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January

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Sharing Memories of Jewish Life in Iraq at the JMOF-FIU

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Lecture by Dr. Nathan Katz.

Was Islam originally a Jewish Messianic movement?

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

A look at some of the conspiracy theories and controversies surrounding the rise of Islam with Dr. Bella Tendler.

Jews and Color Symposium

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at FIU in collaboration with Tel Aviv University is pleased to present the Global Jewish Studies Program Jews and Color Symposium. The symposium will consist of various ten-minute presentations by scholars and experts on the topic “Jews and Color” followed by a round-table on the same subject with a small break for lunch in between.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

A conversation on Spain and Portugal's newly instated "Right of Return" Law with Tel Aviv University Vice-President Dr. Raanan Rein and FIU Global Jewish Studies Program Director, Dr. Tudor Parfitt & Spanish and Mediterranean Studies Program Director Dr. Aurora Morcillo.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs for a special presentation by Dr. Tudor Parfitt, Director of the Global Jewish Studies Program, followed by a tour of the exhibition “Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage,” currently on view at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. Free transportation to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU will be provided. Please, RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discovery-and-recovery-preserving-iraqi-jewish-her

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
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Venue:FlU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243

Holocaust Studies Initiative Scholar-in-Residence Roger Grunwald presents two special performances of The Mitzvah Project, both performaces are free and open to the public.

February

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
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Venue:FlU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243

Holocaust Studies Initiative Scholar-in-Residence Roger Grunwald presents two special performances of The Mitzvah Project, both performaces are free and open to the public.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

This talk by Oded Zinger will present a general introduction to the Geniza and then towards the end will focus on what we can learn from the way Jews used Muslim legal venues.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Lecture by Dr. Richard A. Freund, University of Hartford.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for a lecture on the strong increase of interest in Crypto-Jews and their ancestry by FIU expert Dr. Abe Lavender.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

A lecture by Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Yeshiva University, on the intimate relationships at the heart of a Crypto-Jewish family in the New World.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for a lecture by Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at Barry University, Dr. Deena Grant.

March

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Venue:The Miracle Theatre (Balcony Stage) | 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables

Please join Florida Grand Opera and the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs for a poignant exploration of Memory and the Holocaust. “Ghosts of the Holocaust” highlights the themes of Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera The Passenger with excerpts from Holocaust memoirs, underscored by music from the work performed live by Florida Grand Opera young artists.

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Venue:Coral Gables Congregational Church | 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables

The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs and Coral Gables Congregational Church--United Church of Christ present a special performance by George Mordecai with accompanying musicians Sam Thomas • Rajneesh Bandhari • Eylem Basaldi • John Murchison

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Venue:Coral Gables Congregational Church | 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables

The Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs presents its annual Interfaith Lecture by Rabbi Moshe Thomas Heyn, Temple Israel of Greater Miami.

September

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Venue:Trump International Beach Resort: 18001 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, FL

This high profile conference is dedicated to both enhancing Jewish-Latino relations as well as raising awareness regarding the forced converts (Anousim) from the Iberian Peninsula and their descendants. It will feature leading scholars, public figures of both communities, spiritual leaders, heads of Jewish and Latino organizations, artists and authors. The city of Miami, with its high concentrations of both Latinos and Jews, will provide a dynamic backdrop to a dynamic conference.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for our first Monday at the Museum with FIU Professor Emeritus Dr. Nathan Katz.

October

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us at the JMOF-FIU for an educational documentary on the Jewish Caribbean identity.

November

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Green School Gallery (SIPA First Floor)

A solo exhibit by Jonatas Chimen on identity, cultural hybridization, and their consequent nostalgia will be on display in the Green School gallery until December 10.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for a Monday at the Museum lecture with FIU Global Jewish Studies Program Director, Dr. Tudor Parfitt!

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for a lecture by Harry A. Ezratty, Esq. His book "500 Years in the Jewish Caribbean: The Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the West Indies," covers the close connection, politically, commercially and socially of Caribbean Jews to the U.S.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

This lecture by UNC-Chapel Hill Professor of Romance Studies Dr. Rosa Perelmuter will discuss the complicated public, private and inherited memories of the Holocaust and its reception by the Jews of Cuba.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Dr. Alan F. Benjamin, an anthropologist with the Penn State University Jewish Studies Program, will present vignettes on the Jewish Cemeteries of Curaçao and situate them in the island’s varying political-economy.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join investigative journalist and New York Times Bestselling author, Gerald Posner, for a fascinating lecture at the JMOF-FIU!

December

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

We are delighted to host Elysha Netsarh of the Madagascar Jewish community as the Miami venue for this year's Kulanu-Madagascar speaking tour.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Marisa Scheinfeld has been documenting the dramatic degradation of some of the most famous Borscht Belt hotels and colonies. She will present a slide lecture of her series - and new book, which contains 129 photographs, Borscht Belt ephemera and a re-photographic of “now”and “then” imagery composed by using found postcards and creating a mirror image of their present day depictions.

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Venue:Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

Join us for a lecture by Valeria Schindler, FIU.