“It Can Happen Here Too”: Antisemitism, Gender, and the American Past

Posted on March 14, 2022

Antisemitism, an American tradition, has once again reared its ugly head. Although scholars have long studied the topic, they have overlooked its gendered dimensions. Yet we know that antisemitism propelled Jewish women to take up their pens, picket toy stores, and walk out on their roommates. This lecture explores Jewish women’s encounters with this hatred and asks whether inserting women and gender will reshape the history of American antisemitism.

Are the Jews a Race?

Posted on February 4, 2022

Recent cultural events have raised the question as to whether Jews are a race or ethnicity. Join us for a panel discussion featuring three faculty from the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida.

Remembering the 93 Bais Yaakov Girls: Piety, Sexual Violence, and Holocaust Discourse

Posted on January 31, 2022

Join us for a conversation with Naomi Seidman about the 93 — a group of girls from the Bais Yaakov school in the Kraków Ghetto that reportedly committed suicide rather than be taken as prostitutes by the Nazis.

The Light Of Days: The Untold Story Of Women Resistance Fighters In Hitler’s Ghettos

Posted on January 4, 2022

January 26, 2022 at 2 p.m.

The Ethics of Rescue: Stories Behind the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

Posted on December 22, 2021

Bernice Lerner is the author of All the Horrors of War, the remarkable story of her mother’s liberation from Bergen-Belsen.

What is Zionism? Exploring Israel’s Founding Thinkers

Posted on December 15, 2021

Free adult online course at the University of Florida with five 90-minute sessions from January 20-February 17, 2022

DerShoymer

Posted on December 15, 2021

A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity, in writer-director Keith Thomas’ electrifying feature debut.

Shared Legacies

Posted on December 15, 2021

The often forgotten story of the coalition and friendship between the Jewish and African-American communities during the Civil Rights Movement.

Outrement and the Hasidim

Posted on December 15, 2021

Hasidim in the charming, affluent and largely Francophone Montreal borough of Outremont are currently 23% of Outremont’s population.

Leona

Posted on December 15, 2021

A young Jewish woman from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love with a non-Jewish man.

Marry Me However

Posted on December 15, 2021

The film tells the stories of LG BT men and women who, for religious reasons, decided to marry against their own sexual orientation.

The Light Ahead

Posted on December 15, 2021

In a small town in Russia in the 1880s, two young, but poor, lovers are helped by a wise old bookseller.

Kiss Me Kosher

Posted on December 15, 2021

A subversive love story between clashing cultures and families, the film is a romantic misadventure crossing a great many borders.

Winter Journey

Posted on December 15, 2021

Martin Goldsmith never knew what happened to his parents before they escaped from Germany in 1941.

No Hard Feelings (sneak preview)

Posted on December 15, 2021

Three decades after she arrived in Israel from the Russian city of Derbent, Sarah debates whether she should immigrate again to escape an abusive relationship.

Tomorrow, When the Apricots Bloom

Posted on December 15, 2021

Shortly after the death of his uncles, Didier Frenkel descends into the basement of their shared home and finds a treasure: an archive of animated films from their former home in Egypt starring Mish-Mish Effendi, the Arab equivalent of Mickey Mouse.

Kosher Beach

Posted on December 15, 2021

Only a half hour drive from Bnei-Brak, “Kosher Beach” is a secluded 100 meter strip with dedicated days for women and men.

Untitled (sneak preview)

Posted on December 15, 2021

This area in central Warsaw was once the center of Jewish life. When the war ended, the neighborhood was literally rebuilt from the rubble.

A Conversation with Dara Horn

Posted on November 15, 2021

We will speak with award-winning novelist, essayist and podcast host Dara Horn about her new book of essays.

Meir Kahane’s War Against Liberalism: Is It Still Relevant?

Posted on October 7, 2021

November 18 at 5:00 p.m.

Aside from being an American Jewish gadfly, a militant rabbi, and founder of the Jewish Defense League, Meir Kahane was an unrelenting critic of American Jewish liberalism.

Debates In Israeli Feminism: A Conversation With Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Ben-Gurion University

Posted on September 27, 2021

This event is part of the “Contemporary Israel and Its Challenges: A Series of Conversations” series.

The Crime of the Century: Leopold, Loeb, and Jewish Gender

Posted on August 23, 2021

In 1924, two Jewish University of Chicago students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnapped and murdered fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks.

Israel Zangwill: Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot

Posted on August 10, 2021

September 9th, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Professor Bryan Cheyette will discuss three main elements of Israel Zangwill’s thought and political activism — Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot — to understand the way that they work in relation to each other both imaginatively and politically.

Contemporary Israel and Its Challenges: A Series of Conversations

Posted on August 9, 2021

September – October 2021

Antisemitism Today: Online, Offline, Where, and Why

Posted on August 9, 2021

September 21st, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Join us for a live presentation by Günther Jikeli of Indiana University on the contemporary global spike in antisemitism, its roots, its spread, and prospects for the future.

An Israeli-Palestinian Confederation: The Only Plausible Two-State Solution: A Discussion with Bernard Avishai

Posted on August 8, 2021

September 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Has the two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict become an impossibility? Is a “new-state” solution all that is left?

Israel at a Crossroads: Directions, Perceptions, Illusions, and Challenges

Posted on August 4, 2021

October 31st, 2021 at 12:00 PM
In an era full of anecdotal evidence — which is, by nature, partial and often misleading — the need to bring evidence-based perspectives to democracy’s front lines has become paramount.

The Last Ghetto: Understanding Theresienstadt – A Conversation with Anna Hájková

Posted on April 13, 2021

Join us for a conversation with Anna Hájková, author of The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt.

A Conversation With Novelist Yaa Gyasi

Posted on April 7, 2021

Wednesday April 7, 2021
5:00 pm EDT

Gainesville Jewish Film Festival

Posted on March 7, 2021

Sunday, March 7th to Saturday, March 20th

Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies

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