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SUMMARY:Czech Embassy: Author Series Ariana Neumann discusses her book "When Time Stopped" with Dr. Josh Andy
DESCRIPTION:Czech Embassy Series:Through this series\, the Embassy of the Czech Republic brings a broad selection of Czech artists\, intellectuals and professionals connected to Jewish life\, history\, art and culture to engage\, educate and inspire audiences in the United States and beyond. The series will incorporate book talks\, film screenings\, lectures\, musical performances\, exhibitions\, and more beginning June 1\, 2021. \nIntroductory words: Lukáš Přibyl: Head of Public Diplomacy\, Embassy of the Czech Republic\, Washington DC \nClassrooms Without Borders\, in partnership with the Czech Embassy\, is excited to offer this opportunity to engage in a discussion with author Ariana Neumann about her book “When Time Stopped.” \nAriana Neumann was born and grew up in Venezuela. She has a BA in History and French Literature from Tufts University\, an MA in Spanish and Latin American Literature from New York University and a PgDIP in Psychology of Religion from University of London. She previously was involved in publishing\, worked as a foreign correspondent for Venezuela’s The Daily Journal and her writing also appeared in The European. \nShe currently lives in London with her husband\, three children\, a basset fauve de Bretagne\, a border terrier and a rescue mutt. \nAbout The Book\nIn this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so\, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary\, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist\, starred review). \nIn 1941\, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis\, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. \nOf thirty-four Neumann family members\, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann\, who\, to escape the German death net\, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that\, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela\, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. \nWhen Hans died\, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters\, diary entries\, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated\, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving\, finding meaning\, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined.
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SUMMARY:Argentina #2 - Jewish Heritage Around the World Part II series with CWB scholar Avi Ben-Hur and guest speakers
DESCRIPTION:“This series is co-sponsored by Rodef Shalom Congregation.\nJewish Heritage Around the World: \nClassrooms Without Borders is excited to embark on our second Jewish Heritage Series. The communities covered include Britain\, Turkey\, Argentina\, France\, India and more. We will have two sessions per community. The opening session will consist of an historical survey by an expert on the topic. The second session will engage in a dialogue with members of the community. Due to time differences\, it is possible that some of the timing for the “dialogue” sessions will change\, but generally speaking the series will be running on Tuesdays from 2 PM to 3:15 PM Eastern Time. The sessions will take place on the dates below. \nUpcoming Sessions:\nThe Jews of Argentina– May 4th & June 1st\nThe largest Jewish community of Latin America and the 3rd largest in the Americas\, the population peaked at close to 350\,000 in the late 1970s. Jews have been in Argentina since the 17th century and have been involved in and witness to some of the major historical junctions of this young country. The community suffered the worst post WWII attack of any Jewish community in the world when the main community center in Buenos Aires was bombed by Hezbollah in 1994. Jewish life in Argentina is robustly pluralistic with strong Reform\, Conservative and Orthodox communities including rabbinic seminaries\, schools and camps. And yet\, assimilation is on the rise and the population is decreasing. \nJoining us on May 4 were our esteemed guest speakers\, Dr. Judith Freidenberg and Dr. Emmanuel Kahan. \nEmmanuel Kahan holds a PhD in History from the National University of La Plata. He is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina. He is also a Professor with the History Department at the National University of La Plata and teaches postgraduate courses at several other universities in Argentina. He published many books and articles about the Jewish experience in Argentina and is a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association \nJudith Freidenberg holds a PhD in Anthropology from City University of New York.  She taught at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and at the University of Maryland\, where she is now Professor Emerita.  She published extensively on migration and health.  Two books deal with the Jewish experience in rural Argentina\, and appear in Spanish and English.  She is also a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association.    \nJoining us on June 1st are our esteemed guest speakers: Dr. Marisa Braylan\, Mirta Kupferminc\, Micaela Bursztein\, Karina Gorenstein and Federico Nemetsky!\nDr. Marisa Braylan \nDr. Marisa Braylan is a lawyer from University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\, specialized in Public International Law (1995). Pedagogical Training of the Teaching Career in that Faculty. Visiting professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences\, Political Science and Sociology of the UBA. Director of the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the DAIA (Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations). She led the research group on “Comparative international law. Denial of the Holocaust in Argentina ”\, program of Institutional Accreditation of Research Projects in Law (DeCyT) carried out jointly by DAIA and UBA. Diploma in migration and refugee protection- Faculty of Law-UBA. Diploma in Discrimination and Right to Equality – Faculty of Law-UBA. Invited professor of Special Didactics of Law\, professor of Legal Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the UBA. \nMirta Kupferminc\nPhoto by: Alejandro Meter\nMirta Kupferminc: Lecturer\, mentor of other artists and teacher\, she lives and works in Buenos Aires. Exhibiting since 1977\, she has had more than 100 solo and group shows in Argentina\, Cuba\, Brazil\, Uruguay\, China Switzerland\, Spain\, Taiwan\, Japan\, Hong Kong \, Germany\, Israel\, Poland\, France\, Hungary\, England\, United States. Her works can be found in International Collections and Museums. Received local and international printmaking awards\, Example: Great Honor Prize (2012) in Argentina\, First Prize Sivori Museum\, Argentina (2018) Silver Medal Taiwan Biennale (2006) Honor Mention Taipei Biennale (1999)Third Prize  at 7th Koichi Biennale (2008). \nIn 2013 she was the first international fellow at LABA House of Study: a laboratory for Jewish Art and Culture at the 14th St Y NYC.and is also the founding LABA-BA director in Buenos Aires. And also directs Grafia Insurgente Association. \nMicaela Bursztein \nMicaela is the Manager of Project Evaluation for JDC in Latin America \nMicaela was born and raised in Buenos Aires\, Argentina.  She graduated from the ORT High School and went on to complete her BA in Political Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires.  In 2007 she traveled to Israel with Taglit-Birthright Israel.  The trip was transformative for her\, and solidified her commitment to working in the Jewish community.  Prior to coming to JDC Micaela spent seven years in the Finance and Resource Development department of Chabad Lubavitch Argentina.  She has worked for JDC since 2017\, and is also currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration at Universidad de San Andrés.  \nKarina Gorenstein \nEducational Training\n• GRADUATE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT-­ UNTREF (Licenciada en Gestión\nEducativa. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)\n• TEACHER FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -­ ISFD 7 CABA. (PROFESORA PARA LA\nENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE N7)\n• SPECIALIZED TEACHER IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT EDUCATION. PROFESORA\nESPECIALIZADA EN EDUCACIÓN DE ADOLESCENTES Y ADULTOS ISFD N1\nAVELLANEDA\nProfessional Experience\n• GENERAL DIRECTOR in AGNON Y MELAMED –AMIA -­ Teacher Training Institutes\n(since February 2018)\n• PROJECT CORDINATOR in TEACHERS ACCOMPANYING SCHOOL TRAJECTORS.\nDir. Of Elementary Education. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION City of Buenos Aires. (since\nFebruary 2017)\n• DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OF THE NATION. Ministry of Education and\nSports of the Nation. January 2016-­January 2017)\n• Teacher in presencial and distance courses at the National and International level / Teacher\nTraining Programs / Institutional advice / Content writing /\nScholarships and Prizes\n• FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP for School Directors. Held in Columbus-­OHIO USA 2013\n• YAD VASHEM SCHOLARSHIP -­ “The teaching of the Shoah and the dilemmas of its\ntransmission” -­ Held in Jerusalem-­ January 2020\n• TEAMWORK AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2013.\n• INNOVATION AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2014 \nFederico Nemetsky \nSon of a father from Tucumám\, a small City in the north with a small Jewish Community\, and a mother from Campana\, an even smaller town near Buenos Aires with a tiny Community\, Federico has been living all his life related with Judaism and working with the Jewish Communities around Argentina. \nCurrently\, he is working on his PhD in Cultural Diversity and finishing a master degree with a specialization in Jewish Studies. He is the Director of Studies of the Agnon and Melamed Institutes (Jewish Teachers training institutes) and the Coordinator of the postgraduate course “”Jewish History and its Teaching””. \nHe is a lecturer both for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences and institutions in a wide variety of topics mainly related with Jewish culture and geo-political analysis of the Middle East. \nFederico is and active participant of local Jewish political scene and takes part in different Zionist and Jewish organizations\, like being a member of the Board of the KKL in Argentina. \n Past sessions:\nThe Jews of Britain – January 19th & February 2nd\nFrom the earliest known accusation of “blood libel” (William of Norwich – 1144) to the “falling out” of British Jewry and the Labor Party\, the history of the Jews in Britain has known its ups and downs. In addition to tracing the trajectory of the Jewish presence in the British Isles\, we plan to unpack the key issues facing British Jewry today\, as expressed by the British Jews we shall be meeting. \nOn January 19th: We welcomed Prof. David Mendelsson to our program \nProf. David Mendelsson is a senior lecturer at Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS)\, teaching History of the Modern State of Israel and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: From Its Origins to the Present. He is also the most recent past director of the Year in Israel program at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. Prof. Mendelsson holds doctoral and master’s degrees from the Department of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University. \nOn February 2: We welcomed these esteemed guests:  \nMichael Wegier – Board of Deputies of British Jews: Interim Chief Executive  \nMichael Wegier has worked in Jewish Education and Strategic Planning in the UK\, Israel\, and the United States.  Previous positions include Director of Melitz Educational Centers in Jerusalem\, Director of Jewish Education at the Baltimore JCC and Chief Executive of UJIA in the UK. Michael has also provided Strategic Plannng services to the Jewish Agency and World ORT and other global Jewish organisations. Michael has an MA in Contemporary Jewry from the Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows. In March\, Michael will begin a new role as Interim Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.  \nJoanne Greenaway – London School of Jewish Studies: Chief Executive \nJoanne joined LSJS\, the London School of Jewish Studies\, in January 2019 as Chief Executive.  LSJS delivers inspiring education programmes which transmit a love of learning and achieve excellence in teaching to transform the Jewish community through teacher training degrees and innovative\, accessible adult education.  Joanne was previously at the United Synagogue where she was Get Case Director within the London Beth Din\, focussing on difficult cases of Get refusal\, as well as the Deputy Legal Director of the US. Prior to this she studied languages at Cambridge University before qualifying as a lawyer and working in private practice for 12 years\, in the field of international arbitration and public international law. Joanne is a graduate of the the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan programme\, the JLC Gamechangers Senior Leadership programme and the LSJS Susi Bradfield Educational Leadership programme. She has worked as a consultant for schools and communities across Europe.  \nMark Gardner – Community Security Trust: Chief Executive \nMark is Chief Executive of CST\, having previously been Director of Communications and Research. He joined CST in 1989\, and is a leading commentator and writer on contemporary antisemitism. Mark  has represented British and European Jews in numerous fora\, for example giving the keynote speech at the 2015 European Union Colloquium on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate; and giving evidence in British\, Israeli and German parliamentary hearings on antisemitism.  \nMark was awarded a Police Commendation for his role in helping lead Scotland Yard’s cross-London response to the 1999 neo-Nazi nail bomb campaign. He also played a prominent role in the April 2018 ill-fated Jewish community leadership meeting with (then) Leader of the Labour Party\, Jeremy Corbyn MP. \nClaudia Mendoza – Jewish Leadership Council: Co-CEO \nClaudia is the Interim Co CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council and manages the External Affairs Team. Claudia sets the strategy and priorities for the team and leads on the JLC’s policy positions. She has worked for various think tanks as a Research Analyst\, focusing on the Middle East with a special interest in Iran and the transitioning Arab states. \nClaudia has a BSc in Biochemistry from University College London and an MA in Middle East Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London. She is an alumna of the Adam Science Foundation Leadership Programme. \nTurkey and its Jews – February 16th & March 2nd\nThere has been a continuous Jewish presence in Asia Minor (Turkey of today) going back at least 2300 years. The past 600 years of Jewish life in Turkey has taken place within an Islamic milieu. In the Ottoman empire\, which lasted for more than 400 years\, the Jews were considered to be the “most loyal” subjects and it was that empire that gave Sephardic Jews a “safe harbor” in the wake of the Spanish and Portuguese expulsions. Once a flourishing large community\, Turkish Jewry are on the eve of their disappearance. We aim to illuminate the source of Turkey’s positive engagement with its Jews as well as grappling with the question of community continuity in the 21st century. \nJoining us on February 16 was Professor Louis Fishman: \nLouis Fishman is an associate professor in the history department at Brooklyn College\, City University of New York. He is the author of the book\, Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman Era\, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland (Edinburgh University Press\, January 2020). His academic work focuses on late Ottoman Palestine\, the Jews of the Ottoman Empire\, modern Turkey\, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition to his academic expertise\, he has written tens of newspaper articles and provided political analysis for numerous international media outlets on Turkish\, Israeli\, and Palestinian affairs. Since 2013 he is a regular contributor for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He divides his time between New York\, Istanbul and Tel Aviv\, all three cities which he considers home. \nHere is the link to Professor Fishman’s book:\nhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-jews-and-palestinians-in-the-late-ottoman-era-1908-1914.html \nAlso available on Amazon  \nJoining us on March 2 is Nisya Isman Allovi\, Karen Gerson Şarhon\, Lisya Behar and Nesi Altaras: \nNisya Isman Allovi has been the Director since 2002  and Curator of The Quincentennial Foundation Museum Of Turkish Jews. Born in Istanbul\, graduated from the International Relations Faculty and Cultural Heritage and Tourism\, she has attended advanced curatorial seminars at AEJM (Association of European Jewish Museums) and in the Federal Republic of Germany. She has conducted presentations in various countries about “”Jews Of Turkey””. Married with two children\, Nisya is an active member of the Istanbul Jewish community.\nMuseum link: www.muze500.com \nKaren Gerson Şarhon born in Istanbul in 1958. Has a BA in English Language and Literature\, an MA in Social Psychology and an MA in Applied Linguistics. Wrote both her MA theses on the Judeo-Spanish language.\nAt the end of 2003\, she founded the Sephardic Culture Research Center\, where she has been working as its coordinator ever since. The Sephardic Center of Istanbul continues its work on the preservation and documentation of all aspects of the Sephardic culture. Karen heads many projects in the Center. The Centropa Oral History Project\, the Maftirim Project\, The Ladino Database Project\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish – Judeo-Spanish dictionary project are the ones that have been finished. She has edited all the books and CDs the Center has published\, which include a book of caricatures in Judeo-Spanish\, 4 books of anecdotes and stories of Matilda Koen-Sarano\, 16 small novels in Judeo-Spanish called “”Romansikos en Judeo-Espanyol”” from the archives of the Alliance Israelite Universelle\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish dictionary and a number of CDs in Sephardic music. She is also the chief editor of the only monthly newspaper in the world that is entirely in Ladino\, El Amaneser and also of the Judeo-Spanish page(s) of the weekly Şalom newspaper. In 2011\, she was awarded the medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française by the Ministry of Culture of France for her contribution to the world culture and her efforts in the preservation of Judeo-Spanish\, an endangered language. Karen has many articles on the Sephardic Culture published mainly in 3 languages: Turkish\, English and Ladino. She has also taken part in many TV programs\, documentaries\, etc. on Judeo-Spanish and the Sephardic music and culture. \nShe has Ladino lessons on YouTube and currently at: www.sephardicbrotherhood/ladino 101 \nKaren is also the founder\, singer and presenter of the group Los Pasharos Sefaradis\, the most authentic group in Turkish Sephardic music. Has 9 albums published by this group. \nLisya Behar was born in İstanbul. Volunteering in the Jewish Community since childhood\, Lisya has been president of the local Jewish Youth Team\, helped build a homecare system for the elderly\,  and is one of the co-founders of Limmud Turkey. She is currently the CEO of the Alef Jewish Community Center İstanbul \nNesi Altaras is an MA student in Political Science at McGill University from Istanbul\, Turkey. A member of the shrinking Jewish community of Turkey\, Nesi is a writer and editor for the online Jewish publication Avlaremoz and his current research is on the migration of Jews from Kurdistan in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. His previous work was on the failed peace and reconciliation processes in Turkey on the Kurdish question. His interest is in minorities in both the contemporary Middle East and in late Ottoman history as well as identity in Turkey. \nThe Jews of India – March 16th & 23rd\nWhat? There are Indian Jews? The answer emphatically is yes\, and there is a variety of different types of Indian Jews. One of the questions we will grapple with is when did Jews first arrive in the Indian sub-continent. What kinds of traditions emerged with this community and what kind of relationship did Indian Jews have with their co-religionists around the world\, if any? Another question relates to the fact that historically\, Indian Jews never experienced antisemitism. This being the case\, why did most Indian Jews emigrate to Israel in the 1950s? \nJoining us on March 16 was Dr. Maisie Meyer \nDr. Meyer was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) and grew up in a colonial setting. The subject she chose to research reflects her personal autobiography. It gives her a deeper understanding of Baghdadi Jews\, their emulation of a British lifestyle and their desire to appear as British as possible within the parameters of their faith. She is a double graduate in English and Humanities\, both with honours\, and obtained an MA degree in International History. The British Academy awarded her a scholarship to do a PhD which she was awarded from the London School of Economics in 1994. She pioneered the research of the Baghdadi Jewish Community of Shanghai. Her publications From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo: A Century of Sephardi Jewish Life in Shanghai (Lanham M.D.2003) and Shanghai’s Baghdadi Jews: A Compilation of Biographical Memories (Hong Kong 2013) have been widely acclaimed. \nJoining us on March 23 was Nissim J. Pingle and Ralphy Jhirad \nNissim J. Pingle works for the JDC\, India office as the Director for the EPJCC (Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center). As a longtime member and somebody who has benefited immensely from the activities of AJDC and JCC\, he sees this role as an opportunity to give back. