Primary Theme: Global Jewry
A Rabbi, A Sociologist, and an Israel Educator Walk into a Bar: Our Jewish Moment, On the Rocks
Rabbi Katie Bauman, Dr. Ilana Horwitz, and Israel Educator Elhanan Brown discuss the Jewish future in a post-October 7th world, responding to key challenges facing American Jews, Israeli Jews, and the relationship between Jews in these two centers of Jewish life in the 21st century.
Rottman Family Lecture – In Each and Every Generation: Survivors and Their Descendants with Dr. David Slucki
In this talk, Dr. David Slucki examines the long-term impact of the Holocaust on survivors, and their children and grandchildren and how the ways we think about these impacts have changed over time and generations.
Audrey G. Ratner Speaker Series: Children of the Inquisition Film Screening
Children of the Inquisition: Their Story Can Now Be Told reveals the stories of the families who were forced to convert to Catholicism or flee
Film Screening: The Lonely Child
The Lonely Child is a forthcoming feature documentary about a little-known Yiddish lullaby “Dos Elnte Kind” (The Lonely Child) written inside the Vilna Ghetto during the
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.
Kosher Soul: Black Jewish Identity Cooking with Michael W. Twitty
Michael W. Twitty is an award-winning culinary historian and food writer. His 2017 book, “The Cooking Gene,” traced his ancestry through food from Africa to
Antisemitism Uncovered
Presented by the Tulane University Department of Jewish Studies and the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience Featuring Dr. Golan Moskowitz,
Histories of Migration and Global Capitalism Conference: Impact of this Conference for those who don’t work on Jewish History
Historians Andonis Piperoglou, Mae Ngai, Hasia Diner, Suzanne Rutland, and Ruth Balint discuss the impact of the Histories of Migration & Global Capitalism Conference for those who don’t work on Jewish history.
