Participation Level: Grant Center Participation
Shabbat Shuvah Guest Speaker Michael Cohen at Touro Synagogue
This year’s Shabbat Shuvah guest speaker was Dr. Michael Cohen, the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Professor in the American Jewish Experience at Tulane University, and the Director of Tulane’s Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience. On September 25, 2024, Mike convened a group of leading journalists and historians in New York City to address the current moment in time for Jewish Americans. The Beinner Symposium’s goal was to explore how this moment fits into the larger arc of American Jewish history, and Mike talked about some of his observations from the discussions. He shared with us a series of questions that emerged which may help us to make sense of this moment, touching upon events on college campuses, the past and future of progressive alliances, the ways in which antisemitism plays out in an era of polarization, as well as the utility of definitions.
Monash University Partnership
The Grant Center looks to deepen its partnership with Monash University’s Australian Center for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC)- the leading home for Jewish Studies in Australia.
Only Miracles
Only Miracles is a 90-minute interactive, theatrical, and educational experience written and directed by Dodd Loomis as his final MFA thesis showing. It is sectioned
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson with Joseph Ewoodzie, Jr.
Tulane University Department of Sociology Colloquium Series. The Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience on this series proudly partnered on this
Space Torah Film Screening: An Evening with Rachel Raz
In 1996, the first Jewish astronaut, Jeffrey Hoffman, took a small Torah scroll on board Space Shuttle Columbia. Join us to hear more about this extraordinary true story from Hoffman’s documentarian, Rachel Raz, the executive producer of the award-winning film, “Space Torah.” The event will include a screening of the 25-minute film.
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in Jewish Education
In this special event, authors from a recent themed issue of Journal of Jewish Education discussed their articles on race, ethnicity, and immigration in Jewish
What Girls Learn in Jewish Families | Professor Ilana Horwitz
“In the past, Jewish families, like many others, offered girls fewer educational opportunities than boys. But that has not been the case for some time
Larry Kanter Lecture Series – Wild Outside in the Night: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context
The late Jewish American gay artist Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) changed the face of children’s literature by depicting emotionally isolated, unruly, and ethnically particular protagonists who
Moishe’s Queer and Wild Rumpus
In this episode, we speak with Golan Moskowitz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at Tulane University, about Maurice Sendak. Golan discusses Sendak,
Maurice Sendak in Queer Perspective
Golan Moskowitz read to us from his new book, Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context (2020), and conversed with leading scholars Jack Halberstam
Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context
Maurice Sendak was once described as “one of the most powerful men in the United States,” by art critic Brian O’Doherty, for having “given shape
Talk: “Wild Outside in the Night: Queer Jewishness, Childhood, Maurice Sendak” by Golan Moskowitz
“Wild Outside in the Night: Queer Jewishness and Childhood Liminality in the Picture-Books of Maurice Sendak” by Golan Moskowitz The late Jewish American gay artist