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and growth of the JCC programs as well as developing and implementing programs that help in community building and/or Jewish learning. A Physics graduate from the Mumbai University\, he has worked as an Operations Manager for a Call Center and a General Manager for a chain of Fitness Centers. He lives in Navi Mumbai with his wife\, parents and 2 sons. When he is not glued to a computer or TV screen\, he spends time playing with his kids\, quizzing\, and trying hard not be the worst player in Table Tennis! \nRalphy Jhirad is the Trustees of the Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Research Centre. Ralphy is the authority on the Jewish Heritage of India and is faculty on the same subject in the Guides Training Course of the Government of India\, Department of Tourism. He is a member of the Jewish Community in India and is dedicated to the preservation of their culture. He published following books\, BOMBAY : Exploring The Urban Jewish Heritage by Shaul Sapir\, Siyon se Sahyadri Tak by Sheba Jeremiah Nagaokar\, The Jews of Pakistan by Yoel Reuben\, Of Muse and Memories by Rebecca Yehezkielm\, The Demographic and Socio Economic Characteristics of Jews in India by Ralphy Jhirad and Lily Ezekiel. He has curated and organized following Exhibitions: Contribution of David Sassoon and family towards the development of Bombay and Jewish Landmarks in Mumbai. He has developed following itineraries for Tours of Jewish Heritage in India: Tour of Jewish Heritage in Mumbai\, Sassoon Landmarks of Mumbai\, Tour of Jewish  Arrival in Raigad and their original traditions\, India a Jewish Perspective\, Tour of the Jews of Kerala\, Tour of the Jewish Community of Ahmedabad. Ralphy organized the first ever visit of the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogues. A few photos from this visit are enclosed for reference. He has assisted several Authors\, Full Bright Scholars\, Film Makers and Museum Curators during their research in India. He has travelled to various centers of India where Jewish Heritage is predominant and assisted Thousands of Jewish Travelers to either discover their own Jewish Roots in India or learn about the incredible Jewish Perspective in India. Refer Website visitjewishindia.com for more details on various tour options including incredible India and it’s Jewish Heritage. \nFrench Jewry – April 6th & April 20th\nThe great medieval commentator Rashi\, Baron Rothschild\, Alfred Dreyfuss\, Leon Blum\, Simone Weil\, Emanuel Levinas are just a few famous French (Jewish) names that come to mind when thinking about the contribution of French Jewry. The first Jews in Europe to be offered emancipation\, in recent years French Jewry has found itself facing the worst antisemitic attacks in Europe. How this came to be are just some of the subjects we will engage in with this dynamic community. \nJoining us on April 6 was: \nPhilippe Boukara                Philippe Boukara was born in Paris in 1957. He is an historian\, specialised in Contemporary French Jewry. He is a coordinator of Adult Education in the Shoah Memorial in Paris\, and he has been teaching in various academic institutions. He is involved in Jewish-Christian dialogues ans is the honorary chair of Dorvador\, the Conservative Congregation in Eastern Paris. He publishes regularly in the French Jewish press. \nJoining us on April 20 is:  \n                 Yonathan Arfi is vice-president of CRIF and chairman of CRIF’s commission for international affairs. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the CRIF for the last 14 years and has worked closely with former and current presidents of CRIF\, Richard Prasquier\, Roger Cukierman and Francis Kalifat.\nYonathan Arfi was born in 1980 in Toulouse and raised in Paris\, where he graduated from HEC business school in 2003. He is the CEO of Optimal Gestion\, the financial consulting firm he founded in 2007 in Paris.He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Alliance Israélite Universelle (www.aiu.org – main Jewish organization in the field of education in France) and Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (www.ose-france.org – main Jewish social welfare organization in France).\nYonathan Arfi was also the chairman of the French Union of Jewish Students from 2003 to 2005. He founded in 2005 CoExist (www.coexist.fr)\, the leading program in France against racial\, religious andcultural prejudices among French pupils and has been working on the issue of anti-Semitism since 2000. \nMasha Ugryumova is 27 years old and was born and grew up in Tcheliabinsk\, Russia. \nShe moved to France at the age of 18 to study Communication at La Sorbonne University. \nToday she lives in Paris and works for international organisation for Jewish youth Hilel Campus France as the Head of Communication.  \nThanks to her job\, she’s directly concerned by today’s challenges and struggles that Jewish youth of France have to face and looks for the solutions how to deal with that. \n                Elie Touitou\nBorn and raised in Paris\, in a Zionist and traditionalist Jewish Family\, Elie is a Lawyer specialized in Digital and Business Law. In 2016\, during his studies at Sorbonne Law School\, he founded the association Alliance\, in a double reference to Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Beitar and to René Cassin’s Alliance Universelle Israélite (Kol Israel Haverim). \nFirst acting as a local organization inside the University\, the association grew fast and is now a federation of five local association gathering +500 students across the major Parisian campuses. Alliance aims to organize Jewish life on campus\, provide Jewish and Zionist students with the intellectual means necessary to be able to defend their convictions by organizing formation\, lectures\, workshops\, debates and journeys and also to fight antisemitism\, in all its forms\, on French Campuses. \nThe Association developed close bounds with Zionist and/or Israeli organizations with which it works on a daily basis. \nDelphine Gamburg: Director of Communication at the Embassy of Israel in France \nDelphine Gamburg was born in France and emigrated to Israel in 1995. After working for the Israeli Ministry of Integration between 1996-1998\, she joined the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  She worked there as a lawyer until 2005\,  then held various positions in the Department of International Development Cooperation\, and to the Department of Strategic Affairs until her departure to the United States in 2015 where she was the cultural attaché at the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC. \nShe is currently in charge of the Public Communication Department at the Embassy of Israel in France. Delphine has a Bachelor of Laws\, a Masters of International Relations\, and a PhD in American foreign policy in the Middle East. She is married and has 3 children \nKAREN REB RUDEL \nBorn and raised in Johnstown\, Pennsylvania\, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian\, a musician\, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study drama at Temple University in Philadelphia and played in a series of bands. \nFrom the age of 30 until she got married\, Karen was back and forth between Paris and Philadelphia\, working on musical projects and touring (including being the flautist and singer in a Reggae band in Paris). One day her parents came to visit her and Karen\, having learned a lot about Paris\, was showing them around when her mother exclaimed\, “Karen\, you would make a great tour guide!” \nThat was the light bulb moment\, and as the French say\, voila! \nParis has been Karen’s stomping ground for over 20 years\, and her company is in a unique position to give you the historical background and underground cultural scoops that most walking tours leave out. \nAvi Ben-Hur \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi moved to Israel in 1983. Currently\, he is on the faculty of the University of Haifa Tourism School\, an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism\, and the Director of Education of Classrooms Without Borders. \nAn eclectic Israeli educator specializing in Land of Israel studies\, the history of Jerusalem\, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Holocaust studies\, Avi’s expertise is in integrating ideas and knowledge from various disciplines into a comprehensive and coherent narrative.”
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SUMMARY:"Still Life in Lodz" Film and Post Film Discussion with the filmmaker Slawomir Grünberg and Roni Ben Ari in conversation with Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation\, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage\, and The Ghettos Fighters’ House\, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film “Still Life in Lodz” and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmaker Slawomir Grünberg and Roni Ben Ari.\nOne Painting\, a Century of Jewish Life\nThe lure of family mysteries lies at the heart of “Still Life in Lodz”\, an emotionally riveting documentary that journeys to the historically tumultuous city of Lodz\, Poland. Here\, a surprise reunion with a painting that hung in the same apartment for 75 world-altering years becomes a probing investigation into the power of memory\, art\, time and resilience. \nWhat follows is a deeply personal detective story rich with twists and turns. But\, equally\, the film is an ode to the lost generations of Jewish Lodz and a look at how fragile—but also how incredibly necessary—our relationship with the past is for creating the future. \nThe stirring mystery begins inside an ordinary-seeming tenement apartment where a painting has witnessed the most extraordinary of times. The painting is a serene still life. But it has clung to the wall through incredible personal and global turmoil— through both war and peace\, through moments of joyous communion and shocking chaos\, through everyday scenes of family love and the shattering terror of hate\, displacement\, the Holocaust and totalitarian rule. \nOnce\, this painting was the constant companion to Lilka Elbaum\, who grew up in Lodz and lived there until 1968\, when at the age of 19\, an antisemitic purge drove her and her entire family out of Poland. The portrait might have been a simple likeness of lush flowers and ripe fruit\, but for Lilka\, it had been an indelible connection to her childhood and to Lodz itself. \n48 years later\, by remarkable chance\, Lilka has an emotional re-encounter with the painting in Lodz. This will spark a new journey full of startling new discoveries but also to a reckoning with the countless ghosts and complicated stories of the city. She brings two important companions on her trek\, each with roots in Lodz from different eras\, each searching for their own answers. New Yorker Paul Celler brings the perspective of a second-generation Holocaust survivor as he traces how his mother\, against all odds\, made it out of the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz. Exploring the pre-War life of Lodz is Israeli artist Roni Ben-Ari who is drawn back to the spot of her family’s textile workshop once located in Lilka’s same building. Together\, the trio maps their own labyrinthine stories onto Lodz’s current landscape. \nAll of this comes to life through a mix of live moments\, expressive original animation\, authentic drawings and rare archival footage\, which make the past as visceral and intimate as the present. The film is directed by Emmy Award winner Slawomir Grünberg (director and producer of more than 45 docs including the acclaimed KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY). Himself a Jewish native of Lublin\, Poland\, Grünberg taps into a handmade style to get to the story’s innermost emotions and to mirror the intangible nature of memories. His unusual approach makes these unique accounts of Jewish perseverance fresh. Expansive as the story is\, Grünberg zeroes in on the details: on the everyday mementos and artifacts that become the precious vessels where families store their most vital remembrances\, and which so often are lasting clues to our life stories. As Lilka\, Paul and Roni hunt for signs and symbols that can link them to their forebears\, the film ponders how it is that mere inanimate objects—artworks\, furniture\, keepsakes\, street corners\, the very buildings we dwell within—are enchanted with feeling\, meaning and connections to one another. \n“Still Life in Lodz” also takes audiences deep into the once thriving Jewish community of Lodz. Jewish culture has been at the core of this once great center of textile manufacturing—still\nfilled with well-preserved factories\, grand apartment buildings and industrial magnates’ palaces—since it came to the fore in the 19th century. \nFor a time\, the city hosted Poland’s second largest Jewish population. Then\, in 1939\, German troops rolled into Lodz\, annexing it to the Third Reich. Soon after\, Nazis undertook an unthinkably inhumane plan: driving nearly 200\,000 Jews into an overcrowded\, 1.5 square-mile area that would become known as the Lodz Ghetto\, sealing the people inside with barbed wire\, leaving\nthem to fend for themselves amidst hunger\, forced labor and deportations to concentration camps. \nIn 1944\, the entire surviving population of Lodz Ghetto was “liquidated” to Auschwitz. Yet even mass catastrophe could not stop Lodz’s Jewish life. With an astonishing fortitude\, thousands returned after the War—including Lilka’s parents\, courageously saved by Polish Gentiles—determined to restart the community. Rising antisemitism would again shrink the population in the 50s and 60s\, but there remains today a small but resolute Jewish community in the contemporary city\, keeping the heritage going. \nFor Lilka\, Paul and Roni\, diving into the riddles and secrets of Lodz’s past brings new personal revelations. But it also opens a way forward. For they each believe that a brighter future can be built by truly honoring the voices that still speak from Lodz’s streets and walls…and from a painting that even in stillness was able to contain some of the vast beauty\, wonders and sorrows of an entire century. \nSlawomir Grünberg\, Producer/Director\nPhotograph by Jerzy Maciej Koba \nSlawomir Grünberg is an Emmy Award–winning documentary producer\, director and cameraman. Born in Poland\, he graduated from the Polish Film School in Lodz before emigrating to the United States in 1981. \nHe has since directed and produced over 45 documentary films spanning a broad range of topic and issues.  In addition to Still Life In Lodz\, they include Karski & The Lords of Humanity\, Castaways\, The Peretzniks\, Portraits of Emotion\, Coming Out In Poland\, The Legacy of Jedwabne and Saved By Deportation.  \nGrünberg‘s acclaimed documentary School Prayer: A Community At War aired on PBS stations and garnered an Emmy Award. Among his awards\, Grünberg has received the Guggenheim Fellowship\, the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and the Soros Justice Media Fellowship. His credits as director of photography include: Legacy\, an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary feature in 2001\, and Sister Rose’s Passion\, which won Best Short Doc at Tribeca Film Festival in 2004 and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short in 2005. \nAn English edition of the book Sławomir Grünberg—A Man with the Camera by Barbara Grünberg\, will be published in April of 2021.  \nRoni (Halpern) Ben Ari\nPhotograph by Jerzy Maciej Koba \nRoni (Halpern) Ben Ari\, an internationally acclaimed photographer\, and a multimedia artist was born and lives in Israel. Her exhibition Loom|Father|Requiem was shown at the Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz and the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. Her grandfather\, Moshe Halpern\, was a weaver of jacquard in pre-war Lodz and her father\, Abraham Halpern\, continued the family tradition in Israel. Roni sees herself as a weaver of memories from the looms’ DNA. \nThank you to our partners:
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SUMMARY:L.G.B.T.Q. Rights in Israel | Bechazit: On The Frontline - Driving Social Change in Israel
