- No Hard Feelings (sneak preview)
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
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
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)
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
We will speak with award-winning novelist, essayist and podcast host Dara Horn about her new book of essays.
- Spring 2022 Courses
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- Meir Kahane’s War Against Liberalism: Is It Still Relevant?
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.
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- Debates In Israeli Feminism: A Conversation With Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Ben-Gurion University
This event is part of the “Contemporary Israel and Its Challenges: A Series of Conversations” series.
- Antisemitism and Islamophobia: A Conversation
Featuring Ivan Kalmar and Mehnaz Afridi. Sponsored by the Bud Shorstein endowment and the Center for the Global Islamic Study.
- The Crime of the Century: Leopold, Loeb, and Jewish Gender
In 1924, two Jewish University of Chicago students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnapped and murdered fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks.
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- Fall 2021 Courses
Courses for Fall 2021 are now available.
- Israel Zangwill: Ghetto, Zion, Melting Pot
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
September – October 2021
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- Antisemitism Today: Online, Offline, Where, and Why
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.Read more "Antisemitism Today: Online, Offline, Where, and Why"
- An Israeli-Palestinian Confederation: The Only Plausible Two-State Solution: A Discussion with Bernard Avishai
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?