Events
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January
Reimaging the Jewish World
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
An evening celebration of the recent publishing success of FIU students, faculty, and friends in Jewish Studies. Reception to precede the event.
Dispersed Among the Nations: The Lost Tribes of Israel in Madagascar
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Join us for our first Monday at the Museum of 2017 with Dr. Nathan P. Devir, University of Utah.
Reconsidering the Synagogue/Basilica of Elche, Spain
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
This presentation by Robyn Walsh, University of Miami, will discuss the so-called basilica of Elche, Spain and the possibility that the site was, at an earlier stage, a Jewish synagogue.
A Brief History of the Yellow Star
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Part of FIU's Holocaust and Genocide Awareness week, join Dr. Oren Baruch Stier on a far-ranging exploration of the most notorious article of Jewish clothing in history.
February
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Lecture by Dr. Richard A. Freund, the Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford.
Was FDR as Bad for the Jews as Some Think He Was?
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Join the Holocaust Studies Initiative for its inaugural Dr. Lawrence and Suzanne Fishman Scholar-in-Residence lecture by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University. Dr. Berenbaum's lecture will probe appropriate and inappropriate invocations of the Holocaust and provide criteria by which to judge.
Adam and Eve and the Beginning of Love
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Join us for a lecture by Program Director, Dr. Tudor Parfitt on exploring the meaning of the biblical story of Adam and Eve an the Garden of Eden.
Religion and the Holocaust in Contemporary Discourse
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 100 |
Join the Holocaust Studies Initiative for its inaugural Dr. Lawrence and Suzanne Fishman Scholar-in-Residence lecture by Dr. Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University. Dr. Berenbaum's lecture will probe appropriate and inappropriate invocations of the Holocaust and provide criteria by which to judge.
A World Erased: A Grandson's Search for his Family's Holocaust Secrets
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Lecture by Noah Lederman.
From the British Isles to Auschwitz
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Lecture by Patricia Posner.
March
Appropriating Antisemitism: How Jews Became Jewish American through Popular Culture
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Lecture by Peter Antelyes, Vassar College.
Jewish Life on Campus in the Age of Polarization and Perpetual Crisis
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Hillel @ FIU, PG6 Building, Room 103 |
Join FIU Hillel, Shalom FIU, Global Jewish Studies, and the Holocaust Studies Initiative for a lunchtime discussion with Dr. Peter Anelyes, Vassar College
April
Return to Humanity - Presentation by Khalilah Ali
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 125 |
The Green School is proud and excited to host Khalilah Camacho-Ali as she presents a riveting lecture on confronting Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism and other expressions of discrimination.
Our Jewish Troubadours
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
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Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA Gallery |
A celebration of the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen featuring Dr. Steven Heine, Distinguished Professor Dr. Tudor Parfitt and UC-Santa Barbara Professor Elliot R. Wolfson along with musical accompaniment.
Transforming the Island Refuge: Jewish Photographers in Britain, 1860-2016
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
Lecture by Michael Berkowitz, Professor of modern Jewish history at University College London and most recently author of Jews and Photography in Britain (University of Texas Press, 2015).
July
Documentary Screening: Finding Oscar
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Venue: | JMOF-FIU & FIU MMC Campus: CBC 155 |
Join the Global Jewish Studies Program for a midsummer film screening!
September
Reflections on "Evil: A Matter of Intent"
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Venue: | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach |
An FIU Faculty Discussion on the striking exhibition "Evil: A Matter of Intent", now on view at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU through October 1, 2017.
November
The Balfour Declaration and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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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 retrospective panel discussion marking the centennial anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.