DESCRIPTION:This program will be offered on Zoom. Registrants only need to RSVP once to be registered for the entire series.Classrooms Without Borders is embarking our newest Israel seminar which we are calling “Bachazit” – On The Frontline. In our upcoming 6 sessions we will highlight challenges facing Israel and the individuals or organizations that are grappling with the issues at hand. We will illuminate subjects such as the integration of minority groups into the high-tech sector\, the struggle for L.G.B.T.Q. rights\, programs that assist Israelis injured during their military service\, the fight against racism in Israeli society and more. \nTuesday\, May 25: L.G.B.T.Q. Rights in Israel\nIn certain areas Israel is a leader in L.G.B.T.Q. rights (e.g. in the I.D.F. – the Israeli Army)\, but in others is trailing most of the rest of the “enlightened” countries (e.g. marriage). We will meet different representatives from the community and learn about what is going on in Israel today and how it compares with the U.S\nJoining us are: Daniel Jonas and Hila Peer \nDaniel Jonas \nDaniel directs the spokesmanship and public relations array at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. He is a communications consultant with great experience in the third sector and academe. He is an Orthodox Jew\, born in Jerusalem\, where he lives with his husband\, Uri. Daniel has an MA in Jewish history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His thesis focused on the homoerotic aspect of Sabbatean philosophy. After the Tel Aviv gay center shooting in August 2009\, he increased his efforts on behalf of the LGBTQ community in general and the religious LGBTQ community in particular. He joined Havruta\, an organization of religiously inclined Jewish Gay people\, first as a committee member and spokesperson and then as chair of the organization for six years. In recent years he has broadened his activity to additional political and social areas: He ran for city council on the Meretz ticket and was the director of Yeru-Shalem—The Coalition for a Pluralist Jerusalem and the spokesperson of Bimkom—Planners for Planning Rights. \nHila Peer\, 35 born and raised in Tel -Aviv. formerly the chairwoman of Aguda-The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel. Peer is a cisgender lesbian social activist who believes that true change goes through the Knesset corridors. her previous position was as the vice president of the Aids Task Force and she currently manages an initiative for medical clowns in hospitals. \nPAST SESSIONS:\nTuesday\, May 11: Meet the Ethiopians\nIt has been 30 years since the last mass wave of Jews arrived in Israel from Ethiopia. Their ongoing absorption in Israel has had its ups and downs. We will meet members of the community who have main incredible achievements (on any scale) but we will also put a spotlight on what is not working and what needs to be done to make Israel a more accepting\, equitable society. \nJoining us for this program are: Rabbi Sharon Shalom\, Pnina Agenyahu\, Avishai Tzagahon\, and Tuvia Hezkiyahu \nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom\nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom (born in Ethiopia\, 1973) is a lecturer and Jewish writer. He is a Rav of one of the Tzohar “Open Communities” in Kiryat Gat. He grew up with the name Zaude Tesfay in a Jewish community in the North of Ethiopia. He works as a Rabbi in Merkaz Shapira Or Meofir special program for Ethiopian emigrants. Rabbi Dr. Sharon is the Head of the International Center for Study of Ethiopian Jewry\, and a Jewish Studies Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities\, Ono Academic College. \nPnina Agenyahu-Director of Partnership Together Network\, Connecting the Jewish People unit at the Jewish agency for Israel. \nPnina served as the Director of Interfaces and Synergy at the Strategic and planning unit of the Jewish agency for Israel after completing four years of Shlichut as Jewish agency senior Shlicha of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington between 2013-2017. In her previous position\, she served as Director of the Hillel Center at Tel Aviv University\, where she worked to promote a broad and diverse discourse of Jewish-Israeli social culture among students and young adults. Pnina has extensive experience in public speaking and teaching and she was invited to speak in many conferences all over the world. She is an activist involved in several volunteer endeavors in Israel\, aimed at social change\, including as a founding partner of the “Uru” movement\, an international task force for Jewish peoplehood by the New York Federation and the Nadav Foundation\, and one of the leaders in promoting the Sigd- Jewish Ethiopian holiday to become a national holiday.  nina serves as a board member and director in various organizations\, as Nativ organization\, the board of directors of the Hologab Theater\, the Hanan Einur Foundation and was appointed by the Minister of Education of Israel as a public representative on Israel’s Council for Higher Education. In 2012 Pnina was the recipient of The Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award by Hillel International. In 2014\, as Israel marked 66 years of independence with a tribute to women\, Pnina was named by Haaretz as one of 66 Israeli influential women you should know. In 2016 Pnina was the recipient of the Ted B. Farber Professional Excellence Award for her work on the Israel Engagement Fellowship for Teens. Pnina holds a BA from Hebrew university in Jewish History and Sociology\, MA in political and public leadership from Tel Aviv University\, and she is a graduate of The Mandel Program for Excellence – a new initiative for the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Mandel Foundation. \nPnina is married to Avi and they have 3 little kids Eitan\, Erez and Ella. \nAvishai Malso Tzagahon \nAvishai made Aliya from Ethiopia to Israel with his family in 1984\, through Sudan in Operation Moses. Avishai is one of 4 siblings\, he grew up in Haifa region and lives today in the city of Ramle-Lod.\nFollowing his military service Avishai began his Academic studies\, completing his bachelor’s degree in Filmmaking from Sapir College in Sderot. In 2011\, he published a book about the History of Ethiopian Jews in Amharic\, he plans to publish the book in additional languages this coming year.\nFrom 2006 to 2012 Avishai worked at SPNI- Israeli Nature Protection Society as a coordinator. During his university studies\, Avishai founded together with a group of friends and fellow social activists\, a Voluntary organization called “VOIC – Voice of Israeli Communities.” This organization is focused on preventing abuse and exploitation of young women at-risk\, by older men. The organization is still running on a voluntary basis and Avishai serves as CEO.\nAvishai joined Friends by Nature (FBN) in 2012. He works as a FBN countrywide communities director\, runs the multi-cultural trainings at the organization and is a member of the growing community Garin in Lod.\nAdditionally\, since 2011 Avishai started a film company “Studio 1” and acts as its director. And\, in 2015\, Avishai  founded the  LSFF- Lod Social Film Festival\,  an international film festival that emphasizes social issues.\nAvishai’s dream is to see the Ethiopian Israeli community take responsibility for itself as equal and productive members of Israeli society. \nTuvia Hezkiyahu \nTuvia Hezkiyahu was born in Gondar\, Ethiopia in 1977 and made Aliyah in 1980 via Sudan. He was raised in Beersheba and studied in a religious boarding school in Ra’anana. Within that framework\, Tuvia participated in a mission to the U.S. through the ADL and is still a member of the organization. \nIn 1996 Tuvia studied film studies in Sapir College and was subsequently conscripted into the I.D.F. serving as a military photographer. From that point until today\, Tuvia has been working as a film director\, editor and cinematographer. In 2003\, Tuvia joined Fasildan Productions\, soon becoming central to this Ethiopian managed company. In 2007 Tuvia was a partner in the establishment of the Israeli Ethiopian TV channel – IETV. Tuvia has edited several documentary films dealing with the Israeli-Ethiopian community and has become one of the outstanding producers in this field. \nTuvia aspires to document the community’s past and history and to pass it on to future generations. \nIn certain areas Israel is a leader in L.G.B.T.Q. rights (e.g. in the I.D.F. – the Israeli Army)\, but in others is trailing most of the rest of the “enlightened” countries (e.g. marriage). We will meet different representatives from the community and learn about what is going on in Israel today and how it compares with the U.S  \nTuesday\, April 27: Tsofen – Building High-Tech in the Arab Society\nWe will learn about the difficulties facing the Arab citizens of Israel to obtain good employment\, particularly in the flourishing high-tech sector and an N.G.O. created by Jewish and Arab high-tech entrepreneurs and economists to advance this agenda. \nJoining us: \nMs Revital Duek\, Co-CEO  \nRevital joined Tsofen in September\, as a co-CEO alongside Sami Saadi. She brings over 20 years of hi-tech experience in both engineering and managerial positions. Prior to joining Tsofen she was Executive Director of Atid Plus. Duek holds a BSc from the Technion\, an MBA from Bar Ilan University\, and is a PhD Candidate in Gender Studies at Bar Ilan University. She is also a Mandel Institute alumna and an IVLP alumna.   \n“I am committed to promoting under-represented groups in STEM through fostering cross-sector dialogue and partnerships\, with the goal of increasing equal opportunities and freedom of choice”―Revital Duek.  \nMs Naama Nagar\, Director of Development  \nNaama has fifteen years’ experience working in civil society in Israel and the US. Prior to joining Tsofen\, she was a resource development consultant at Minuf Group\, supporting a range of social change organizations dedicated to socio-economic development\, human rights\, and shared society for Jews and Arabs in Israel. Naama holds a BA in Jewish Thought and Philosophy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, an MSc in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics\, and studied towards a PhD degree (ABD) in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nDr Ramzi Halabi―Chairman of the Board \nDr. Halabi\, Brigadier-General (Res) in the IDF\, is a lecturer at Tel Aviv University as well as a strategic consultant\, active in promoting equal economic opportunities for the Israeli Arab. In the past Dr. Halabi served as Mayor of the Regional Council of Daliat-al-Carmel\, Director of the Arab Business Club\, and Head of the IDF Salary and Pensions Department. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Tel Aviv University. \nSunday\, April 11: Ami Ayalon – From Commander to Peacemaker\nDuring the week of Israel Independence Day\, we will meet with Ami Ayalon\, the former decorated commander of the Naval commandos (the Israeli version of Navy Seals) and subsequently the former commander of the Israeli Navy\, former head of the Shin-Bet (Israel’s Internal Security Service)\, former member of Parliament and former government minister. Ami is also a leading voice for making peace between Israel and the Palestinians. We will learn what lead a man who spent his entire professional life fighting terror to befriend some of his enemies and to promote a genuine peace between the warring peoples. \nAdmiral (Ret.) Ami Ayalon \nAdmiral (ret.) Ayalon is a former director of the Israel Security Agency (the Shin Bet) and a former commander of Israel’s Navy. He has served as a cabinet minister and a member of the Knesset. Along with Sari Nusseibeh\, he has headed the ‘People’s Voice’ peace initiative in 2002.  \nAyalon is one of the founders of ‘Blue White Future’\, a non-partisan political  movement\, committed to securing the future of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state through facilitating an inclusive discourse to promote a two state solution.  \nBetween the years 2011-2016 Ayalon has served as Chairman of the Executive Committee at the university of Haifa and until recently he also served as senior research fellow and Director of the Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Program on National Security and Democracy at the Israel Democracy Institute.   \nCurrently Ayalon serves as the Chairman of AKIM Israel (the National  Association for the Habilitation of Children and Adults with Intellectual  Disabilities). He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Haifa Research Center for Maritime Policy & Strategy.  \nAvi Ben-Hur \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi moved to Israel in 1983. Currently\, he is on the faculty of the University of Haifa Tourism School\, an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism\, and the Director of Education of Classrooms Without Borders. \nAn eclectic Israeli educator specializing in Land of Israel studies\, the history of Jerusalem\, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Holocaust studies\, Avi’s expertise is in integrating ideas and knowledge from various disciplines into a comprehensive and coherent narrative.
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SUMMARY:“Ethics of Trauma\, Memory\, and Public Art” with Dr. Karen Frostig\, Professor and Founding Director\, Locker of Memory memorial project
DESCRIPTION:On Cambodia’s National Day of Remembrance\, Professor Karen Frostig will discuss the trauma of memory\, and the history of memorial culture\, following genocide in three cities Cambodia\, Vienna and Riga. Slide presentations will compare and contrast how these three countries have negotiated national histories of genocide. Special focus will be on the Locker of Memory Memorial to the victims of the Jungfernhof concentration camp\, an endangered site\, currently under development.\nDr. Karen Frostig\, Professor and Founding Director\, Locker of Memory memorial project  \nProf. Karen Frostig\, Ph.D.\, is the Director of the Locker of Memory memorial project at the Jungfernhof concentration camp in Riga\, which she established in 2019.  Developed as a multi-media\, transnational project dealing with forgotten memory\, the project combines history with art\, science and technology. Karen is Professor of Art at Lesley University\, a Resident Scholar at Brandeis University\, and an international public memory artist\, cultural historian\, writer\, and director of The Vienna Project (2013-2014). Areas of scholarship include traumatic memory\, Holocaust studies\, feminist theory\, civic engagement\, and community activism. Karen is the granddaughter of two victims deported to the camp\, and holds dual citizenship in the United States and the Republic of Austria. https://www.lockerofmemory.com
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SUMMARY:"Social Justice and the Holocaust" interactive session for teachers and students
DESCRIPTION:Social Justice and the HolocaustThe Holocaust occurred 80 years ago and decimated the Jews of Europe. It is an unprecedented example of extreme genocide fueled by hatred and racism. Echoes & Reflections is committed to partnering with educators to foster confidence and amplify the skills needed to teach about the Holocaust in a comprehensive and meaningful way. We’ve curated the following programs and materials to help initiate important discussions and respond to students’ difficult questions.\nWhat are the lessons to be learned from this violent and barbaric episode in history?\nHow do we apply these lessons to modern day society to ensure a more equitable environment for people of all religions and race?\nJoin Sheryl Ochayon\, Program Director of Echoes & Reflections at Yad Vashem\, for an interactive session for teachers and students. \nSheryl Ochayon \nSheryl Ochayon is Project Director of Echoes and Reflections for Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. The program helps teachers and students understand\, process and navigate the complexities of the Holocaust using dynamic materials. As an expert in women and the Holocaust and a dynamic educator\, Ochayon speaks at seminars and international conferences. She has presented most recently at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach. She earned her law degree from Harvard University and practiced law in New York before making Aliyah.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/social-justice-and-the-holocaust-interactive-session-for-teachers-and-students/
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SUMMARY:Israel Update with Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to participate in an update on Israel offered once per month. Given the events in the past few months\, from the recent conflict with Gaza to the internal political upheaval in Israel there is a necessity to get an educated view from the “inside”. We are offering an opportunity to hear from our in-house scholar – Avi Ben-Hur – as he helps us navigate and understand what is happening with the cease-fire with Hamas and the potential change of leadership of the Israeli government.\nConcluding Session for this Series:\nNovember 16\, 2021 Israel and Climate Change\, Jewish worship at the Western Wall\, & Archaeology Update\nPrevious sessions:\nOctober 12\, 2021 – Covid Update\, The Temple Mount\, The Other Epidemic: Violence & Crime in Arab society\, and New Archeological Finds\nSeptember 14\, 2021 – Jail Break\, Marriage Survey\, and Archaeological Findings\nAugust 17\, 2021: Israel-Poland Relations\, Resurgence of Covid – the Delta Variant\, Climate Change & Jerusalem Wildfires\, and the Olympians\nJuly 6\, 2021: Update on the new government\, Covid-19 in Israel and more.\nJune 22\, 2021: The 36th Government of Israel- June 2021\nJune 8 & May 19: How did this happen and where is it going?\nThe present malaise confounding Israel caught everyone by surprise. How did things slide out of control so quickly? What are the major challenges facing Israel at this very moment? How is the conflict impacting the political impasse since the recent March elections? What does the future hold for the relations between Jews and Arabs in the State of Israel?\nOur scholar in residence will be speaking about all of the above issues and more this coming Wednesday… \nAvi Ben-Hur\nScholar in Residence \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi Ben-Hur moved to Israel in 1983. From 2003-2008 Avi was Director of the Archaeological Seminars School for Israeli Tour Guides. In 2008 Avi participated in re-writing the curriculum of the National Guiding courses for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. As a “Scholar in Residence\, Avi has lectured\, taught and facilitated workshops in the US\, Warsaw\, Prague\, Berlin and Greece. From 1996-2000\, Avi taught in Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. As a guide\, Avi has specialized working with organizations focusing on political issues (such as AIPAC & CIJA)\, inter-faith programs and Holocaust studies. At Present\, Avi is an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism Licensing Boards and is the ongoing scholar in residence of Classrooms Without Borders.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/israel-update-with-avi-ben-hur/
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SUMMARY:Weekly Book Discussion of "When Time Stopped" by Ariana Neumann with Dr. Josh Andy
DESCRIPTION:Czech Embassy Series:Through this series\, the Embassy of the Czech Republic brings a broad selection of Czech artists\, intellectuals and professionals connected to Jewish life\, history\, art and culture to engage\, educate and inspire audiences in the United States and beyond. The series will incorporate book talks\, film screenings\, lectures\, musical performances\, exhibitions\, and more beginning June 1\, 2021. Then on June 1 at 4:30 please join us for a discussion with the author\,  Ariana Neumann   \nAbout The Book\nIn this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so\, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary\, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist\, starred review). \nIn 1941\, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis\, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. \nOf thirty-four Neumann family members\, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann\, who\, to escape the German death net\, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that\, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela\, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. \nWhen Hans died\, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters\, diary entries\, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated\, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving\, finding meaning\, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. \nAriana Neumann was born and grew up in Venezuela. She has a BA in History and French Literature from Tufts University\, an MA in Spanish and Latin American Literature from New York University and a PgDIP in Psychology of Religion from University of London. She previously was involved in publishing\, worked as a foreign correspondent for Venezuela’s The Daily Journal and her writing also appeared in The European. \nShe currently lives in London with her husband\, three children\, a basset fauve de Bretagne\, a border terrier and a rescue mutt. \nThis title is eligible for the CWB book reimbursement stipend for classroom educators only. (Up to $100 in a calendar year- participation in the program is required.)
