Apocalyptic Hatred
Professor Richard Landes discussed the historical phenomenon of “Jew hatred,” including the recent revival of medieval conspiracy theories and blood libels.
A Postwar Renaissance
On April 13, Sarah Hammerschlag discussed the wartime Jewish youth movement Les Eclaireurs Israelite de France and the Jewish intellectual renewal in Paris of the 1950s and 1960s.
Secrets of Dawn
On April 14, Matti Kovler directed a multimedia installation exploring the cultures of the Middle East. The performance included a student choir, dancers, original poetry, and video art.
In Praise of Intransigence
On Monday, March 30, 2015 legal scholar Richard Weisberg (Cardozo Law) discussed “Some Intransigent Heroes of the Holocaust,” and other cases from his latest book, “In Praise of Intransigence.”
Focusing on Argentina and the Middle East
On Sunday (2/22), we hosted two events: a rally for Justice in Argentina, with former ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, and a talk by Prof. Ken Stein (Emory) on Israel in the context of a changing Middle East. For more information, visit our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/EWCJS).
The Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture
On October 28, 2014, former Israeli intelligence chief and member of the Knesset Amichai Ayalon delivered our annual Yitzkah Rabin Lecture. Read an interview with Mr. Ayalon here: http://www.bu.edu/today/2014/from-retired-israeli-commander-a-call-for-a-two-state-solution/.
Middle East Month at the Center
From a screening of “The Gatekeepers” (2012) to a lecture by Arab-Israeli author Sayed Kashua, we focused in October on the history and culture of the Middle East. Also on the program: a Middle East Feast organized by Professor Mira Angrist in conjunction with the new MENA program, and a lecture by Amichai Ayalon on Israeli security and democracy.
Alexandra Herzog joins the Elie Wiesel Center and CAS Core Curriculum
The latest addition to the BU Jewish studies faculty is Alexandra Herzog who will join us this fall as our first post-doctoral fellow in Jewish Studies and lecturer in the CAS Core Curriculum. Alexandra Tali Herzog holds a PhD in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University where she worked on the Yiddish writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
MA in European Jewish History (LBI London)
An opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to pursue a masters degree in European Jewish History from the Leo Baeck Institute at the School of History at Queen Mary: “The School of History at Queen Mary is a centre for excellence in the teaching of History and in historical research. Its members are known for […]
Omri Boehm on Avi Shavit’s Promised Land
About forty students attended this conversation with Omri Boehm to discuss the moment in Israel’s founding years when decisions of ethnic cleansing were made, sometimes on the spur of a moment, that led to the Palestinian refugee problem and enabled Israel to survive its war of independence and consolidate the territory allotted by the UN […]