get housing, but becomes tangled up by slick politicians, government bureaucracy, European and Oriental Jews, the nearby kibbutz, and his marriageable daughter.
Categorized as a Bourekas film, Sallah Shabati will be part of the discussion following the screening on this Israeli cinematic genre that has strong similarities to the exploitation films of the US.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Ephraim Kishon
This comedy, about the chaos of Israeli immigration and resettlement, introduced actor Chaim Topol (Fiddler on the Roof) to audiences worldwide. This social satire placed the director, Ephraim Kishon, and producer, Menahem Golan, among the first Israeli filmmakers to achieve international success. This film was nominated for a 1964 Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, a first for an Israeli production, but lost to the Italian film, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
An Oriental Jewish family moves to a settlement camp in Israel in 1949. The patriarch, a lazy rube, tries several schemes to make money and get housing, but becomes tangled up by slick politicians, government bureaucracy, European and Oriental Jews, the nearby kibbutz, and his marriageable daughter.
Categorized as a Bourekas film, Sallah Shabati will be part of the discussion following the screening on this Israeli cinematic genre that has strong similarities to the exploitation films of the US.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sun, Feb 10
01:30PM
Sun, Feb 10
01:30PM
family workshops
Let's Bake with the Amazing "Professor Bread"!
Gary Gomer, the Director of Learning Works, known in the school system and the corporate world as Professor Bread, will lead us in a wonderful workshop on making bread. We will learn where flour comes from, make the dough, shape it, bake it, and share the warm bread - fresh from the oven. Afterwards we will tour the exhibition Bread/Lechem: Photographs by Margalit Mannor, to learn how bread, the staff of life, is recycled in Israel to provide sustenance to farm animals.
Presented by:
family workshops
Sun, Feb 10
03:00PM
Sun, Feb 10
03:00PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Souvenirs
Israel, 2006, 75 mins, Hebrew w/English subtitles
Directors: Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat
Music: Shai Bachar
Audience Award winner - New York’s Tribeca Film Festival
Shahar, having completed his studies, is an unemployed filmmaker. His father, Sleiman, a strict 82 year old Yemenite, suggests that Shahar make a film about the Jewish Brigade, in which he served during WW II. Shahar’s motivation comes when he realizes that his father may have left some "souvenirs" with local girls while stationed in Amsterdam. He decides to make the film hoping to find his father’s lost offspring, and maybe lessen some of the burden of his father’s criticism. They set out together on the trail of the Jewish Brigade, beginning in Israel and continuing through Italy, Germany and ending in Holland, with a surprising discovery. With humor and compassion the film exposes a complex father-son relationship and raises universal questions and thoughts about the tension between myths of bravery and reality and between memory and historical truth.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Directors: Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat
Music: Shai Bachar
Audience Award winner - New York’s Tribeca Film Festival
Shahar, having completed his studies, is an unemployed filmmaker. His father, Sleiman, a strict 82 year old Yemenite, suggests that Shahar make a film about the Jewish Brigade, in which he served during WW II. Shahar’s motivation comes when he realizes that his father may have left some "souvenirs" with local girls while stationed in Amsterdam. He decides to make the film hoping to find his father’s lost offspring, and maybe lessen some of the burden of his father’s criticism. They set out together on the trail of the Jewish Brigade, beginning in Israel and continuing through Italy, Germany and ending in Holland, with a surprising discovery. With humor and compassion the film exposes a complex father-son relationship and raises universal questions and thoughts about the tension between myths of bravery and reality and between memory and historical truth.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sun, Feb 10
04:30PM
Sun, Feb 10
04:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Tribute to Israel at 60: Operation Mural
US Premiere, 2007, 55 mins Israel, Hebrew, English, French w/English subtitles
Director: Yehuda Kaveh
Producer: Ronit Dor
This film is presented in collaboration with the Dorot Division of the New York Public Library and the Institute for Sephardic Studies, CUNY Graduate Center.