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/weekly-book-discussion-of-when-time-stopped-by-ariana-neumann-with-dr-josh-andy-2/
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SUMMARY:"Numbered" Film and Post Film Discussion with the filmmakers Dana Doron and Hilla Medalia in conversation with Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation and Liberation75\, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film “Numbered” and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmakers Dana Doron and Hilla Medalia in conversation with Avi Ben Hur.\nAuschwitz prisoners\, both Jewish or non-Jewish\, were tattooed with serial numbers\, first on their chests and then their left arms. An estimated 400\,000 numbers were tattooed in Auschwitz and its sub-camps; only some several thousand survivors are still alive today. NUMBERED is an explosive\, highly visual\, and emotionally cinematic journey\, guided by testimonies and portraits of these survivors. The film documents the dark time and setting during which these tattoos were assigned as well as the meaning they took on in the years following the war. In fact\, the film’s protagonist is the number itself\, as it evolves and becomes both a personal and collective symbol from 1940 to today. These scars\, paradoxically unanimous and anonymous\, reveal themselves to be diverse\, enlightening\, and full of life. \nA film by Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron \nAwards: \nBest Documentary at the Religion Today Film Festival\, Italy 2013 \nSpecial Jury Mention at the Religion Today Film Festival\, Italy 2013 \nBest Debut Film Award at the Israeli Documentary Forum Awards 2012 \nThe Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival 2012 \nGo2Films- Numbered- Trailer from Go2Films on Vimeo. \nHILLA MEDALIA\, Producer/Director \nPeabody Award-winning filmmaker and producer has received four Emmy® nominations. Her projects have garnered critical acclaim and screened internationally in theaters and on television including HBO\, MTV\, BBC and ARTE. Her range of titles include ‘To Die in Jerusalem’ 2007 (HBO)\, ‘After the Storm’ 2009 (MTV)\, ‘Numbered’ 2012 (ARTE)\, ‘Dancing in Jaffa’ 2013 (Tribeca\, IFC Sundance selects)\, ‘Web Junkie’ 2014 (Sundance Film Festival\, POV\, BBC)\, ‘The Go Go Boys’ 2014 (Cannes Film Festival)\, ‘Censored Voices’ 2015\, (Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale)\, ‘Muhi – Generally Temporary’ 2017 (San Francisco FIlm Festival\, Hot Docs)\,‘The Oslo Diaries’ 2018 (Sundance\, HBO)\, Transkids 2019 (a 5 episode series for yesDocu and film)\, Leftover Women 2019 (Tribeca\, ARTE)\, ’Love & Stuff’ 2020 (HotDocs\, DOCNYC). Hilla is a member of the American Academy of Film and Television. Hilla holds an M.A. from Southern Illinois University. \nDr. Dana Gefen Doron\, Director\nDana Gefen Doron\, MD. Board Certified Consultant in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Head\, Spasticity Clinic\, Reuth Rehabilitation Center (Tel Aviv’s largest rehabilitation facility). Numbered Documentary (2012) Director.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/numbered-film-and-post-film-discussion-with-the-filmmakers-dana-doron-and-hilla-medalia-in-conversation-with-avi-ben-hur/
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SUMMARY:Shavuot: Holidays with Jonty and Julie!
DESCRIPTION:Jonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience\, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy\, culture with archaeology\, and the tragedy of the Holocaust with probing\, source-based theological questions. His intricate knowledge of Jewish history and the Holocaust\, combined with his analytical and sensitive approach to challenging philosophical questions offers students a profound educational experience.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/shavuot-holidays-with-jonty-and-julie/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210511T163000
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SUMMARY:Weekly Book Discussion of "When Time Stopped" by Ariana Neumann with Dr. Josh Andy
DESCRIPTION:Czech Embassy Series:Through this series\, the Embassy of the Czech Republic brings a broad selection of Czech artists\, intellectuals and professionals connected to Jewish life\, history\, art and culture to engage\, educate and inspire audiences in the United States and beyond. The series will incorporate book talks\, film screenings\, lectures\, musical performances\, exhibitions\, and more beginning June 1\, 2021. Then on June 1 at 4:30 please join us for a discussion with the author\,  Ariana Neumann   \nAbout The Book\nIn this astonishing story that “reads like a thriller and is so\, so timely” (BuzzFeed) Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father’s past: “Like Anne Frank’s diary\, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard” (Booklist\, starred review). \nIn 1941\, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis\, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. \nOf thirty-four Neumann family members\, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann\, who\, to escape the German death net\, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo’s eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that\, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela\, he couldn’t bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. \nWhen Hans died\, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters\, diary entries\, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated\, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving\, finding meaning\, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. \nAriana Neumann was born and grew up in Venezuela. She has a BA in History and French Literature from Tufts University\, an MA in Spanish and Latin American Literature from New York University and a PgDIP in Psychology of Religion from University of London. She previously was involved in publishing\, worked as a foreign correspondent for Venezuela’s The Daily Journal and her writing also appeared in The European. \nShe currently lives in London with her husband\, three children\, a basset fauve de Bretagne\, a border terrier and a rescue mutt. \nThis title is eligible for the CWB book reimbursement stipend for classroom educators only. (Up to $100 in a calendar year- participation in the program is required.)
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/weekly-book-discussion-of-when-time-stopped-by-ariana-neumann-with-dr-josh-andy/
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SUMMARY:Meet the Ethiopian Community | Bechazit: On The Front Lines | Driving Social Change in Israel
DESCRIPTION:This program will be offered on Zoom. Registrants only need to RSVP once to be registered for the entire series.Classrooms Without Borders is embarking our newest Israel seminar which we are calling “Bachazit” – On The Frontline. In our upcoming 6 sessions we will highlight challenges facing Israel and the individuals or organizations that are grappling with the issues at hand. We will illuminate subjects such as the integration of minority groups into the high-tech sector\, the struggle for L.G.B.T.Q. rights\, programs that assist Israelis injured during their military service\, the fight against racism in Israeli society and more. \nMeet the Ethiopians\nIt has been 30 years since the last mass wave of Jews arrived in Israel from Ethiopia. Their ongoing absorption in Israel has had its ups and downs. We will meet members of the community who have main incredible achievements (on any scale) but we will also put a spotlight on what is not working and what needs to be done to make Israel a more accepting\, equitable society. \nJoining us for this program are: Rabbi Sharon Shalom\, Pnina Agenyahu\, Avishai Tzagahon\, and Tuvia Hezkiyahu \nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom\nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom (born in Ethiopia\, 1973) is a lecturer and Jewish writer. He is a Rav of one of the Tzohar “Open Communities” in Kiryat Gat. He grew up with the name Zaude Tesfay in a Jewish community in the North of Ethiopia. He works as a Rabbi in Merkaz Shapira Or Meofir special program for Ethiopian emigrants. Rabbi Dr. Sharon is the Head of the International Center for Study of Ethiopian Jewry\, and a Jewish Studies Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities\, Ono Academic College. \nPnina Agenyahu-Director of Partnership Together Network\, Connecting the Jewish People unit at the Jewish agency for Israel. \nPnina served as the Director of Interfaces and Synergy at the Strategic and planning unit of the Jewish agency for Israel after completing four years of Shlichut as Jewish agency senior Shlicha of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington between 2013-2017. In her previous position\, she served as Director of the Hillel Center at Tel Aviv University\, where she worked to promote a broad and diverse discourse of Jewish-Israeli social culture among students and young adults. Pnina has extensive experience in public speaking and teaching and she was invited to speak in many conferences all over the world. She is an activist involved in several volunteer endeavors in Israel\, aimed at social change\, including as a founding partner of the “Uru” movement\, an international task force for Jewish peoplehood by the New York Federation and the Nadav Foundation\, and one of the leaders in promoting the Sigd- Jewish Ethiopian holiday to become a national holiday.  nina serves as a board member and director in various organizations\, as Nativ organization\, the board of directors of the Hologab Theater\, the Hanan Einur Foundation and was appointed by the Minister of Education of Israel as a public representative on Israel’s Council for Higher Education. In 2012 Pnina was the recipient of The Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award by Hillel International. In 2014\, as Israel marked 66 years of independence with a tribute to women\, Pnina was named by Haaretz as one of 66 Israeli influential women you should know. In 2016 Pnina was the recipient of the Ted B. Farber Professional Excellence Award for her work on the Israel Engagement Fellowship for Teens. Pnina holds a BA from Hebrew university in Jewish History and Sociology\, MA in political and public leadership from Tel Aviv University\, and she is a graduate of The Mandel Program for Excellence – a new initiative for the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Mandel Foundation. \nPnina is married to Avi and they have 3 little kids Eitan\, Erez and Ella. \nAvishai Malso Tzagahon \nAvishai made Aliya from Ethiopia to Israel with his family in 1984\, through Sudan in Operation Moses. Avishai is one of 4 siblings\, he grew up in Haifa region and lives today in the city of Ramle-Lod.\nFollowing his military service Avishai began his Academic studies\, completing his bachelor’s degree in Filmmaking from Sapir College in Sderot. In 2011\, he published a book about the History of Ethiopian Jews in Amharic\, he plans to publish the book in additional languages this coming year.\nFrom 2006 to 2012 Avishai worked at SPNI- Israeli Nature Protection Society as a coordinator. During his university studies\, Avishai founded together with a group of friends and fellow social activists\, a Voluntary organization called “VOIC – Voice of Israeli Communities.” This organization is focused on preventing abuse and exploitation of young women at-risk\, by older men. The organization is still running on a voluntary basis and Avishai serves as CEO.\nAvishai joined Friends by Nature (FBN) in 2012. He works as a FBN countrywide communities director\, runs the multi-cultural trainings at the organization and is a member of the growing community Garin in Lod.\nAdditionally\, since 2011 Avishai started a film company “Studio 1” and acts as its director. And\, in 2015\, Avishai  founded the  LSFF- Lod Social Film Festival\,  an international film festival that emphasizes social issues.\nAvishai’s dream is to see the Ethiopian Israeli community take responsibility for itself as equal and productive members of Israeli society. \nTuvia Hezkiyahu \nTuvia Hezkiyahu was born in Gondar\, Ethiopia in 1977 and made Aliyah in 1980 via Sudan. He was raised in Beersheba and studied in a religious boarding school in Ra’anana. Within that framework\, Tuvia participated in a mission to the U.S. through the ADL and is still a member of the organization. \nIn 1996 Tuvia studied film studies in Sapir College and was subsequently conscripted into the I.D.F. serving as a military photographer. From that point until today\, Tuvia has been working as a film director\, editor and cinematographer. In 2003\, Tuvia joined Fasildan Productions\, soon becoming central to this Ethiopian managed company. In 2007 Tuvia was a partner in the establishment of the Israeli Ethiopian TV channel – IETV. Tuvia has edited several documentary films dealing with the Israeli-Ethiopian community and has become one of the outstanding producers in this field. \nTuvia aspires to document the community’s past and history and to pass it on to future generations. \nIn certain areas Israel is a leader in L.G.B.T.Q. rights (e.g. in the I.D.F. – the Israeli Army)\, but in others is trailing most of the rest of the “enlightened” countries (e.g. marriage). We will meet different representatives from the community and learn about what is going on in Israel today and how it compares with the U.S
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/meet-the-ethiopian-community-bechazit-on-the-front-lines-driving-social-change-in-israel/
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SUMMARY:Yom Yerushalayim: Holidays with Jonty and Julie!
