New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema, Global Genre – Olga Gershenson
Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by young Israeli filmmakers. New Israeli Horror is the first book to tell...
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Warsaw Testament – Samuel Kassow
Until recently, very few people knew about Rokhl Auerbach, a remarkable woman who survived the Holocaust and then dedicated her life to preserving the memories of its victims. Professor Samuel...
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Black Lives Under Nazism: Making History Visible in Literature and Art – Sarah Phillips Casteel
In a little-known chapter of World War II, Black people living in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe were subjected to ostracization, forced sterilization, and incarceration in internment and concentration camps....
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Disposable Humanity – Film Screening
Through decades of research and powerful interviews, the Mitchell family—a team of disability studies scholars and filmmakers—investigates the Nazi Aktion T4 program, the first Nazi mass killing initiative and precursor...
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In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union
The short fiction collected in In the Shadow of the Holocaust recovers a range of compelling voices that had been scarcely known or translated. Jewish authors from Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia,...
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All Consuming: Germans, Jews, and the Meaning of Meat
Meat is one of the most visible markers of Jewish distinctness and social separation. In his most recent book, John Efron argues that meat has played an especially important role...
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Jewish Anti-Zionism as Political Theology: The Major Writings of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum
Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, one of the most celebrated Hasidic masters of the twentieth century, is known not only for founding the world’s largest Hasidic dynasty, but also for...
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Biblical Monotheism: Exclusive or Inclusive? – Benjamin Sommer
This lecture will examine the discussion of pluralism in the field of comparative theology in light of a core question in the history of Israelite religion. It will create a...
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Middle Eastern and North African Jews and the Birth of Modern Fashion: A Hidden History – Julia P. Cohen
In this talk, historian Julia Phillips Cohen discusses the unknown role that Jews from the eastern and southern Mediterranean played in the shaping of modern couture. Following two fashion houses...
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EVENT CANCELLED – Occupied City Film Screening
This event has been cancelled. Sunday, May 17, 2026 • James Bridges Theater • 2 PM Occupied City The Barbara Roisman Cooper and Martin Cooper Jewish Film Series ...