2018-2019 Events and Programs

9/10/2018      
Sukkah Building Party — “Pizza in the Hut”

09/17/2018    
“Zero Tolerance: Policing Immigrants & Community Response”

Cosponsored with CLASS

Zero Tolerance Flyer

10/03/2018    
Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival on Campus: The Invisibles (Germany, 2017)

10/24/2018    
Lior Sternfeld, “Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of 20th Century Iran” 

11/2/2018      
Jacob Labendz, “Contemporary Antisemitism in Light of the ‘Tree of Life’ Massacre”

Cosponsored with Student Activities, Pi Sigma Alpha, and the Department of Politics and International Relations

11/15/2018    
Jewish-Muslim Forum with Mustansir Mir: “Death and Mourning”

Flyer for Jewish Muslim forum

11/20/2018    
Panel Discussion organized by Dr. Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez: “What is Antisemitism?”
Sponsors: CJHS, American Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, CLASS

What is Antisemitism Flyer

2/4/2019        
Jolanta Amborsewicz-Jacobs, “Memory Conflicts in Poland Related to the Jewish Past and the Holocaust”

3/25/2019      
Jewish-Muslim Forum for Women’s History Month featuring Maharat Rori Picker Neiss and Dr. Umeyye Isra Yazicioglu

Cosponsored with the Center for Islamic Studies

Flyer for Jewish-Muslim forum Spring 2019

4/2/2019        
Rafi Grosglik, “Hummus Nation: Food, Politics and Everyday Life in Israel”
Sponsored guest lecture in Dr. Fuller’s course on Israeli Politics

4/8/2019        
Film screening and discussion with Jacob Labendz, The Shop on Main Street
(Czechoslovakia, 1965)

4/30/2019      
Rebekah Klein-Pejšová, “Chapter from the Persecution of Jews in Slovakia”
This talk served as the inaugural lecture for an exhibit at the Tyler History Center which will run from April 30 – May 31, “The Tragedy of Slovak Jews,” which is a co-production with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society and the American Slovak Cultural Association of the Mahoning Valley