DESCRIPTION:Jonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience\, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy\, culture with archaeology\, and the tragedy of the Holocaust with probing\, source-based theological questions. His intricate knowledge of Jewish history and the Holocaust\, combined with his analytical and sensitive approach to challenging philosophical questions offers students a profound educational experience.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/yom-yerushalayim-holidays-with-jonty-and-julie/
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SUMMARY:Jerusalem of Song: A Festive Lecture to Celebrate Jerusalem Day with Dr. Asnat Goldfarb-Arzuan
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders welcomes Israeli musical artist\, Dr. Asnat Goldfarb-Arzaun. A special and exciting lecture about Jerusalem\, the capital of Israel\, to mark the anniversary of its liberation.\nIn this lecture\, we will distinguish between songs about Jerusalem written from the time of the establishment of the State of Israel (1948) until the Six-Day War (1967)\, and those written after the war and the city’s reunification. \nWe will listen to the city’s anthems: Jerusalem of Gold and Rejoice about Jerusalem (Sisu et Yerushalayim) \nWe’ll talk about the city’s holy sites (the Western Wall)\, and we’ll experience through the songs the city’s most influential figures\, for example Sir Moses Montefiore. \nDr. Asnat Goldfarb-Arzaun \nDr. Asnat Goldfarb-Arzaun is a Ph.D. graduate from the Music Department at Bar-Ilan University (BIU)\, Israel. She specializes in Israeli popular music according to the local culture and the Israeli cultural and musical external affects. More specifically\, her dissertation examines Dubi Seltzer’s music\, one of the outstanding Israeli composers.  \nShe holds a M.A in music (Her dissertation was about the reciprocal influences between art and popular music between 1956-1977). She graduated her first degree (B.Ed.) as a summa cum laude from the music department at Levinsky College of Education. \nHer research interests are varied and she has published articles in popular music in several journals in Hebrew. Goldfarb-Arzuan interviewed for in Kan Tarbut (IBA) radio about the piece “Lament for Yitzhak: A Requiem to a Man of piece” by Dubi Seltzer and broadcasted especially for Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day. She has delivered many academic lectures about these topics in conferences\nand academic institutions in Israel. She lectures about the Israeli popular music in seniors’ college and cultural centers around the country. In addition she lectures around USA for JCC and some other cultural activities. Her audiences are mostly seniors\, but also high-school pupils. Furthermore\, she has an expertise as a music tour-guide\, which leads organized tours to famous music festivals in Europe. \nShe has also published two children’s books in Hebrew. She has developed a special program of studying the recorders (Soprano and Alto) in groups and published two booklets\, one for each recorder.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/jerusalem-of-song-a-festive-lecture-to-celebrate-jerusalem-day-with-dr-asnat-goldfarb-arzuan/
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SUMMARY:Uncovering the Secrets of Sobibor -with scientists Dr. Philip Reeder and Yoram Haimi
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders is honored to bring these scientists to our global community to learn about the work to uncover the secrets buried underground at the Sobibor Extermination Camp.\nIronically\, the effort to hide the camp inadvertently preserved it. Working with researchers from around the world\, including Dr. Philip Reeder\, this project used ground-penetrating radar\, electrical resistivity tomography and magnetometers to perform high-tech subsurface analysis and mapping\, ensuring that burial sites would not be disturbed. \nSubsequent excavations uncovered artifacts of victims\, including children\, in their original locations along the walkways and buildings used to exterminate nearly 250\,000 Jews. This project is a prime example of how the use of technology\, conventional archaeology\, and the testimonies of survivors uncovered this piece of history that was intended to remain hidden. \nThe trailer from the unfinished Documentary: Deadly Deception at Sobibor\, will be shown. \nDr. Philip Reeder\, dean of Duquesne’s Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences\, and a participant in research at Sobibor\, was part of the research team that used science to uncover some of the secrets of the site. An environmental scientist specializing in paleo-environmental and paleo-climate reconstruction\, he was responsible for all surveying and map production associated with the project. \nYoram Haimi\, Israel Antiquities Authority regional archaeologist and Head Archaeologist for the Sobibor project\, had two uncles perish at the extermination camp. Haimi will provide an illustrated lecture of his quest of a lifetime to uncover what truly happened at Sobibor. \nHaimi’s presentation will chronicle what happened to his family\, and in part the 250\,000 other victims murdered during the Holocaust at Sobibor. An extermination camp on the remote edges of eastern Poland\, it was the site for a successful\, large-scale rebellion and escape on Oct. 14\, 1943. Following the escape of about 300 Jewish prisoners\, approximately 250 of which were subsequently hunted down and killed\, the Nazis destroyed the camp and quickly buried it under tons of dirt\, and then planted trees to stop word of the rebellion and escape from spreading and inspiring others. \nDr. Philip ReederDr. Philip Reeder is currently the Dean of the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania. His current areas of research broadly focus on using science to write or rewrite history.  He has been doing Holocaust-related research\, as part of an international team of scientists\, archaeologists\, and historians\, for the past ten years\, mostly in Lithuania and Poland. As chief cartographer\, he is responsible for all aspects of mapping and spatial analysis associated with these projects.  \nYoram Haimi \nAfter his release from the army in 1982\, he moved to Kibbutz Nahal Oz and started working in a barn. After two years\, he worked as a farmer. In 1996 he graduated with a BA in Archeology from Ben Gurion University\, and in 2000 an MA in Archeology and Anthropology. \nHe has been working for the Israel Antiquities Authority for over 20 years\, conducting archeological excavations and surveys\, mainly in the southern part of the country in the Negev. For the past two years\, he has been working as a curator at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Since 2007 he has been a partner in archeological research in the Sobibor extermination camp in Poland. The research continues to this day. Additionally\, he hopes this year to submit my doctoral thesis at Tel Aviv University on archaeological research related to the Holocaust.  The research continues to this day. Additionally\, he hopes this year to submit my doctoral thesis at Tel Aviv University on archaeological research related to the Holocaust.  \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/uncovering-the-secrets-of-sobibor-with-scientists-dr-philip-reeder-and-yoram-haimi/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Gershom Gorenberg "War of Shadows: Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East"
DESCRIPTION:War of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East by Gershom Gorenberg\nSummer 1942: Rommel’s army is a day from Cairo\, a week from Tel Aviv. The SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far. And espionage can stop them – if Washington wakes up. \nWar of Shadows is the meticulously constructed and cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II. It rewrites the popular narrative of the war—not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but as a spiraling series of accidents and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of millions. \n“A masterpiece of scholarship and synthesis…It will remind readers of a cloak-and-dagger tale by John Le Carré with an armature of fascinating historical annotation.” \n— The Washington Post \n“With the pacing of a spy thriller… War of Shadows takes us to the brink of disaster as the Allies and Axis powers vie for control of the Middle East…. Gorenberg belongs to a unique cadre of journalist historians.”\n—Sarah Wildman\, author of Paper Love \n“A dazzling and groundbreaking portrait of a crucial moment in WWII… Gorenberg has produced a vital new account of one of the key episodes of the last century.”\n—Matti Friedman\, author of Spies of No Country \n“The story grips you so much that it’s hard to put aside: the extraordinary spying in both directions\, the vivid characters\, the huge stakes\, and all of this on a World War II front that American readers know surprisingly little about.”\n—Adam Hochschild\, author of King Leopold’s Ghost \nGershom Gorenberg is the author of War of Shadows: Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East. \nHis previous books include The Unmaking of Israel  and The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements\, 1967-1977. He is a columnist for the Washington Post\, and has written for The New York Times Magazine\, Atlantic Monthly and The New York Review of Books and in Hebrew for Haaretz. \nGorenberg lives in Jerusalem\, except during stints teaching a workshop on writing history at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. \nPurchase the book HERE from a local seller. \nPurchase the book HERE from Amazon. \nOr\, find a local seller near you.  \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/author-talk-with-gershom-gorenberg-war-of-shadows-codebreakers-spies-and-the-secret-struggle-to-drive-the-nazis-from-the-middle-east/
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SUMMARY:Argentina #1 - Jewish Heritage Around the World Part II series with CWB scholar Avi Ben-Hur and guest speakers
DESCRIPTION:“This series is co-sponsored by Rodef Shalom Congregation.\nJewish Heritage Around the World: \nClassrooms Without Borders is excited to embark on our second Jewish Heritage Series. The communities covered include Britain\, Turkey\, Argentina\, France\, India and more. We will have two sessions per community. The opening session will consist of an historical survey by an expert on the topic. The second session will engage in a dialogue with members of the community. Due to time differences\, it is possible that some of the timing for the “dialogue” sessions will change\, but generally speaking the series will be running on Tuesdays from 2 PM to 3:15 PM Eastern Time. The sessions will take place on the dates below. \nUpcoming Sessions:\nThe Jews of Argentina– May 4th & June 1st\nThe largest Jewish community of Latin America and the 3rd largest in the Americas\, the population peaked at close to 350\,000 in the late 1970s. Jews have been in Argentina since the 17th century and have been involved in and witness to some of the major historical junctions of this young country. The community suffered the worst post WWII attack of any Jewish community in the world when the main community center in Buenos Aires was bombed by Hezbollah in 1994. Jewish life in Argentina is robustly pluralistic with strong Reform\, Conservative and Orthodox communities including rabbinic seminaries\, schools and camps. And yet\, assimilation is on the rise and the population is decreasing. \nJoining us on May 4 were our esteemed guest speakers\, Dr. Judith Freidenberg and Dr. Emmanuel Kahan. \nEmmanuel Kahan holds a PhD in History from the National University of La Plata. He is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina. He is also a Professor with the History Department at the National University of La Plata and teaches postgraduate courses at several other universities in Argentina. He published many books and articles about the Jewish experience in Argentina and is a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association \nJudith Freidenberg holds a PhD in Anthropology from City University of New York.  She taught at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and at the University of Maryland\, where she is now Professor Emerita.  She published extensively on migration and health.  Two books deal with the Jewish experience in rural Argentina\, and appear in Spanish and English.  She is also a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association.    \nJoining us on June 1st are our esteemed guest speakers: Dr. Marisa Braylan\, Mirta Kupferminc\, Micaela Bursztein\, Karina Gorenstein and Federico Nemetsky!\nDr. Marisa Braylan \nDr. Marisa Braylan is a lawyer from University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\, specialized in Public International Law (1995). Pedagogical Training of the Teaching Career in that Faculty. Visiting professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences\, Political Science and Sociology of the UBA. Director of the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the DAIA (Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations). She led the research group on “Comparative international law. Denial of the Holocaust in Argentina ”\, program of Institutional Accreditation of Research Projects in Law (DeCyT) carried out jointly by DAIA and UBA. Diploma in migration and refugee protection- Faculty of Law-UBA. Diploma in Discrimination and Right to Equality – Faculty of Law-UBA. Invited professor of Special Didactics of Law\, professor of Legal Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the UBA. \nMirta Kupferminc\nPhoto by: Alejandro Meter\nMirta Kupferminc: Lecturer\, mentor of other artists and teacher\, she lives and works in Buenos Aires. Exhibiting since 1977\, she has had more than 100 solo and group shows in Argentina\, Cuba\, Brazil\, Uruguay\, China Switzerland\, Spain\, Taiwan\, Japan\, Hong Kong \, Germany\, Israel\, Poland\, France\, Hungary\, England\, United States. Her works can be found in International Collections and Museums. Received local and international printmaking awards\, Example: Great Honor Prize (2012) in Argentina\, First Prize Sivori Museum\, Argentina (2018) Silver Medal Taiwan Biennale (2006) Honor Mention Taipei Biennale (1999)Third Prize  at 7th Koichi Biennale (2008). \nIn 2013 she was the first international fellow at LABA House of Study: a laboratory for Jewish Art and Culture at the 14th St Y NYC.and is also the founding LABA-BA director in Buenos Aires. And also directs Grafia Insurgente Association. \nMicaela Bursztein \nMicaela is the Manager of Project Evaluation for JDC in Latin America \nMicaela was born and raised in Buenos Aires\, Argentina.  She graduated from the ORT High School and went on to complete her BA in Political Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires.  In 2007 she traveled to Israel with Taglit-Birthright Israel.  The trip was transformative for her\, and solidified her commitment to working in the Jewish community.  Prior to coming to JDC Micaela spent seven years in the Finance and Resource Development department of Chabad Lubavitch Argentina.  She has worked for JDC since 2017\, and is also currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration at Universidad de San Andrés.  \nKarina Gorenstein \nEducational Training\n• GRADUATE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT-­ UNTREF (Licenciada en Gestión\nEducativa. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)\n• TEACHER FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -­ ISFD 7 CABA. (PROFESORA PARA LA\nENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE N7)\n• SPECIALIZED TEACHER IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT EDUCATION. PROFESORA\nESPECIALIZADA EN EDUCACIÓN DE ADOLESCENTES Y ADULTOS ISFD N1\nAVELLANEDA\nProfessional Experience\n• GENERAL DIRECTOR in AGNON Y MELAMED –AMIA -­ Teacher Training Institutes\n(since February 2018)\n• PROJECT CORDINATOR in TEACHERS ACCOMPANYING SCHOOL TRAJECTORS.\nDir. Of Elementary Education. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION City of Buenos Aires. (since\nFebruary 2017)\n• DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OF THE NATION. Ministry of Education and\nSports of the Nation. January 2016-­January 2017)\n• Teacher in presencial and distance courses at the National and International level / Teacher\nTraining Programs / Institutional advice / Content writing /\nScholarships and Prizes\n• FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP for School Directors. Held in Columbus-­OHIO USA 2013\n• YAD VASHEM SCHOLARSHIP -­ “The teaching of the Shoah and the dilemmas of its\ntransmission” -­ Held in Jerusalem-­ January 2020\n• TEAMWORK AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2013.\n• INNOVATION AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2014 \nFederico Nemetsky \nSon of a father from Tucumám\, a small City in the north with a small Jewish Community\, and a mother from Campana\, an even smaller town near Buenos Aires with a tiny Community\, Federico has been living all his life related with Judaism and working with the Jewish Communities around Argentina. \nCurrently\, he is working on his PhD in Cultural Diversity and finishing a master degree with a specialization in Jewish Studies. He is the Director of Studies of the Agnon and Melamed Institutes (Jewish Teachers training institutes) and the Coordinator of the postgraduate course “”Jewish History and its Teaching””. \nHe is a lecturer both for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences and institutions in a wide variety of topics mainly related with Jewish culture and geo-political analysis of the Middle East. \nFederico is and active participant of local Jewish political scene and takes part in different Zionist and Jewish organizations\, like being a member of the Board of the KKL in Argentina. \n Past sessions:\nThe Jews of Britain – January 19th & February 2nd\nFrom the earliest known accusation of “blood libel” (William of Norwich – 1144) to the “falling out” of British Jewry and the Labor Party\, the history of the Jews in Britain has known its ups and downs. In addition to tracing the trajectory of the Jewish presence in the British Isles\, we plan to unpack the key issues facing British Jewry today\, as expressed by the British Jews we shall be meeting. \nOn January 19th: We welcomed Prof. David Mendelsson to our program \nProf. David Mendelsson is a senior lecturer at Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS)\, teaching History of the Modern State of Israel and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: From Its Origins to the Present. He is also the most recent past director of the Year in Israel program at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. Prof. Mendelsson holds doctoral and master’s degrees from the Department of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University. \nOn February 2: We welcomed these esteemed guests:  \nMichael Wegier – Board of Deputies of British Jews: Interim Chief Executive  \nMichael Wegier has worked in Jewish Education and Strategic Planning in the UK\, Israel\, and the United States.  Previous positions include Director of Melitz Educational Centers in Jerusalem\, Director of Jewish Education at the Baltimore JCC and Chief Executive of UJIA in the UK. Michael has also provided Strategic Plannng services to the Jewish Agency and World ORT and other global Jewish organisations. Michael has an MA in Contemporary Jewry from the Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows. In March\, Michael will begin a new role as Interim Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.  \nJoanne Greenaway – London School of Jewish Studies: Chief Executive \nJoanne joined LSJS\, the London School of Jewish Studies\, in January 2019 as Chief Executive.  LSJS delivers inspiring education programmes which transmit a love of learning and achieve excellence in teaching to transform the Jewish community through teacher training degrees and innovative\, accessible adult education.  Joanne was previously at the United Synagogue where she was Get Case Director within the London Beth Din\, focussing on difficult cases of Get refusal\, as well as the Deputy Legal Director of the US. Prior to this she studied languages at Cambridge University before qualifying as a lawyer and working in private practice for 12 years\, in the field of international arbitration and public international law. Joanne is a graduate of the the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan programme\, the JLC Gamechangers Senior Leadership programme and the LSJS Susi Bradfield Educational Leadership programme. She has worked as a consultant for schools and communities across Europe.  \nMark Gardner – Community Security Trust: Chief Executive \nMark is Chief Executive of CST\, having previously been Director of Communications and Research. He joined CST in 1989\, and is a leading commentator and writer on contemporary antisemitism. Mark  has represented British and European Jews in numerous fora\, for example giving the keynote speech at the 2015 European Union Colloquium on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate; and giving evidence in British\, Israeli and German parliamentary hearings on antisemitism.  \nMark was awarded a Police Commendation for his role in helping lead Scotland Yard’s cross-London response to the 1999 neo-Nazi nail bomb campaign. He also played a prominent role in the April 2018 ill-fated Jewish community leadership meeting with (then) Leader of the Labour Party\, Jeremy Corbyn MP. \nClaudia Mendoza – Jewish Leadership Council: Co-CEO \nClaudia is the Interim Co CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council and manages the External Affairs Team. Claudia sets the strategy and priorities for the team and leads on the JLC’s policy positions. She has worked for various think tanks as a Research Analyst\, focusing on the Middle East with a special interest in Iran and the transitioning Arab states. \nClaudia has a BSc in Biochemistry from University College London and an MA in Middle East Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London. She is an alumna of the Adam Science Foundation Leadership Programme. \nTurkey and its Jews – February 16th & March 2nd\nThere has been a continuous Jewish presence in Asia Minor (Turkey of today) going back at least 2300 years. The past 600 years of Jewish life in Turkey has taken place within an Islamic milieu. In the Ottoman empire\, which lasted for more than 400 years\, the Jews were considered to be the “most loyal” subjects and it was that empire that gave Sephardic Jews a “safe harbor” in the wake of the Spanish and Portuguese expulsions. Once a flourishing large community\, Turkish Jewry are on the eve of their disappearance. We aim to illuminate the source of Turkey’s positive engagement with its Jews as well as grappling with the question of community continuity in the 21st century. \nJoining us on February 16 was Professor Louis Fishman: \nLouis Fishman is an associate professor in the history department at Brooklyn College\, City University of New York. He is the author of the book\, Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman Era\, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland (Edinburgh University Press\, January 2020). His academic work focuses on late Ottoman Palestine\, the Jews of the Ottoman Empire\, modern Turkey\, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition to his academic expertise\, he has written tens of newspaper articles and provided political analysis for numerous international media outlets on Turkish\, Israeli\, and Palestinian affairs. Since 2013 he is a regular contributor for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He divides his time between New York\, Istanbul and Tel Aviv\, all three cities which he considers home. \nHere is the link to Professor Fishman’s book:\nhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-jews-and-palestinians-in-the-late-ottoman-era-1908-1914.html \nAlso available on Amazon  \nJoining us on March 2 is Nisya Isman Allovi\, Karen Gerson Şarhon\, Lisya Behar and Nesi Altaras: \nNisya Isman Allovi has been the Director since 2002  and Curator of The Quincentennial Foundation Museum Of Turkish Jews. Born in Istanbul\, graduated from the International Relations Faculty and Cultural Heritage and Tourism\, she has attended advanced curatorial seminars at AEJM (Association of European Jewish Museums) and in the Federal Republic of Germany. She has conducted presentations in various countries about “”Jews Of Turkey””. Married with two children\, Nisya is an active member of the Istanbul Jewish community.\nMuseum link: www.muze500.com \nKaren Gerson Şarhon born in Istanbul in 1958. Has a BA in English Language and Literature\, an MA in Social Psychology and an MA in Applied Linguistics. Wrote both her MA theses on the Judeo-Spanish language.\nAt the end of 2003\, she founded the Sephardic Culture Research Center\, where she has been working as its coordinator ever since. The Sephardic Center of Istanbul continues its work on the preservation and documentation of all aspects of the Sephardic culture. Karen heads many projects in the Center. The Centropa Oral History Project\, the Maftirim Project\, The Ladino Database Project\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish – Judeo-Spanish dictionary project are the ones that have been finished. She has edited all the books and CDs the Center has published\, which include a book of caricatures in Judeo-Spanish\, 4 books of anecdotes and stories of Matilda Koen-Sarano\, 16 small novels in Judeo-Spanish called “”Romansikos en Judeo-Espanyol”” from the archives of the Alliance Israelite Universelle\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish dictionary and a number of CDs in Sephardic music. She is also the chief editor of the only monthly newspaper in the world that is entirely in Ladino\, El Amaneser and also of the Judeo-Spanish page(s) of the weekly Şalom newspaper. In 2011\, she was awarded the medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française by the Ministry of Culture of France for her contribution to the world culture and her efforts in the preservation of Judeo-Spanish\, an endangered language. Karen has many articles on the Sephardic Culture published mainly in 3 languages: Turkish\, English and Ladino. She has also taken part in many TV programs\, documentaries\, etc. on Judeo-Spanish and the Sephardic music and culture. \nShe has Ladino lessons on YouTube and currently at: www.sephardicbrotherhood/ladino 101 \nKaren is also the founder\, singer and presenter of the group Los Pasharos Sefaradis\, the most authentic group in Turkish Sephardic music. Has 9 albums published by this group. \nLisya Behar was born in İstanbul. Volunteering in the Jewish Community since childhood\, Lisya has been president of the local Jewish Youth Team\, helped build a homecare system for the elderly\,  and is one of the co-founders of Limmud Turkey. She is currently the CEO of the Alef Jewish Community Center İstanbul \nNesi Altaras is an MA student in Political Science at McGill University from Istanbul\, Turkey. A member of the shrinking Jewish community of Turkey\, Nesi is a writer and editor for the online Jewish publication Avlaremoz and his current research is on the migration of Jews from Kurdistan in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. His previous work was on the failed peace and reconciliation processes in Turkey on the Kurdish question. His interest is in minorities in both the contemporary Middle East and in late Ottoman history as well as identity in Turkey. \nThe Jews of India – March 16th & 23rd\nWhat? There are Indian Jews? The answer emphatically is yes\, and there is a variety of different types of Indian Jews. One of the questions we will grapple with is when did Jews first arrive in the Indian sub-continent. What kinds of traditions emerged with this community and what kind of relationship did Indian Jews have with their co-religionists around the world\, if any? Another question relates to the fact that historically\, Indian Jews never experienced antisemitism. This being the case\, why did most Indian Jews emigrate to Israel in the 1950s? \nJoining us on March 16 was Dr. Maisie Meyer \nDr. Meyer was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) and grew up in a colonial setting. The subject she chose to research reflects her personal autobiography. It gives her a deeper understanding of Baghdadi Jews\, their emulation of a British lifestyle and their desire to appear as British as possible within the parameters of their faith. She is a double graduate in English and Humanities\, both with honours\, and obtained an MA degree in International History. The British Academy awarded her a scholarship to do a PhD which she was awarded from the London School of Economics in 1994. She pioneered the research of the Baghdadi Jewish Community of Shanghai. Her publications From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo: A Century of Sephardi Jewish Life in Shanghai (Lanham M.D.2003) and Shanghai’s Baghdadi Jews: A Compilation of Biographical Memories (Hong Kong 2013) have been widely acclaimed. \nJoining us on March 23 was Nissim J. Pingle and Ralphy Jhirad \nNissim J. Pingle works for the JDC\, India office as the Director for the EPJCC (Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center). As a longtime member and somebody who has benefited immensely from the activities of AJDC and JCC\, he sees this role as an opportunity to give back. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and growth of the JCC programs as well as developing and implementing programs that help in community building and/or Jewish learning. A Physics graduate from the Mumbai University\, he has worked as an Operations Manager for a Call Center and a General Manager for a chain of Fitness Centers. He lives in Navi Mumbai with his wife\, parents and 2 sons. When he is not glued to a computer or TV screen\, he spends time playing with his kids\, quizzing\, and trying hard not be the worst player in Table Tennis! \nRalphy Jhirad is the Trustees of the Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Research Centre. Ralphy is the authority on the Jewish Heritage of India and is faculty on the same subject in the Guides Training Course of the Government of India\, Department of Tourism. He is a member of the Jewish Community in India and is dedicated to the preservation of their culture. He published following books\, BOMBAY : Exploring The Urban Jewish Heritage by Shaul Sapir\, Siyon se Sahyadri Tak by Sheba Jeremiah Nagaokar\, The Jews of Pakistan by Yoel Reuben\, Of Muse and Memories by Rebecca Yehezkielm\, The Demographic and Socio Economic Characteristics of Jews in India by Ralphy Jhirad and Lily Ezekiel. He has curated and organized following Exhibitions: Contribution of David Sassoon and family towards the development of Bombay and Jewish Landmarks in Mumbai. He has developed following itineraries for Tours of Jewish Heritage in India: Tour of Jewish Heritage in Mumbai\, Sassoon Landmarks of Mumbai\, Tour of Jewish  Arrival in Raigad and their original traditions\, India a Jewish Perspective\, Tour of the Jews of Kerala\, Tour of the Jewish Community of Ahmedabad. Ralphy organized the first ever visit of the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogues. A few photos from this visit are enclosed for reference. He has assisted several Authors\, Full Bright Scholars\, Film Makers and Museum Curators during their research in India. He has travelled to various centers of India where Jewish Heritage is predominant and assisted Thousands of Jewish Travelers to either discover their own Jewish Roots in India or learn about the incredible Jewish Perspective in India. Refer Website visitjewishindia.com for more details on various tour options including incredible India and it’s Jewish Heritage. \nFrench Jewry – April 6th & April 20th\nThe great medieval commentator Rashi\, Baron Rothschild\, Alfred Dreyfuss\, Leon Blum\, Simone Weil\, Emanuel Levinas are just a few famous French (Jewish) names that come to mind when thinking about the contribution of French Jewry. The first Jews in Europe to be offered emancipation\, in recent years French Jewry has found itself facing the worst antisemitic attacks in Europe. How this came to be are just some of the subjects we will engage in with this dynamic community. \nJoining us on April 6 was: \nPhilippe Boukara                Philippe Boukara was born in Paris in 1957. He is an historian\, specialised in Contemporary French Jewry. He is a coordinator of Adult Education in the Shoah Memorial in Paris\, and he has been teaching in various academic institutions. He is involved in Jewish-Christian dialogues ans is the honorary chair of Dorvador\, the Conservative Congregation in Eastern Paris. He publishes regularly in the French Jewish press. \nJoining us on April 20 is:  \n                 Yonathan Arfi is vice-president of CRIF and chairman of CRIF’s commission for international affairs. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the CRIF for the last 14 years and has worked closely with former and current presidents of CRIF\, Richard Prasquier\, Roger Cukierman and Francis Kalifat.\nYonathan Arfi was born in 1980 in Toulouse and raised in Paris\, where he graduated from HEC business school in 2003. He is the CEO of Optimal Gestion\, the financial consulting firm he founded in 2007 in Paris.He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Alliance Israélite Universelle (www.aiu.org – main Jewish organization in the field of education in France) and Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (www.ose-france.org – main Jewish social welfare organization in France).\nYonathan Arfi was also the chairman of the French Union of Jewish Students from 2003 to 2005. He founded in 2005 CoExist (www.coexist.fr)\, the leading program in France against racial\, religious andcultural prejudices among French pupils and has been working on the issue of anti-Semitism since 2000. \nMasha Ugryumova is 27 years old and was born and grew up in Tcheliabinsk\, Russia. \nShe moved to France at the age of 18 to study Communication at La Sorbonne University. \nToday she lives in Paris and works for international organisation for Jewish youth Hilel Campus France as the Head of Communication.  \nThanks to her job\, she’s directly concerned by today’s challenges and struggles that Jewish youth of France have to face and looks for the solutions how to deal with that. \n                Elie Touitou\nBorn and raised in Paris\, in a Zionist and traditionalist Jewish Family\, Elie is a Lawyer specialized in Digital and Business Law. In 2016\, during his studies at Sorbonne Law School\, he founded the association Alliance\, in a double reference to Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Beitar and to René Cassin’s Alliance Universelle Israélite (Kol Israel Haverim). \nFirst acting as a local organization inside the University\, the association grew fast and is now a federation of five local association gathering +500 students across the major Parisian campuses. Alliance aims to organize Jewish life on campus\, provide Jewish and Zionist students with the intellectual means necessary to be able to defend their convictions by organizing formation\, lectures\, workshops\, debates and journeys and also to fight antisemitism\, in all its forms\, on French Campuses. \nThe Association developed close bounds with Zionist and/or Israeli organizations with which it works on a daily basis. \nDelphine Gamburg: Director of Communication at the Embassy of Israel in France \nDelphine Gamburg was born in France and emigrated to Israel in 1995. After working for the Israeli Ministry of Integration between 1996-1998\, she joined the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  She worked there as a lawyer until 2005\,  then held various positions in the Department of International Development Cooperation\, and to the Department of Strategic Affairs until her departure to the United States in 2015 where she was the cultural attaché at the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC. \nShe is currently in charge of the Public Communication Department at the Embassy of Israel in France. Delphine has a Bachelor of Laws\, a Masters of International Relations\, and a PhD in American foreign policy in the Middle East. She is married and has 3 children \nKAREN REB RUDEL \nBorn and raised in Johnstown\, Pennsylvania\, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian\, a musician\, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study drama at Temple University in Philadelphia and played in a series of bands. \nFrom the age of 30 until she got married\, Karen was back and forth between Paris and Philadelphia\, working on musical projects and touring (including being the flautist and singer in a Reggae band in Paris). One day her parents came to visit her and Karen\, having learned a lot about Paris\, was showing them around when her mother exclaimed\, “Karen\, you would make a great tour guide!” \nThat was the light bulb moment\, and as the French say\, voila! \nParis has been Karen’s stomping ground for over 20 years\, and her company is in a unique position to give you the historical background and underground cultural scoops that most walking tours leave out. \nAvi Ben-Hur \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi moved to Israel in 1983. Currently\, he is on the faculty of the University of Haifa Tourism School\, an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism\, and the Director of Education of Classrooms Without Borders. \nAn eclectic Israeli educator specializing in Land of Israel studies\, the history of Jerusalem\, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Holocaust studies\, Avi’s expertise is in integrating ideas and knowledge from various disciplines into a comprehensive and coherent narrative.”
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SUMMARY:"A Lullaby For The Valley" Film and Post Film Discussion with the filmmaker Ben Shani and Eli Shamir in conversation with Avi Ben Hur
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation and Film Pittsburgh’s JFILM Festival\, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film “A Lullaby For The Valley” and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmaker Ben Shani and Eli Shamir in conversation with Avi Ben Hur.\nEli Shamir is an artist\, Born in the Jezreel Valley\, he captures its ever-changing natural scenery and its people. Among esteemed conceptual painters on the art scene\, Shamir has always been considered exceptional\, but despite his lack of recognition in the world of art\, he has never changed course. \nBen Shani fell in love with the artist\, and with his camera\, accompanied Shamir for 10 years\, finding in him a source of inspiration for his own work. \nSix years ago\, the ‘plot-line’ of Shamir’s story reached a turning point when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. From that moment on\, Shani’s film began following how the artist coped with the disease through his creations. \nIs it disease or advancing age that carries Eli Shamir to a new burst of creativity? \nGo2Films // A Lullaby to the Valley Trailer from Go2Films on Vimeo. \nBen Shani \nBen Shani is a documentary filmmaker\, and an Israeli journalist. Shani is a senior correspondent and a member of the editorial staff of the most widely watched current affairs tv program in Israel “UVDA” (Hebrew for ‘Fact’). In 2019 Ben Shani won The Israeli Academy of Film and Television Award – for best Documentary Director. His TV series The Kirshenbaum Diaries\, won the Israeli Academy Award for best Documentary series of the Year 2018. Shani is a Sokolov Prize winner for 2005\, the most prestigious journalistic award in Israel. In his films\, he has featured many of the leading Israeli political figures and other prominent personages\, among them President Shimon Peres\, Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon Yitzhak Rabin as well as Warren Buffett and others. \nEli Shamir \nElie Shamir was born in 1953\, in Kfar Yehoshua\, Israel. \nSince graduating from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem\, Shamir has participated in many exhibitions in Israel and abroad. After years spent in Jerusalem and Boston\, Shamir returned to Kfar Yehoshua village in 1999 and resettled there\, as the third generation of the place’s founders. \nThe issue of place is present with great force and complexity in Shamir’s work; aspects of this issue pertain\, among others\, to that tangled knot which is tied and unraveled throughout the generations between the Jew and the land\, between the immigrant and the native-born\, between the local Arab and the Hebrew pioneer and his vision\, between the farmer and his field. \nThe clumps of earth in Shamir’s paintings are placed on geological strata charged with biblical past\, with primeval culture\, with Zionist history\, with socio-economic ideology\, with artistic tradition but also with his own personal family story. Kfar Yehoshua is both a personal\, specific case of an agricultural village in the valley of Jezre’el\, and the story of a local ethos and starting point for fundamental questions about place. \nEducation \nMore information about the post screening discussion is coming soon!
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SUMMARY:Lag B'Omer: Holidays with Jonty and Julie!
DESCRIPTION:Jonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience\, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy\, culture with archaeology\, and the tragedy of the Holocaust with probing\, source-based theological questions. His intricate knowledge of Jewish history and the Holocaust\, combined with his analytical and sensitive approach to challenging philosophical questions offers students a profound educational experience.
