A Look into the Elie Wiesel Center’s 2022 Open House
On September 15, 2022, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies celebrated the start of the academic year with its annual Open House. Students had the opportunity to meet faculty and staff members, ask questions about the Center, and learn about the wide range of courses offered in Jewish Studies and Holocaust, Genocide, and Human […]
The History of Israeli Music with Steven Greenberg
On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies welcomed Steve Greenberg, a record producer, two-time Grammy Award winner, and Founder/CEO of S-Curve Music, who discussed the history of Israeli popular music. In his talk, Greenberg shared excerpts of popular songs throughout Israel’s history and examined how Israel’s music has reflected and […]
The Dialogue Project: A Better Peacebuilding Paradigm
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, Dr. David Lehrer, the Israel Institute Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Elie Wiesel Center, moderated the Arava Institute Alumni Panel titled “Nature Knows No Borders: Israelis and Palestinians Living and Working Together to Protect the Environment” in person at the Elie Wiesel Center, where he was joined virtually on Zoom […]
Sharaka Organization Delegation at BU
Sharaka Organization Delegation at BU: Israeli, Emiratis, Bahrainis, and Moroccans Discuss the New Middle East The Abraham Accords between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain opened the door to a new era of cooperation and friendship. Sharaka, which means ‘partnership,’ was founded by young leaders from Israel and the Gulf to turn the vision of people-to-people […]
“Serves No Purpose: Spinoza’s Denaturalization of Sovereignty,” with Dr. Gilah Kletenik
For our third BUJS Forum of the year, Dr. Gilah Kletenik, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, spoke about Spinoza and the “denaturalization of sovereignty,” the subject of her current book project Sovereignty Disrupted: Spinoza and the Disparity of Reality. In her talk, titled “Serves No Purpose: Spinoza’s Denaturalization of […]
“Voice, Audience, and Gender in the Israeli Lullaby: Notes Towards an Alternative History” with Dr. Lilach Lachman
In her lecture titled “Voice, Audience, and Gender in the Israeli Lullaby: Notes Towards an Alternative History,” Dr. Lachman, an Israel Institute fellow and visiting scholar at the Elie Wiesel Center of Jewish Studies, discussed her research project that began with the anthology of lullabies titled Yavo Gdi Zahav (“A golden lamb shall come”) published […]
2022 Holocaust Remembrance Event
Tracing the Roots of Modern Antisemitism: Can Learning about Our Past Explain Our Present? To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies hosted on January 30, 2022, a virtual panel discussion on Zoom with Professor Deeana Klepper, Associate Professor of Religion and History at the Elie Wiesel Center, and Rabbi […]
Power, Hierarchy, and Community in 1950s Istanbul: a Response to Netflix’s “The Club”
On January 26, 2022, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies hosted an online event that discussed the popular new Turkish Netflix show The Club. In a discussion moderated by Dr. Sultan Doughan, a former Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Elie Wiesel Center, Dr. Esra Özdemir, Visiting Lecturer in Language Studies at Brown University, discussed the […]
The Climate Crisis: A Catalyst for Cooperation with Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed & Dr. David Lehrer
On November 10th, 2021, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies hosted a well-attended hybrid event with The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a leading environmental studies and research institute in the Middle East. The Arava Institute houses accredited academic programs, research centers, and international cooperation initiatives focusing on environmental concerns and challenges. In a […]
“The Human Rights Legacy of Elie Wiesel” with Elisha Wiesel
On November 8, 2021, Mr. Wiesel delivered the last of the 2021 Elie Wiesel Memorial Lectures in a speech dedicated to the memory of his father, Nobel laureate, long-time BU Professor in the Humanities, and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. Elisha Wiesel started his lecture by reminding the audience that to understand his father’s legacy; one […]