Forty-five years after their clandestine mission, three Mossad agents return to Casablanca to retrace their steps in a humanitarian mission whereby 530 Jewish children reached Israel in 1961, under the guise of holidays in Switzerland. A special collective passport system was initiated, and then used with royal consent for the aliyah of 100,000 Jews in "Operation Yakhin" (1962-64). This film vividly documents how "Operation Mural" (16 March – 24 July 1961) succeeded beyond all expectations. The key actors relive their undercover activities: "Mural", code-name of David Gerald Littman – himself unaware that the operation was directed by the Mossad – and his contacts, "Georges" and "Jacques", assisted by a dedicated local group of Jewish youth (the Misgeret). There are many precious testimonies of children and key Mossad figures in Israel, and the Littmans in Switzerland – including a visit to the Home de la Foret. This film documents a forgotten story, adding a new page to Israel's heroic birth and history.
Post-screening discussion with the director and David Littman. Moderator: Professor Jane Gerber, Institute for Sephardic Studies, CUNY Graduate Center.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Yehuda Kaveh
Producer: Ronit Dor
This film is presented in collaboration with the Dorot Division of the New York Public Library and the Institute for Sephardic Studies, CUNY Graduate Center.
Forty-five years after their clandestine mission, three Mossad agents return to Casablanca to retrace their steps in a humanitarian mission whereby 530 Jewish children reached Israel in 1961, under the guise of holidays in Switzerland. A special collective passport system was initiated, and then used with royal consent for the aliyah of 100,000 Jews in "Operation Yakhin" (1962-64). This film vividly documents how "Operation Mural" (16 March – 24 July 1961) succeeded beyond all expectations. The key actors relive their undercover activities: "Mural", code-name of David Gerald Littman – himself unaware that the operation was directed by the Mossad – and his contacts, "Georges" and "Jacques", assisted by a dedicated local group of Jewish youth (the Misgeret). There are many precious testimonies of children and key Mossad figures in Israel, and the Littmans in Switzerland – including a visit to the Home de la Foret. This film documents a forgotten story, adding a new page to Israel's heroic birth and history.
Post-screening discussion with the director and David Littman. Moderator: Professor Jane Gerber, Institute for Sephardic Studies, CUNY Graduate Center.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sun, Feb 10
06:30PM
Sun, Feb 10
06:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
The Jews of Lebanon (le Petite Histoire des Juifs de Liban)
2006, 77 mins France/Lichtenstein
Director: Yves Turquier
In the 1960's, there were nearly 8,000 Jews in Lebanon; today there are less than 60. Through the stories of community members, now scattered all over the world, this film recounts their times of happiness, and then their exile to many countries -- among them the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brasil, Israel, France, Italy, and Switzerland. The filming of this documentary took place in all of these countries, and tells of their hopes and hardships, and the attempt to vividly preserve the memory of the last Jews of Lebanon.
Post-screening discussion with the director.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Yves Turquier
In the 1960's, there were nearly 8,000 Jews in Lebanon; today there are less than 60. Through the stories of community members, now scattered all over the world, this film recounts their times of happiness, and then their exile to many countries -- among them the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brasil, Israel, France, Italy, and Switzerland. The filming of this documentary took place in all of these countries, and tells of their hopes and hardships, and the attempt to vividly preserve the memory of the last Jews of Lebanon.
Post-screening discussion with the director.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sun, Feb 10
08:30PM
Sun, Feb 10
08:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Aviva My Love (Aviva Ahuvati)
Israel, 2006, Hebrew w/English subtitles
Director: Shemi Zarhin
Producer: Eytan Evan
The touching story of a hard-working mother in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias. For years she has kept her remarkable writing skills under wraps, until her sister introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist who becomes her mentor. Aviva is on the brink of fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a published author, when she finds that her novelist mentor has other plans for her work. She learns about pursuing one’s dream in the face of brutal ambition and family obligations. Winner of six Israeli Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Script.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Shemi Zarhin
Producer: Eytan Evan
The touching story of a hard-working mother in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias. For years she has kept her remarkable writing skills under wraps, until her sister introduces her to Oded, an accomplished novelist who becomes her mentor. Aviva is on the brink of fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a published author, when she finds that her novelist mentor has other plans for her work. She learns about pursuing one’s dream in the face of brutal ambition and family obligations. Winner of six Israeli Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Script.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sat, Feb 09
07:00PM
Sat, Feb 09
07:00PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Tribute to Israel at 60: Exodus: Ada's Dream
North American Premiere, Italy, 2007, 140 mins Italian w/English subtitles
Director: Gianluigi Calderone
Based on the true story of Ada Sereni, who became a leader of the Aliyah Bet, helping the underground Jewish Brigade bring survivors to Palestine in 1945. She and her husband, Enzo, had moved to Palestine and founded a kibbutz where their three children were born. Enzo was parachuted into Germany to help save Jews, and was captured and sent to Mathausen. Ada, in her search for him, was asked by the Aliyah Bet to become their point person in Italy. The film shows her travels through Germany and Poland in search of Enzo, and her decision to accept the request of the Aliyah Bet. She mediated the departure of the ships both with the British and Italian Prime Ministers.