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SUMMARY:Life\, Legacy and Love Story: The story of Holocaust survivor and handbag design genius Judith Leiber and modernist artist Gerson Leiber
DESCRIPTION:“If Romeo and Juliet had lived into their 90s\, they would have been Judy and Gerson.” That’s how Jeffrey Sussman described Judith and Gerson Leiber.\nJoin us as we explore a beautiful tribute to their creativity\, their humanity\, their love and their genius. \nJudith Leiber was known for her small crystal-covered handbags called minaudieres\, many of which took the forms of small animals\, flowers or other objects. The bags often were decorated with gems or semi-precious stones and were gold plated. Singers and Hollywood celebrities\, as well as several US first ladies\, have carried her bags\, which are part of several museum collections. \nGerson Leiber\, known as Gus\, was an artist who created abstract landscapes\, prints and sculptures. His work has been featured in several prominent US museums\, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. \nLeiber Collection: The Leiber Collection is a beautiful jewel of a museum that sits majestically in a sublime sculpture garden\, located in the East Hampton\, New York hamlet of Springs. We are dedicated to sharing the life and legacy of Judith and Gerson Leiber through the continuation of their museum and through exhibitions\, talks and presentations showcasing their creative genius across the country and around the globe. \nThe Leiber Collection offers unique insight into the astonishing story of Judith Leiber\, a survivor of Hitler’s Europe who came to America and took the fashion accessory industry by storm\, breaking taboos right and left\, changing fashion history forever. \nWe also chronicle the extraordinary seven decades long career of Gerson Leiber\, exhibiting the stunning paintings\, etchings\, lithographs\, and drawings of this highly accomplished and creative artist. \nThe Leiber Sculpture Garden continues the Leibers’ lifelong commitment to supporting the arts by highlighting sculptors who were friends and neighbors of the Leibers’ as well as contemporary artists creating some of the most exciting work of today. \nIntroduction: Patti Kenner. Patti is an indefatigable advocate for social causes\, including arts education\, women in politics\, Holocaust survivors and history. In addition to serving as a long time Guild Hall trustee\, Patti is board member of the Defiant Requiem Foundation\, the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust\, Carnegie Mellon University\, and many others. In 2019\, she underwrote the Patti Kenner Fellowship in Arts Education at Guild Hall to help enhance educational programming for youth. \nAnn Stewart at Leiber Collection: Ann Fristoe Stewart is the Director and Curator of The Leiber Museum in East Hampton\, New York. She had the great honor of working side by side with Judith and Gerson Leiber until their deaths in 2018. She is dedicated to keeping their legacy alive through the continuation of their museum\, and through sharing their extraordinary works and the story of their fascinating lives with fans around the globe. Ann received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City\, where she worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and for artists such as Jeff Koons\, Rona Pondick and Kara Walker. During the decade that she has worked with the Leibers\, she has curated numerous exhibitions at The Leiber Museum and in the Leiber Sculpture Garden\, and has worked with many curators around the country to mount Leiber exhibitions at their museums and galleries. She is currently working on a 100 year celebration exhibition of Judith and Gerson Leiber\, as well as an outdoor exhibition in the Leiber Sculpture Garden that will open on May 29\, 2021 at The Leiber Museum. \nReflections of a Love Story: Mindelle Pierce: Mindelle has dedicated over fifteen years of her career to studying and teaching the history of the Holocaust. As a child of Holocaust survivors herself\, she has a personal connection and insight into this history. Mindelle continues to contribute her knowledge and research to many renowned organizations\, including the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum in New York; the Museum of Jewish Heritage; and Manhattan College.  \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
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SUMMARY:Weekly Book Discussion of "War of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" by Gershom Gorenberg with Dr. Josh Andy
DESCRIPTION:Click the orange button to see our Eventbrite registration form. Make sure to answer the questions with the red asterisk* .\nThis program will be offered on Zoom. Registrants only need to RSVP once to be registered for the entire series.\nThe book discussions will be offered on the following dates and times:  \nApril 6\, 2021   4:30pm\nApril 13\, 2021 4:30pm\nApril 20\, 2021 4:30pm\nApril 27\, 2021 4:30pm \nThen\, on Tuesday\, May 4th at 4:30  pm ET please join us for a discussion with the author of “War of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East : Gershom Gorenberg \nRead more and RSVP for this discussion event HERE. \nAbout The Author: \nGershom Gorenberg is the author of War of Shadows: Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East. \nHis previous books include The Unmaking of Israel  and The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements\, 1967-1977. He is a columnist for the Washington Post\, and has written for The New York Times Magazine\, Atlantic Monthly and The New York Review of Books and in Hebrew for Haaretz. \nGorenberg lives in Jerusalem\, except during stints teaching a workshop on writing history at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. \nAbout the Book: \nWar of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East by Gershom Gorenberg \n“A masterpiece of scholarship and synthesis…It will remind readers of a cloak-and-dagger tale by John Le Carré with an armature of fascinating historical annotation.”\n— The Washington Post \nSummer 1942: Rommel’s army is a day from Cairo\, a week from Tel Aviv. The SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far. And espionage can stop them – if Washington wakes up. \nWar of Shadows is the meticulously constructed and cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II. It rewrites the popular narrative of the war—not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but as a spiraling series of accidents and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of millions. \n“With the pacing of a spy thriller… War of Shadows takes us to the brink of disaster as the Allies and Axis powers vie for control of the Middle East…. Gorenberg belongs to a unique cadre of journalist historians.”\n—Sarah Wildman\, author of Paper Love \n“A dazzling and groundbreaking portrait of a crucial moment in WWII… Gorenberg has produced a vital new account of one of the key episodes of the last century.”\n—Matti Friedman\, author of Spies of No Country \n“The story grips you so much that it’s hard to put aside: the extraordinary spying in both directions\, the vivid characters\, the huge stakes\, and all of this on a World War II front that American readers know surprisingly little about.”\n—Adam Hochschild\, author of King Leopold’s Ghost \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
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SUMMARY:Tsofen: Building High Tech in Arab Society | Bechazit: On The Frontline | Driving Social Change in Israel
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders is embarking our newest Israel seminar which we are calling “Bachazit” – On The Frontline. In our upcoming 6 sessions we will highlight challenges facing Israel and the individuals or organizations that are grappling with the issues at hand. We will illuminate subjects such as the integration of minority groups into the high-tech sector\, the struggle for L.G.B.T.Q. rights\, programs that assist Israelis injured during their military service\, the fight against racism in Israeli society and more.\nTuesday\, April 27: Tsofen – Building High-Tech in the Arab Society\nWe will learn about the difficulties facing the Arab citizens of Israel to obtain good employment\, particularly in the flourishing high-tech sector and an N.G.O. created by Jewish and Arab high-tech entrepreneurs and economists to advance this agenda. \nJoining us: \nMs Revital Duek\, Co-CEO  \nRevital joined Tsofen in September\, as a co-CEO alongside Sami Saadi. She brings over 20 years of hi-tech experience in both engineering and managerial positions. Prior to joining Tsofen she was Executive Director of Atid Plus. Duek holds a BSc from the Technion\, an MBA from Bar Ilan University\, and is a PhD Candidate in Gender Studies at Bar Ilan University. She is also a Mandel Institute alumna and an IVLP alumna.   \n“I am committed to promoting under-represented groups in STEM through fostering cross-sector dialogue and partnerships\, with the goal of increasing equal opportunities and freedom of choice”―Revital Duek.  \nMs Naama Nagar\, Director of Development  \nNaama has fifteen years’ experience working in civil society in Israel and the US. Prior to joining Tsofen\, she was a resource development consultant at Minuf Group\, supporting a range of social change organizations dedicated to socio-economic development\, human rights\, and shared society for Jews and Arabs in Israel. Naama holds a BA in Jewish Thought and Philosophy from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, an MSc in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics\, and studied towards a PhD degree (ABD) in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \nDr Ramzi Halabi―Chairman of the Board \nDr. Halabi\, Brigadier-General (Res) in the IDF\, is a lecturer at Tel Aviv University as well as a strategic consultant\, active in promoting equal economic opportunities for the Israeli Arab. In the past Dr. Halabi served as Mayor of the Regional Council of Daliat-al-Carmel\, Director of the Arab Business Club\, and Head of the IDF Salary and Pensions Department. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Tel Aviv University.
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/tsofen-building-high-tech-in-arab-society-bechazit-on-the-frontline-driving-social-change-in-israel/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Tour Yad Vashem for Educators and Students
DESCRIPTION:A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE YAD VASHEM MUSEUM: THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILD\nThe Nazis murdered 1.5 million Jewish children during the Holocaust and millions of others had their childhoods destroyed. Their stories are told at Yad Vashem\, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem\, Israel. In this virtual tour of the Yad Vashem museum we will focus on stories of children and youth in the Holocaust using artifacts and imagery from the exhibits.  Did children in the ghettos hold on to their sense of innocence\, or was it challenged by the conditions in the ghetto?  How was their realities unique and different from adults? What happened to those children at the end of the war; how did they begin to build their lives\, often after they had lost everything.  This tour is guided by Noam Gitin\, Head of Overseas Groups and Young Leadership at Yad Vashem\, and is open to teachers and their students \nA decade in the making\, the Holocaust History Museum combines the best of Yad Vashem’s expertise\, resources and state-of-the-art exhibits to take Holocaust remembrance well into the 21st century. \nThe Holocaust History Museum occupies over 4\,200 square meters\, mainly underground. Both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary\, it presents the story of the Shoah from a unique Jewish perspective\, emphasizing the experiences of the individual victims through original artifacts\, survivor testimonies and personal possessions. Join CWB and the Museum staff for this fascinating Virtual Tour as we explore the Galleries portraying the complexity of the Jewish situation.  \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/virtual-tour-yad-vashem-for-educators-and-students/
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SUMMARY:Rohingya Genocide and the military coup in Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of April being Genocide Awareness Month\, Classrooms without Borders\, the JFCS Holocaust Center\, and the USF Jewish Studies and Social Justice program are excited to offer an opportunity for our community members to learn more about the ongoing genocide and social unrest in Myanmar. On Sunday April 25 at 4pm EST join us for a conversation with genocide scholar Alexis Herr and Rohingya survivor U Shwe Maung. .\nShwe Maung Politician\nShwe Maung is a Rohingya rights activist in Myanmar and politician who served as a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for Buthidaung constituency from 2011 to 2016. He serves as the President\, Arakan Institute for Peace and Development (AiPAD). \nDr. Alexis Herr has dedicated her life to combating genocide and atrocity. This passion has motivated her educational and professional pursuits and translates into a strong desire to prevent human rights violations. Ms. Herr received a doctorate in Holocaust History from the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies\, Clark University. She teaches at University of California\, Berkeley\, San Francisco State University\, and the University of San Francisco. She is the author of The Holocaust and Compensated Compliance in Italy: Fossoli di Carpi\, 1942 – 1952 (New York: Palgrave Macmillan\, 2016)\, and the editor of Rwanda: The Essential Reference Guide (Santa Barbara\, CA: ABC-CLIO\, 2018) and Sudan: The Essential Reference Guide (Santa Barbara\, CA: ABC-CLIO\, 2020). \nCosponsored by Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice and The JFCS Holocaust Center \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
URL:https://cwb-pgh-org-staging.ehven.net/event/rohingya-genocide-and-the-military-coup-in-myanmar/
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SUMMARY:Ethical implications of the Holocaust: A lecture series with Dr. Michael Berenbaum
DESCRIPTION:The Holocaust has played an increasingly significant rule in Western culture\, most specially in post-Holocaust ethical discourse.\nThis four parts series will focus on the ethical implications of the Holocaust. \nJanuary 27\, 2021 | Medical Ethics: The Nuremberg Trials held by the Allies in the aftermath of World War II at first focused on the governmental crimes of Nazi leaders. Subsequent trial went into issue of the behavior of specific professional in perpetrating the crimes that we now associate with the Holocaust. Among the most important professions to be brought to the bar of justice were the Nazi physicians and the experiments that were conducted in the various killing centers and concentration camps. Because the previous norms on the Medical Profession were inadequate to deal with these crimes\, the justices charted a new ethics of medical practice in the ten principle they enunciated foremost among them was the principle of “informed consent” and the right of the patient to refuse treatment. In this segment of the course we will consider the medical experiments conducted in the camps\, the T-4 program and the behavior of the psychiatric community In the murder of those deemed life unworthy of living but also the actions of Jewish physicians in the extreme conditions of the ghettos and the camps in an attempt to elucidate the medical ethics that have emerged in response to the Holocaust. \nFebruary 24\, 2021 | Legal Ethics: Among those tried at Nuremberg were Nazi judges who used the instrumentality of the law to deny human rights and to facilitate the murder of  innocent civilians and to confiscate their possessions. Those denied a fair trial were not only Jews but political prisoners and Germans of special needs — to use Nazi terminology mentally retarded\, physically handicapped\, congenitally ill Germans. This segment of the course will also explore the impact of the Holocaust on the Ethics of War\, the Nuremberg principles themselves and its role in international law. It will also explore the defense of “just following orders\,” and the role of individual responsibility. \nJoining us for this session was Professor Michael Bazyler: \nMichael Bazyler is professor of law and the 1939 Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies. He is holder of previous fellowships at Harvard Law School and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington\, D.C. In fall 2006\, he was a Research Fellow at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem (The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority of Israel) and the holder of the Baron Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim Chair for the Study of Racism\, Antisemitism and the Holocaust. \nProfessor Bazyler is the author of seven books and more than two dozen law review articles\, book chapters and essays on subjects covering Law and the Holocaust\, restitution following genocide and other mass atrocities\, public international law\, international human rights law\, and international trade law and comparative law. His work has been published in such journals as The University of Pennsylvania Law Review\, Kansas Law Review\, Arizona Law Review\, Northwestern Law Review\, University of Richmond Law Review\, Stanford Journal of International Law\, Berkeley Journal of International Law\, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law\, and Fordham Journal of International Law. \nIn spring 2007\, Professor Bazyler held the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law\, teaching Comparative Law and Holocaust\, Genocide and the Law. He is a leading authority on the use of American and European courts to redress genocide and other historical wrongs. Professor Bazyler co-authored Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust (New York University Press\, 2014\, softcover 2015) with Frank M. Tuerkheimer\, reviewed in the New York Review of Books. His book\, Holocaust Justice: The Battle for Restitution in America’s Courts (New York University Press\, 2003\, softcover 2005)\, was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and reviewed in the Harvard Law Review\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Times\, Financial Times (London)\, and The Economist. He is a contributor of chapters to various books on genocide and the law\, and the co-editor/author with Roger Alford of Holocaust Restitution: Perspectives on the Litigation and Its Legacy (New York University Press\, 2006; softcover 2007). \nHis book\, Holocaust\, Genocide and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World (Oxford University Press) is a winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award.  His writings have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court\, and he has testified in Congress before the House Reform Committee on the subject of Holocaust restitution. He has also been interviewed by CNN\, 60 Minutes\, CBS Sunday Morning\, Dateline NBC\, ABC News\, Voice of America\, the Australian Broadcasting Company\, National Public Radio and the BBC. Bazyler has also delivered the Austin Owen Annual Lecture at the University of Richmond\, the Feibel Family Annual Lecture at Ohio State University and the Einspruch Annual Lecture at the University of Texas\, Dallas. \nMarch 11\, 2021 | Religious Ethics: Antisemitism is rooted is religious rivalry. Religious antisemitism gave rise to social and economic antisemitism\, laws and customs that fortified the perception of the Jew as the “Other” and kept the Jews from integrating naturally into society\, keeping on the margins of society. In the 19the century another pernicious form of antisemitism came into us\, political antisemitism and the Nazis united all these forms of antisemitism into a racial antisemitism that was regarded as “zoological” to use the terms of one Holocaust scholar and “redemptive.” In the battle for survival the Jew had to be removed from society\, otherwise they would prey on society and weaken the “Master Race.” The elimination of the Jews\, first by forced migration and then by annihilation was deemed essential to the survival and salvation of the German nation. In the aftermath of the Holocaust\, major Christian religions sought to eliminate those aspects of their religious teaching that could lead to antisemitism\, using traditional means of interpretation to recraft their religious teachings to root out hatred and discrimination. This was one of the major acts of repentance after the Holocaust. The segment of the course will examine those efforts as well as consider the implications of this ethic for Judaism and Islam not just Christianity. \nApril 22\, 2021 | Governmental Ethics: This segment of the course will explore the efforts by national and international organizations and governments to create a post-Holocaust ethic\, including the work of the United Nations in 1948 to fashion the Convention on Genocide and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\, the efforts of Germany to rejoin the community of nations by reparations and its own political ethics\, the attempt of Israel to project the Jewish people and also the imperfect attempts at justice in terms of restitution. It will also examine why the response to genocide has been so inadequate in the post-Holocaust world. \nDr. Michael Berenbaum\nDr. Michael Berenbaum is a writer\, lecturer\, and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and historical films. He is director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Jewish University\, where he is also a Professor of Jewish Studies. \nHe was the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica that reworked\, transformed\, improved\, broadened and deepened\, the now classic 1972 work and consists of 22 volumes\, sixteen million words with 25\,000 individual contributions to Jewish knowledge. For three years\, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. He was the Director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman Adjunct Professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington\, D.C. From 1988–93 he served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\, overseeing its creation. He also served as Deputy Director of the President’s Commission on the Holocaust\, where he authored its Report to the President. \nBerenbaum is the author and editor of twenty books\, scores of scholarly articles\, and hundreds of journalistic pieces. His most recent books include: Not Your Father’s Antisemitism\, A Promise to Remember: The Holocaust in the Words and Voices of Its Survivors and After the Passion Has Passed: American Religious Consequences\, a collection of essays on Jews\, Judaism and Christianity\, Religious Tolerance and Pluralism occasioned by the controversy that swirled around Mel Gibson’s film\, The Passion. He was the conceptual developer on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center and played a similar function as conceptual developer and chief curator of the Belzec Memorial at the site of the Death Camp. He is currently at work on the Memorial Museum to Macedonian Jewry in Skopje\, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum\, and the Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati\, Ohio.
