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Upcoming Events

November 08, 2021

Antisemitism and Racism in a Moment of Reckoning

A two-day symposium on November 8 and 9. Presented with the Center for Jewish Studies. Part of the Seeking Justice IGS Collaborative Series

November 09, 2021

Antisemitism and Racism in a Moment of Reckoning

A two-day symposium on November 8 and 9. Presented with the Center for Jewish Studies. Part of the Seeking Justice IGS Collaborative Series

November 11, 2021

“Communism, Zionism, and American Jewish Politics during the 1940s”

Tony Michels, the George L. Mosse Professor of American Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the rise and fall of the movement for “Jewish people’s…

A technical image of the Eichmann trial in the background with information about the event overlaying it.

November 17, 2021

60 Years Later: The Eichmann Trial in Media & Memory

Panel Discussion. Presented with the Roy Wolpow Institute at Western Washington University and the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Minnesota. Co-sponsored by…

January 24, 2022

“A Family Affair: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resisters Who Helped the Allies Win World War II”

Ethan Katz is Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the Aboulker family.

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Hanne Løland Levinson publishes new book, The Death Wish in the Hebrew Bible: Rhetorical Strategies for Survival

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May term course that will count for the Jewish Studies major or minor: "Virtual Eastern Europe & The Holocaust."

Amy Kaminsky, Professor Emerita, publishes new book: The Other/Argentina: Jews, Gender, and Sexuality in the Making of a Modern Nation

Upcoming Events

Antisemitism and Racism in a Moment of Reckoning

Antisemitism and Racism in a Moment of Reckoning

“Communism, Zionism, and American Jewish Politics during the 1940s”

60 Years Later: The Eichmann Trial in Media & Memory

“A Family Affair: The Untold Story of the Jewish Resisters Who Helped the Allies Win World War II”