Post-screening Q & A.
A presentation of the Centro Primo Levi in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy, the Consulate General of Israel, the Italian Culture Institute, and RAI Corporation.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YU Museum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Gianluigi Calderone
Based on the true story of Ada Sereni, who became a leader of the Aliyah Bet, helping the underground Jewish Brigade bring survivors to Palestine in 1945. She and her husband, Enzo, had moved to Palestine and founded a kibbutz where their three children were born. Enzo was parachuted into Germany to help save Jews, and was captured and sent to Mathausen. Ada, in her search for him, was asked by the Aliyah Bet to become their point person in Italy. The film shows her travels through Germany and Poland in search of Enzo, and her decision to accept the request of the Aliyah Bet. She mediated the departure of the ships both with the British and Italian Prime Ministers.
Post-screening Q & A.
A presentation of the Centro Primo Levi in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy, the Consulate General of Israel, the Italian Culture Institute, and RAI Corporation.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YU Museum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Sat, Feb 09
09:30PM
Sat, Feb 09
09:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Family Heroes (Le Héros de Famille)
US Premiere, France, 2006, 107 mins, French w/English subtitles
Director: Thierry Klifa
Producer: Said Ben Said
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Miou-Miou , Gérard Lanvin, Emmanuelle Béart, Géraldine Pailhas, Pascal Elbé , Valérie Lemercier, Mathilde Seigner
Partial nudity.
The story unfolds with the unexpected death of the cabaret owner of the Blue Parrot (in Nice, France), and his decision to leave his establishment not to his protege of the past 40 years, Nicky Guazzini, but rather to Nicky's children by different mothers. The result is confusion and pain, followed by secrets revealed and lives turned upside down.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Director: Thierry Klifa
Producer: Said Ben Said
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Miou-Miou , Gérard Lanvin, Emmanuelle Béart, Géraldine Pailhas, Pascal Elbé , Valérie Lemercier, Mathilde Seigner
Partial nudity.
The story unfolds with the unexpected death of the cabaret owner of the Blue Parrot (in Nice, France), and his decision to leave his establishment not to his protege of the past 40 years, Nicky Guazzini, but rather to Nicky's children by different mothers. The result is confusion and pain, followed by secrets revealed and lives turned upside down.
Ticket Info:
Individual Film Ticket: $11/$9 for Seniors and Students
Festival Pass (for 5 films of choice): $45/$40 for ASF & YUMuseum members. Reservations for specific screenings must be made at time of purchase.
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Thu, Feb 07
07:00PM
Thu, Feb 07
07:00PM
patt memorial lecture
Lucy S. Dawidowicz: An American in Vilna, 1938
Dr. Nancy Sinkoff, who has just completed an introduction
to the reissue of Lucy S. Dawidowicz's From That
Place and Time: A Memoir, 1938-1947, will focus on
Dawidowicz's approach to memoir, memory, and the
writing of Eastern European Jewish history.
