Events

November 18, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | LA 1201

Don't miss out on viewing the power film, Origin, based on the novel of Isabel Wilkerson's life and her best-seller Caste: The Origins of Our Discountents.

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Speaker: Professor Drew Kahn
November 14, 2024 | 3:30 p.m. | LA 4315

Professor Kahn will lead an experiential workshop in Story Building. Participants will experience a kinesthetic approach to social and personal justice through the platform of creating original, collaborative stories.

Moving the content from the brain (thinking) to the hear (feeling) using the body (doing) is the primary focus of the process. Participants will gain important, tangible insights into the actions of building community, managing conflict and exploration identity.

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Speaker: Professor Drew Kahn
November 14, 2024 | 12:30 p.m. | LA 4315

Professor Kahn will share how a college theater production evolved into a social justice platform (the Anne Frank Project) reaching multiple corners of the world through the power of stories.

At the center of the unique journey is AFP’s partnership with remarkable country of Rwanda. He will share the many lessons learned of forgiveness, unity and strength providing the possibility of Hope during challenging times in our country today.

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Speaker: Robert Watson
October 30, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4310

This program examines a shocking and virtually unknown series of bizarre events near the end of the Holocaust involving an infamous German ocean liner, thousands of prisoners from the concentration camps and diabolical plans by Goebbels and Himler.

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This program offers a fun and insightful look at the great Founder, including his difficult upbringing, remarkable rise to power, many important contributions to the creation of the United States and the depiction of Hamilton in the hit Broadway musical.

Particular attention will be paid to the inspiring but little-known story of his Jewish roots and lifelong connection to the Jewish community.

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Speaker: Dr. Alex Kor
October 16, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. | LA 1201

Dr. Alex Nor shared the story of his mother’s (Eva Kor’s) astonishing journey as one of the “Twins of Auschwitz” enduring the horrific experiments and psychological torment of Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death,” yet emerging with a profound understanding of resilience.

• A blessing, Not a Burden: My Parents Remarkable Holocaust Story and My Fight to Keep Their Legacy Alive Flyer (PDF)

Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 1201

This presentation examined how Jew-hatred has transformed over time, and the ways in which it is expressed today. Why are the Jews hated? This lecture traced the many transformations and mutations of Jew hatred from a hatred that was focused on our religious tradition, beliefs and practices; to a hatred that was racialized resulting in the murder of 6 million Jews; to the current fomentation of hate toward the collective identity of the Jewish people expressed in the liberation movement for self-determination and the creation of the State of Israel.

• Examining Antisemitism in America Flyer (PDF)

Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 12:30 P.M. | LA Berman Center

Depending on the institution of higher education one attends it is possible to encounter a variety of forms of antisemitism ranging from traditional expressions of antisemitic incidents to those that are more challenging for students, faculty and administrators to label, define and directly confront. This presentation explored the ways in which antisemitism presents itself within the campus environment and the intellectual factors that cultivate a hostility towards the collective Jewish identity.

• Conversations of Antisemitism in Higher Education Flyer (PDF)

Speaker: Dr. Rachel Fish
September 25, 2024 | 11:00 A.M. | LA 3118

This session explores some of the intellectual ideas circulating within academic circles and influencing the ways in which meaning-making institutions function in Western society. These ideas impact how various communities are perceived and limit the possibilities of nuance and complexity. We will discuss how to engage with differences constructively, the benefits of cultivating brave spaces rather than merely safe spaces and cultivate skills and approaches that translate into meaningful engagements and conversations for any controversial topic.

• Importance of Balanced Discussions to Counter Hatred on College Campuses Flyer (PDF)
  

Speaker: Michael Steinhardt, J.D. & MA
September 11, 2024 | 4:00 P.M. | LA 1201

A story of his mother's Holocaust survival, courage and building a new life in America.

August 5-7, 2024 | College of Liberal Arts Building

• Holocaust Educators' Institute Flyer (PDF)

April 25, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4110

• Together: a Journey for Survival Flyer (PDF)

April 15, 2024 | 8:15 a.m. | LA Bus Slip

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Bus Trip Flyer (PDF)

April 11, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | LA 4110

• Finding Ruth Aktion T4: An Untold Story of the Holocaust Flyer (PDF)

March 28, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. | LA 4110

• Artificial Intelligence & Automated Antisemitism: Fighting the Threat Through Education Flyer (PDF)

March 14, 2024 | 5:00 p.m. | LA 4110

An exclusive movie screening, followed by a reception and an invigorating Q&A session with the award-winning filmmaker, Howard Rypp.

• Gimpel the Fool Returns to Poland: Movie Screening with Director Howard Rypp Flyer (PDF)