- Munich 1923: Hitler’s Insurrection and the Rise of Antisemitism
Join us for this free talk by Michael Brenner on February 6! Michael Brenner is a Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at American University in Washington, D.C., where he serves as director of the Center for Israel Studies.
- A Conversation With Mark Oppenheimer
Whoa, where did this come from? The Antisemitism of 2022 and Its Origins. Mark Oppenheimer has been covering American religion for 25 years. He holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale, and has taught at Stanford, Wesleyan, Wellesley, NYU, Boston College, and Yale, where he recently retired after 15 years as the founding director ...
- Iranian Uprising And The Nuclear Threat
The public is invited to The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond?, a presentation by German political scientist and historian Dr. Matthias Küntzel on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6 pm in the Pugh Hall Ocora.
- Jewish Women In Comics
Join us for a panel discussion on the new book, Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders, an innovative collection of essays, interviews, and artwork examining Jewish women’s comics.
- Spring 2023 Courses
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- American Shtetl: A Virtual Discussion With David Myers And Nomi M. Stolzenberg
Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. David Myers and Nomi M. Stolzenberg will discuss how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown into a thriving insular enclave and ...
- Publishing Jews and American Literature: A Talk with Josh Lambert
How did Jews’ success in the U.S. publishing industry affect the development of American literature, in general, and representations of Jews, in particular? And what lessons can be learned from the history of Jews in publishing about how to make publishing more equitable in the future?
- 12th Annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival event
Tickets may be purchased through Hippodrome’s box office: (352) 375-4477or online TheHipp.org
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- Samuel Bud Shorstein Lecture Series On American Jewish Culture
Join us for this series of events made possible by the Samuel “Bud” Shorstein Chair in American Jewish Society and Culture.
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- The Center welcomes its New Faculty!
L-R: Yossi Turner (Israel Institute Visiting Professor), Yehoshua Ecker (Jews in Muslim Countries), Natalia Aleksiun (Harry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies), Roy Holler (Israel Studies, Hebrew Literature), Yaniv Feller (Modern Jewish Thought).
- Samuel “Bud” Shorstein (UF BSBA 1959) Writing Awardees for the 2021-2022 Academic Year
Samuel “Bud” Shorstein Writing Awards Announced
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- “When ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ made Jewish Oscars history”, an article by Rachel Gordon
In 1948, when the cinematic version of her story, “Gentleman’s Agreement,” received the Oscar for best picture, Laura Z. Hobson was a 47-year-old, divorced, Jewish single mother living in Manhattan. The success of “Gentleman’s Agreement,” which was serialized ...
- Israel’s Moment: Support for and Opposition to the Founding of the Jewish State – A Conversation with Jeffrey Herf
The State of Israel was established in 1947–1948 when the governments of the United States, the Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc, and two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Zionist project.
- Fall 2022 Courses
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- “It Can Happen Here Too”: Antisemitism, Gender, and the American Past
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 ...