Presented by:
patt memorial lecture
Thu, Feb 07
07:30PM
Thu, Feb 07
07:30PM
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
I Got No Jeep and My Camel Died
US Premiere, Israel, 2006, 65 mins Hebrew w/English subtitles
Director: Ehud Tomalak
Producers: Aida and Amos Michaeli
Like the historical Perfume Road, the film portrays the musical journey of Yair Dalal, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, from antiquity to modern times and from performing in front of Bedouins to his nomination for the BBC World Music Award. Inspired by the Jewish masters of Iraqi music, he vows to carry on their vanishing legacy. A native Middle-Eastern Israeli, Dalal struggles for recognition in his roots by establishing "Almya" his music school in Jaffa, realizing a social cultural bridge between East and West.
Post-screening performance and discussion with Yair Dalal. Reception follows.
Ticket Info:
Opening Night: $45 General Admission for film, performance and reception
Opening Night Friend: $100 (includes all General Admission benefits + exclusive pre-screening VIP reception with the artist at 6:30pm)
Director: Ehud Tomalak
Producers: Aida and Amos Michaeli
Like the historical Perfume Road, the film portrays the musical journey of Yair Dalal, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, from antiquity to modern times and from performing in front of Bedouins to his nomination for the BBC World Music Award. Inspired by the Jewish masters of Iraqi music, he vows to carry on their vanishing legacy. A native Middle-Eastern Israeli, Dalal struggles for recognition in his roots by establishing "Almya" his music school in Jaffa, realizing a social cultural bridge between East and West.
Post-screening performance and discussion with Yair Dalal. Reception follows.
Ticket Info:
Opening Night: $45 General Admission for film, performance and reception
Opening Night Friend: $100 (includes all General Admission benefits + exclusive pre-screening VIP reception with the artist at 6:30pm)
Presented by:
12th new york sephardic jewish film festival
Wed, Feb 06
06:00PM
Wed, Feb 06
06:00PM
lecture
An Evening with the Straus Family
This seminal American Jewish family's legacy as
merchants, philanthropists, and public servants will
be remembered and discussed by family members
at this special evening event.
For more information, please call: 212-294-6160.
For more information, please call: 212-294-6160.
Presented by:
lecture
Mon, Feb 04
06:00PM
Mon, Feb 04
06:00PM
lecture
When Christians Were Jews: Honoring Israel's God from Jesus to Constantine
David Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania and Paula Fredriksen, Boston University
Centro Primo Levi is launching The Scholars' Roundtable, a new collaborative series with the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information visit the Centro Primo Levi website.
Tickets on-line or by telephone at: 212-868-4444.
Centro Primo Levi is launching The Scholars' Roundtable, a new collaborative series with the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information visit the Centro Primo Levi website.
Tickets on-line or by telephone at: 212-868-4444.
Presented by:
lecture
Sun, Feb 03
11:00AM
Sun, Feb 03
11:00AM
conference
Arthur Hertzberg: The Legacy of a Public Intellectual
This program will explore the varied facets of this
multi-dimensional individual as a historian, public
intellectual and social activist.
Presented by:
conference
Fri, Feb 01
12:00PM
Fri, Feb 01
12:00PM
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
Amerikanish dertsoygene yidishe shrayber: 'Inzikh' vi a shite poezye un poetik
Itay Zutra (JTS)
Presented by:
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
Thu, Jan 31
07:00PM
Thu, Jan 31
07:00PM
lecture
Jews and Basketball: Alan Dershowitz in Conversation with Jeffrey Gurock
An evening with two distinguished intellectuals as they discuss their passion for and the American Jewish experience with basketball.
Alan Dershowitz, a member of the Brooklyn Talmudic Academy basketball team, developed a deep love for the sport. An ardent fan of the Boston Celtics, he was a friend of the late Red Auberbach, the team’s legendary head coach, son of immigrants from Minsk and a Brooklyn high school player. Over the many years of their friendship, Dershowitz and Auberbach shared reflections and nostalgic stories. Jeffrey Gurock, American Jewish historian and athlete, is the author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports (2005) and for over 25 years, has been Yeshiva University’s assistant men's basketball coach.
These two well-known scholars shared their common passion, the popularity of basketball among Jewish men and women, and why basketball is a metaphor for larger issues relating to the Jewish experience in America.
