FIU's 3rd Annual Holocaust & Genocide Awareness Week will consist of various lectures, exhibitions, and events taking place at FIU and other locations throughout the community Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 2019
Two opportunities to catch the 2019 Suzanne R. and Dr. Lawrence M. Fishman Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Sara R. Horowitz, York University, at FIU MMC and the JMOF-FIU.
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
Lecture with Dr. Devin Naar, Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies and Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Washington.
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
Artist Mark Podwal will talk about Kaddish for Dąbrowa Białostocka, his series of eighteen drawings that he completed following his 2016 visit to the shtetl in Poland where his mother was born.
FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 100 & Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
Two presentations by Imogen Choi, University of Oxford, Thursday, April 4, 2019: first at FIU Main Campus, DM 100 at 12:30 PM and then at JMOF-FIU at 7 PM.
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
Tudor Parfitt (Distinguished University Professor at FIU) and translator of Hebrew poetry is joined by three acclaimed Jewish poets, Elisa Albo, Elizabeth Jacobson, and Jen Karetnick, for a for a special evening of eclectic poetry.
Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, 301 Washington Ave., Miami Beach
This illustrated lecture will briefly review the nature and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls and then deal with recent developments regarding the significance of the Scrolls for understanding the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, history of Judaism, and the background of Christianity. Included will be significant texts, digitization, archaeological research, and the controversy over the authenticity of fragments that came to light after 2002.