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January

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

Film preview with Dr. Richard Freund, Director, Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, University of Hartford

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Venue:Various Locations

A week of events raising awareness about the atrocities of the Holocaust, genocide, and mass violence around the world.

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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

February

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

Lecture by David J. Kramer, Senior Fellow, FIU Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy

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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.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, DM 110

Lecture by Dr. Sara Horowitz, York University, on sexual abuse, sexual violence, and sexuality in deferred holocaust autobiographies and testimonies.

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

Lecture by 2019 Fishman Scholar-in-Residence, Sara Horowitz, York University

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Venue: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.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 502

Book presentation by Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University

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

Lecture by William F.S. Miles, Northeastern University

March

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Venue: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.

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 110

Presentation by Mark Podwal opening the current Green School Gallery exhibit.

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

Presentation by Naomi Leite, School of Oriental and African Studies

April

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

Lecture with Michael Berkowitz, University College London

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Venue:FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, RDB 1000

A panel discussion with leading experts on the history and aftermath of the genocide and tragic events in Rwanda.

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Venue: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.

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Venue: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.

May

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Venue: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.