Alan Dershowitz, a member of the Brooklyn Talmudic Academy basketball team, developed a deep love for the sport. An ardent fan of the Boston Celtics, he was a friend of the late Red Auberbach, the team’s legendary head coach, son of immigrants from Minsk and a Brooklyn high school player. Over the many years of their friendship, Dershowitz and Auberbach shared reflections and nostalgic stories. Jeffrey Gurock, American Jewish historian and athlete, is the author of Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports (2005) and for over 25 years, has been Yeshiva University’s assistant men's basketball coach.
These two well-known scholars shared their common passion, the popularity of basketball among Jewish men and women, and why basketball is a metaphor for larger issues relating to the Jewish experience in America.
Presented by:
lecture
Sun, Jan 27
02:00PM
Sun, Jan 27
02:00PM
family workshops
Jerusalem Motifs: Block-Printing Workshop
See some of the earliest photographs of historic landmarks of Jerusalem, taken in the 1850's, that are now on exhibit at YUM. Transfer these familiar images onto printing blocks, carve them, roll ink on them and print your own Mizrach or greeting card, suitable for framing. (Younger children will use scratchboard.)
Presented by:
family workshops
Sun, Jan 27
05:00PM
Sun, Jan 27
05:00PM
film and discussion
European Remembrance Day
In collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy,
the Italian Cultural Institute, Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimó, the Italian Delegation at the United Nations, and RAI Corporation. For a full program of activities on Remembrance Day please visit the Centro Culturale Primo Levi website.
Reservations: via email.
Reservations: via email.
Presented by:
film and discussion
Tue, Jan 22
07:00PM
Tue, Jan 22
07:00PM
lecture
From Jerusalem to Berlin and Back: The Honorable Shimon Stein Israeli Ambassador to Germany, 2001-2007
Diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany have existed for more than 40 years, underlying a commitment to cooperation and understanding between two nations whose national identities are inextricably bound together, but whose perceptions of events are often widely divergent.
Ambassador Stein is a first-hand witness/observer/participant in the complex relationship between Germany, Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East. He will offer extraordinary insights from his diplomatic journey from Jerusalem to Berlin and back.
RSVP: 212-744-6400.
Ambassador Stein is a first-hand witness/observer/participant in the complex relationship between Germany, Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East. He will offer extraordinary insights from his diplomatic journey from Jerusalem to Berlin and back.
RSVP: 212-744-6400.
Presented by:
lecture
Sun, Jan 20
02:00PM
Sun, Jan 20
02:00PM
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
State of the Art: Researching and Restitution
This program will demonstrate how Jewish genealogical research has been utilized to help solve looted art cases in New York, the Netherlands, Israel and Ukraine. Case studies for the Leo Baeck Institute and research for the Origins Unknown Agency will be highlighted. The cases vary from a potentially multi-million dollar restitution settlement for the Larsen family, to the return of a doll and furniture to a family who fled Germany to Palestine in the mid-1930s. Each study illustrates the specific research techniques and the general legal and ethical issues regarding looted art. Guest speaker Karen Franklin will also describe how the Council of American Jewish Museums’ Resolution on Nazi-Era Looted Art, which she co-authored, affects the Jewish community and claims for Jewish objects. She will examine how individuals who may wish to research or claim art may do so.
Karen S. Franklin is director of family research at the Leo Baeck Institute. She is a co-chair of the Board of Governors of JewishGen, and a past president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and the Council of American Jewish Museums. She serves on numerous boards including ICOM-US (International Council of Museums) and ICOM’s Memorial Museums Committee, The Fund for Arts and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe. She recently completed research for The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy by Elizabeth S. Plaut, published by Avotaynu in fall 2007.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 PM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Karen S. Franklin is director of family research at the Leo Baeck Institute. She is a co-chair of the Board of Governors of JewishGen, and a past president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and the Council of American Jewish Museums. She serves on numerous boards including ICOM-US (International Council of Museums) and ICOM’s Memorial Museums Committee, The Fund for Arts and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe, and the Commission for Looted Art in Europe. She recently completed research for The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy by Elizabeth S. Plaut, published by Avotaynu in fall 2007.
The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open 12:30 to 1:45 PM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers.
