Leo Baeck Essay Award Winner
We are pleased to announce Jonathan Catlin as the winner of our 2015 Leo Baeck Essay Award with his essay entitled “Anti-Semitism” and “Judaism” in Dialectic of Enlightenment: A Jewish Answer to the Jewish Question. Mr. Catlin is a graduating senior at the University of Chicago, where he received honors in Jewish Studies and the Great Books program, Fundamentals: […]
Mazal Tov 2015 Graduates!
Samantha Cohen (COM ’15)
Andrea Firestone (Questrom ’15)
Benjamin Harris (CFA ’15)
Robyn Klitzky (COM ’15)
A New Musical and More
On March 5-6, the Center transformed into an enchanted forest for Matti Kovler’s “Ami and Tami,” a modern take on the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel. Coming up on April 14: Secrets of Dawn. A pop-up show at the BU Ellipse!
The Annual Leo Trepp Lecture
On March 2, Prof. Neil Gillman delivered a moving talk on his life and the evolution of his theology. Many of his former students were in attendance, lending our second annual Leo Trepp Lecture the atmosphere of a reunion…
Yair Lior on Kabbalah and Neo-Confucianism
On Wednesday, February 18, 2015, Visiting Researcher Yair Lior (Religion) discussed cross-cultural patterns in the development of Kabbalah and Neo-Confucianism.
Italian Holocaust Remembrance Day
On January 25, 2015 we commemorated the Holocaust in Italy with a screening of Carlo Lizzani’s film “The Gold of Rome” (1961) and a lecture by Sergio Parussa.
A Musical Salon
On December 4, 2014, we hosted an evening of Hebrew and Yiddish art songs performed by Benjamin Harris (CFA ’15), baritone, and Victoria Nooe, piano.
An Inspiration in Bronze
New from BU Today – an article and a video about the bust of Elie Wiesel donated by Pam and Jonathan Taub: http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/2014/an-inspiration-in-bronze/.
Japonica Brown-Saracino on Commerce and Gentrification
On November 20, 2014, Professor Brown-Saracino spoke about commerce and the gentrification of American cities.
Robert Margo on Race and Economic Inequality in the US
On November 13, 2014, Professor Margo spoke about “Obama, Katrina, and the Persistence of Racial Inequality.”