“The Chosen” Screening
Hosted in CGS 527, English Professor Susan Bernstein screened the film The Chosen adapted from Chaim Potom’s award-winning novel about two Jewish… More
“Moon of Israel” Screening with Accompaniment by Gerhard Gruber
Long before directing Casablanca, Austrian director Michael Curtis (known as Mihaly Kertesz prior to working under an Anglicized name), directed a silent… More
The Coming Age of Nationality: Jews and National Belonging in the 19th Century Mediterranean
Professor of Religion at USC Jessica Marglin presented her research on the “informal imperialism” of the 19th century at Spring 2018’s only… More
The US Role in the Middle East: Past and Future
The Elie Wiesel Center invited former Senate majority leader and foreign policy advisor George J. Mitchell to BU Law Auditorium on March… More
“HARAM” Screening with Artist Cynthia Madansky
Artist and Guggenheim Memorial Fellow Cynthia Madansky joined us in CAS 326 in order to screen her essay film "ḤARĀM." A unique… More
“In Search of Israeli Cuisine” Screening
In the first screening of the Spring semester, Hebrew Professor Mira Angrist presented the documentary “In Search of Israeli Cuisine” in the… More
Anti-Semitism and Zionism: Ideology or Emotions?
The first and only BUJS Forum event of the Spring 2018 semester hosted Harvard Professor Derek Penslar in the EWCJS library, recorded… More
Putative Life of Hannah Arendt
About A Putative Life of Hannah Arendt, Exhibit and Symposium [L]anguage, the only medium through which mental activities can be manifest not only… More
A Putative Life of Hannah Arendt Symposium Participants
Miriam Shenitzer (artist/educator) Miriam Shenitzer is an artist who uses line and language. She is interested in how we see each other… More
Anti-Semitism and Zionism: Ideologies or Emotions?
January 29, 2018 Professor Derek Penslar (University of Toronto and Harvard) presented on a work in progress dealing with different Zionist responses… More