Presented by:
jewish genealogical society programs at cjh
Sun, Jan 20
02:00PM
Sun, Jan 20
02:00PM
family workshops
Tu B'Shevat Paper-Making Workshop
Celebrate the birthday of the trees! Learn about Tu B'Shevat, the holiday that marks the beginning of the growing cycle for trees in the land of Israel, and learn why paper is a gift of the trees. We will make our own specialty paper, using leaves and flower petals to enhance the pulp made from recycled paper. Bring your own dried leaves and flowers!
Presented by:
family workshops
Thu, Jan 17
08:00PM
Thu, Jan 17
08:00PM
sephardic nightlife music series
Piyyut Renaissance: Middle Eastern Jewish Music Comes to America
NY-based musical ensemble, Pharaoh’s Daughter, performs piyyutim, or liturgical, poems.
Presented by American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum.
This series is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthopy Advisors.
Presented by American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum.
This series is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthopy Advisors.
Presented by:
sephardic nightlife music series
Wed, Jan 16
07:00PM
Wed, Jan 16
07:00PM
lecture, study, and discussion
(Postponed!) Celebrating the Ethical Teachings of Emmanuel Levinas
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Join scholars, Talmudists, and human rights activists in an evening of study and discussion in the style of Levinas' famous symposia, established fifty years ago in Paris, relating profound ethical lessons from the Talmud to issues of the day.
Join scholars, Talmudists, and human rights activists in an evening of study and discussion in the style of Levinas' famous symposia, established fifty years ago in Paris, relating profound ethical lessons from the Talmud to issues of the day.
Presented by:
lecture, study, and discussion
Sun, Jan 13
02:00PM
Sun, Jan 13
02:00PM
family workshops
Tu B'Shevat Paper-Making Workshop
Celebrate the birthday of the trees! Learn about Tu B'Shevat, the holiday that marks the beginning of the growing cycle for trees in the land of Israel, and learn why paper is a gift of the trees. We will make our own specialty paper, using leaves and flower petals to enhance the pulp made from recycled paper. Bring your own dried leaves and flowers!
Presented by:
family workshops
Fri, Jan 11
12:00PM
Fri, Jan 11
12:00PM
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
'Di bobetshke mit di eyniklekh' - di balibtste yidishe folks-mayse
Itzik Gottesman (Forverts)
Presented by:
max weinreich center: yiddish language seminar
Thu, Jan 10
06:00PM
Thu, Jan 10
06:00PM
gallery talk
The Art of the Mechitzah: Miriam Stern, Michael Berkowicz
Artist Miriam Stern will give a short tour of her installation, Ezrat Nashim, the women’s partitioned area in a traditional synagogue. Following the tour, she will offer her personal reflections on the aesthetics of Mechitzah. The second speaker, architect/designer Michael Berkowicz will present an illustrated lecture about the technical and religious considerations inherent in mechitzah design and compelling visual images of the many mechitzahs he has created for some of the well-known orthodox synagogues in various Jewish communities today.
Presented by:
gallery talk
Sun, Jan 06
10:00AM
Sun, Jan 06
10:00AM
discussion
A Collector's Perspective on a Moment in History: Lorraine Beitler and the Dreyfus Affair
After viewing an exhibition on Alfred Dreyfus over a decade ago, educator Lorraine Beitler was inspired to amass a private collection that now comprises over 1000 items documenting the history of the Dreyfus Affair and its impact on society. In the process, she has become one of the most knowledgeable speakers on this significant historic event. She will talk about the contents of her collection and its moral, political and cultural implications for today’s complex world.
Co-sponsored by the Harry G. Friedman Society
Co-sponsored by the Harry G. Friedman Society
Presented by:
discussion
Sun, Jan 06
02:00PM
Sun, Jan 06
02:00PM
family workshops
Jerusalem Motifs: Block-Printing Workshop
See some of the earliest photographs of historic landmarks of Jerusalem, taken in the 1850's, that are now on exhibit at YUM. Transfer these familiar images onto printing blocks, carve them, roll ink on them and print your own Mizrach or greeting card, suitable for framing. (Younger children will use scratchboard.)
Presented by:
family workshops