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SUMMARY:Weekly Book Discussion of "War of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East" by Gershom Gorenberg with Dr. Josh Andy
DESCRIPTION:Click the orange button to see our Eventbrite registration form. Make sure to answer the questions with the red asterisk* .\nThis program will be offered on Zoom. Registrants only need to RSVP once to be registered for the entire series.\nThe book discussions will be offered on the following dates and times:  \nApril 6\, 2021   4:30pm\nApril 13\, 2021 4:30pm\nApril 20\, 2021 4:30pm\nApril 27\, 2021 4:30pm \nThen\, on Tuesday\, May 4th at 4:30  pm ET please join us for a discussion with the author of “War of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East : Gershom Gorenberg \nRead more and RSVP for this discussion event HERE. \nAbout The Author: \nGershom Gorenberg is the author of War of Shadows: Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East. \nHis previous books include The Unmaking of Israel  and The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements\, 1967-1977. He is a columnist for the Washington Post\, and has written for The New York Times Magazine\, Atlantic Monthly and The New York Review of Books and in Hebrew for Haaretz. \nGorenberg lives in Jerusalem\, except during stints teaching a workshop on writing history at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. \nAbout the Book: \nWar of Shadows Codebreakers\, Spies\, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East by Gershom Gorenberg \n“A masterpiece of scholarship and synthesis…It will remind readers of a cloak-and-dagger tale by John Le Carré with an armature of fascinating historical annotation.”\n— The Washington Post \nSummer 1942: Rommel’s army is a day from Cairo\, a week from Tel Aviv. The SS is ready for action. Espionage brought the Nazis this far. And espionage can stop them – if Washington wakes up. \nWar of Shadows is the meticulously constructed and cinematic story of the race for information in the North African theater of World War II. It rewrites the popular narrative of the war—not as an inevitable clash of heroes and villains but as a spiraling series of accidents and desperate triumphs that decided the fate of millions. \n“With the pacing of a spy thriller… War of Shadows takes us to the brink of disaster as the Allies and Axis powers vie for control of the Middle East…. Gorenberg belongs to a unique cadre of journalist historians.”\n—Sarah Wildman\, author of Paper Love \n“A dazzling and groundbreaking portrait of a crucial moment in WWII… Gorenberg has produced a vital new account of one of the key episodes of the last century.”\n—Matti Friedman\, author of Spies of No Country \n“The story grips you so much that it’s hard to put aside: the extraordinary spying in both directions\, the vivid characters\, the huge stakes\, and all of this on a World War II front that American readers know surprisingly little about.”\n—Adam Hochschild\, author of King Leopold’s Ghost \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
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SUMMARY:France #2 - Jewish Heritage Around the World Part II series with CWB scholar Avi Ben-Hur and guest speakers
DESCRIPTION:“This series is co-sponsored by Rodef Shalom Congregation.\nJewish Heritage Around the World: \nClassrooms Without Borders is excited to embark on our second Jewish Heritage Series. The communities covered include Britain\, Turkey\, Argentina\, France\, India and more. We will have two sessions per community. The opening session will consist of an historical survey by an expert on the topic. The second session will engage in a dialogue with members of the community. Due to time differences\, it is possible that some of the timing for the “dialogue” sessions will change\, but generally speaking the series will be running on Tuesdays from 2 PM to 3:15 PM Eastern Time. The sessions will take place on the dates below. \nUpcoming Sessions:\nThe Jews of Argentina– May 4th & June 1st\nThe largest Jewish community of Latin America and the 3rd largest in the Americas\, the population peaked at close to 350\,000 in the late 1970s. Jews have been in Argentina since the 17th century and have been involved in and witness to some of the major historical junctions of this young country. The community suffered the worst post WWII attack of any Jewish community in the world when the main community center in Buenos Aires was bombed by Hezbollah in 1994. Jewish life in Argentina is robustly pluralistic with strong Reform\, Conservative and Orthodox communities including rabbinic seminaries\, schools and camps. And yet\, assimilation is on the rise and the population is decreasing. \nJoining us on May 4 were our esteemed guest speakers\, Dr. Judith Freidenberg and Dr. Emmanuel Kahan. \nEmmanuel Kahan holds a PhD in History from the National University of La Plata. He is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina. He is also a Professor with the History Department at the National University of La Plata and teaches postgraduate courses at several other universities in Argentina. He published many books and articles about the Jewish experience in Argentina and is a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association \nJudith Freidenberg holds a PhD in Anthropology from City University of New York.  She taught at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and at the University of Maryland\, where she is now Professor Emerita.  She published extensively on migration and health.  Two books deal with the Jewish experience in rural Argentina\, and appear in Spanish and English.  She is also a member of the Latin American Jewish Studies Association.    \nJoining us on June 1st are our esteemed guest speakers: Dr. Marisa Braylan\, Mirta Kupferminc\, Micaela Bursztein\, Karina Gorenstein and Federico Nemetsky!\nDr. Marisa Braylan \nDr. Marisa Braylan is a lawyer from University of Buenos Aires (UBA)\, specialized in Public International Law (1995). Pedagogical Training of the Teaching Career in that Faculty. Visiting professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences\, Political Science and Sociology of the UBA. Director of the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the DAIA (Delegation of Argentine Israelite Associations). She led the research group on “Comparative international law. Denial of the Holocaust in Argentina ”\, program of Institutional Accreditation of Research Projects in Law (DeCyT) carried out jointly by DAIA and UBA. Diploma in migration and refugee protection- Faculty of Law-UBA. Diploma in Discrimination and Right to Equality – Faculty of Law-UBA. Invited professor of Special Didactics of Law\, professor of Legal Sciences of the Faculty of Law of the UBA. \nMirta Kupferminc\nPhoto by: Alejandro Meter\nMirta Kupferminc: Lecturer\, mentor of other artists and teacher\, she lives and works in Buenos Aires. Exhibiting since 1977\, she has had more than 100 solo and group shows in Argentina\, Cuba\, Brazil\, Uruguay\, China Switzerland\, Spain\, Taiwan\, Japan\, Hong Kong \, Germany\, Israel\, Poland\, France\, Hungary\, England\, United States. Her works can be found in International Collections and Museums. Received local and international printmaking awards\, Example: Great Honor Prize (2012) in Argentina\, First Prize Sivori Museum\, Argentina (2018) Silver Medal Taiwan Biennale (2006) Honor Mention Taipei Biennale (1999)Third Prize  at 7th Koichi Biennale (2008). \nIn 2013 she was the first international fellow at LABA House of Study: a laboratory for Jewish Art and Culture at the 14th St Y NYC.and is also the founding LABA-BA director in Buenos Aires. And also directs Grafia Insurgente Association. \nMicaela Bursztein \nMicaela is the Manager of Project Evaluation for JDC in Latin America \nMicaela was born and raised in Buenos Aires\, Argentina.  She graduated from the ORT High School and went on to complete her BA in Political Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires.  In 2007 she traveled to Israel with Taglit-Birthright Israel.  The trip was transformative for her\, and solidified her commitment to working in the Jewish community.  Prior to coming to JDC Micaela spent seven years in the Finance and Resource Development department of Chabad Lubavitch Argentina.  She has worked for JDC since 2017\, and is also currently pursuing a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration at Universidad de San Andrés.  \nKarina Gorenstein \nEducational Training\n• GRADUATE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT-­ UNTREF (Licenciada en Gestión\nEducativa. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero)\n• TEACHER FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -­ ISFD 7 CABA. (PROFESORA PARA LA\nENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA. INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE N7)\n• SPECIALIZED TEACHER IN ADOLESCENT AND ADULT EDUCATION. PROFESORA\nESPECIALIZADA EN EDUCACIÓN DE ADOLESCENTES Y ADULTOS ISFD N1\nAVELLANEDA\nProfessional Experience\n• GENERAL DIRECTOR in AGNON Y MELAMED –AMIA -­ Teacher Training Institutes\n(since February 2018)\n• PROJECT CORDINATOR in TEACHERS ACCOMPANYING SCHOOL TRAJECTORS.\nDir. Of Elementary Education. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION City of Buenos Aires. (since\nFebruary 2017)\n• DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OF THE NATION. Ministry of Education and\nSports of the Nation. January 2016-­January 2017)\n• Teacher in presencial and distance courses at the National and International level / Teacher\nTraining Programs / Institutional advice / Content writing /\nScholarships and Prizes\n• FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP for School Directors. Held in Columbus-­OHIO USA 2013\n• YAD VASHEM SCHOLARSHIP -­ “The teaching of the Shoah and the dilemmas of its\ntransmission” -­ Held in Jerusalem-­ January 2020\n• TEAMWORK AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2013.\n• INNOVATION AWARD Ministry of Modernization of the Government of the City of Buenos\nAires year 2014 \nFederico Nemetsky \nSon of a father from Tucumám\, a small City in the north with a small Jewish Community\, and a mother from Campana\, an even smaller town near Buenos Aires with a tiny Community\, Federico has been living all his life related with Judaism and working with the Jewish Communities around Argentina. \nCurrently\, he is working on his PhD in Cultural Diversity and finishing a master degree with a specialization in Jewish Studies. He is the Director of Studies of the Agnon and Melamed Institutes (Jewish Teachers training institutes) and the Coordinator of the postgraduate course “”Jewish History and its Teaching””. \nHe is a lecturer both for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences and institutions in a wide variety of topics mainly related with Jewish culture and geo-political analysis of the Middle East. \nFederico is and active participant of local Jewish political scene and takes part in different Zionist and Jewish organizations\, like being a member of the Board of the KKL in Argentina. \n Past sessions:\nThe Jews of Britain – January 19th & February 2nd\nFrom the earliest known accusation of “blood libel” (William of Norwich – 1144) to the “falling out” of British Jewry and the Labor Party\, the history of the Jews in Britain has known its ups and downs. In addition to tracing the trajectory of the Jewish presence in the British Isles\, we plan to unpack the key issues facing British Jewry today\, as expressed by the British Jews we shall be meeting. \nOn January 19th: We welcomed Prof. David Mendelsson to our program \nProf. David Mendelsson is a senior lecturer at Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School (RIS)\, teaching History of the Modern State of Israel and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: From Its Origins to the Present. He is also the most recent past director of the Year in Israel program at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem. Prof. Mendelsson holds doctoral and master’s degrees from the Department of Contemporary Jewry at Hebrew University. \nOn February 2: We welcomed these esteemed guests:  \nMichael Wegier – Board of Deputies of British Jews: Interim Chief Executive  \nMichael Wegier has worked in Jewish Education and Strategic Planning in the UK\, Israel\, and the United States.  Previous positions include Director of Melitz Educational Centers in Jerusalem\, Director of Jewish Education at the Baltimore JCC and Chief Executive of UJIA in the UK. Michael has also provided Strategic Plannng services to the Jewish Agency and World ORT and other global Jewish organisations. Michael has an MA in Contemporary Jewry from the Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows. In March\, Michael will begin a new role as Interim Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.  \nJoanne Greenaway – London School of Jewish Studies: Chief Executive \nJoanne joined LSJS\, the London School of Jewish Studies\, in January 2019 as Chief Executive.  LSJS delivers inspiring education programmes which transmit a love of learning and achieve excellence in teaching to transform the Jewish community through teacher training degrees and innovative\, accessible adult education.  Joanne was previously at the United Synagogue where she was Get Case Director within the London Beth Din\, focussing on difficult cases of Get refusal\, as well as the Deputy Legal Director of the US. Prior to this she studied languages at Cambridge University before qualifying as a lawyer and working in private practice for 12 years\, in the field of international arbitration and public international law. Joanne is a graduate of the the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan programme\, the JLC Gamechangers Senior Leadership programme and the LSJS Susi Bradfield Educational Leadership programme. She has worked as a consultant for schools and communities across Europe.  \nMark Gardner – Community Security Trust: Chief Executive \nMark is Chief Executive of CST\, having previously been Director of Communications and Research. He joined CST in 1989\, and is a leading commentator and writer on contemporary antisemitism. Mark  has represented British and European Jews in numerous fora\, for example giving the keynote speech at the 2015 European Union Colloquium on antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate; and giving evidence in British\, Israeli and German parliamentary hearings on antisemitism.  \nMark was awarded a Police Commendation for his role in helping lead Scotland Yard’s cross-London response to the 1999 neo-Nazi nail bomb campaign. He also played a prominent role in the April 2018 ill-fated Jewish community leadership meeting with (then) Leader of the Labour Party\, Jeremy Corbyn MP. \nClaudia Mendoza – Jewish Leadership Council: Co-CEO \nClaudia is the Interim Co CEO of the Jewish Leadership Council and manages the External Affairs Team. Claudia sets the strategy and priorities for the team and leads on the JLC’s policy positions. She has worked for various think tanks as a Research Analyst\, focusing on the Middle East with a special interest in Iran and the transitioning Arab states. \nClaudia has a BSc in Biochemistry from University College London and an MA in Middle East Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London. She is an alumna of the Adam Science Foundation Leadership Programme. \nTurkey and its Jews – February 16th & March 2nd\nThere has been a continuous Jewish presence in Asia Minor (Turkey of today) going back at least 2300 years. The past 600 years of Jewish life in Turkey has taken place within an Islamic milieu. In the Ottoman empire\, which lasted for more than 400 years\, the Jews were considered to be the “most loyal” subjects and it was that empire that gave Sephardic Jews a “safe harbor” in the wake of the Spanish and Portuguese expulsions. Once a flourishing large community\, Turkish Jewry are on the eve of their disappearance. We aim to illuminate the source of Turkey’s positive engagement with its Jews as well as grappling with the question of community continuity in the 21st century. \nJoining us on February 16 was Professor Louis Fishman: \nLouis Fishman is an associate professor in the history department at Brooklyn College\, City University of New York. He is the author of the book\, Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman Era\, 1908-1914: Claiming the Homeland (Edinburgh University Press\, January 2020). His academic work focuses on late Ottoman Palestine\, the Jews of the Ottoman Empire\, modern Turkey\, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition to his academic expertise\, he has written tens of newspaper articles and provided political analysis for numerous international media outlets on Turkish\, Israeli\, and Palestinian affairs. Since 2013 he is a regular contributor for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He divides his time between New York\, Istanbul and Tel Aviv\, all three cities which he considers home. \nHere is the link to Professor Fishman’s book:\nhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-jews-and-palestinians-in-the-late-ottoman-era-1908-1914.html \nAlso available on Amazon  \nJoining us on March 2 is Nisya Isman Allovi\, Karen Gerson Şarhon\, Lisya Behar and Nesi Altaras: \nNisya Isman Allovi has been the Director since 2002  and Curator of The Quincentennial Foundation Museum Of Turkish Jews. Born in Istanbul\, graduated from the International Relations Faculty and Cultural Heritage and Tourism\, she has attended advanced curatorial seminars at AEJM (Association of European Jewish Museums) and in the Federal Republic of Germany. She has conducted presentations in various countries about “”Jews Of Turkey””. Married with two children\, Nisya is an active member of the Istanbul Jewish community.\nMuseum link: www.muze500.com \nKaren Gerson Şarhon born in Istanbul in 1958. Has a BA in English Language and Literature\, an MA in Social Psychology and an MA in Applied Linguistics. Wrote both her MA theses on the Judeo-Spanish language.\nAt the end of 2003\, she founded the Sephardic Culture Research Center\, where she has been working as its coordinator ever since. The Sephardic Center of Istanbul continues its work on the preservation and documentation of all aspects of the Sephardic culture. Karen heads many projects in the Center. The Centropa Oral History Project\, the Maftirim Project\, The Ladino Database Project\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish – Judeo-Spanish dictionary project are the ones that have been finished. She has edited all the books and CDs the Center has published\, which include a book of caricatures in Judeo-Spanish\, 4 books of anecdotes and stories of Matilda Koen-Sarano\, 16 small novels in Judeo-Spanish called “”Romansikos en Judeo-Espanyol”” from the archives of the Alliance Israelite Universelle\, the Judeo-Spanish – Turkish dictionary and a number of CDs in Sephardic music. She is also the chief editor of the only monthly newspaper in the world that is entirely in Ladino\, El Amaneser and also of the Judeo-Spanish page(s) of the weekly Şalom newspaper. In 2011\, she was awarded the medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française by the Ministry of Culture of France for her contribution to the world culture and her efforts in the preservation of Judeo-Spanish\, an endangered language. Karen has many articles on the Sephardic Culture published mainly in 3 languages: Turkish\, English and Ladino. She has also taken part in many TV programs\, documentaries\, etc. on Judeo-Spanish and the Sephardic music and culture. \nShe has Ladino lessons on YouTube and currently at: www.sephardicbrotherhood/ladino 101 \nKaren is also the founder\, singer and presenter of the group Los Pasharos Sefaradis\, the most authentic group in Turkish Sephardic music. Has 9 albums published by this group. \nLisya Behar was born in İstanbul. Volunteering in the Jewish Community since childhood\, Lisya has been president of the local Jewish Youth Team\, helped build a homecare system for the elderly\,  and is one of the co-founders of Limmud Turkey. She is currently the CEO of the Alef Jewish Community Center İstanbul \nNesi Altaras is an MA student in Political Science at McGill University from Istanbul\, Turkey. A member of the shrinking Jewish community of Turkey\, Nesi is a writer and editor for the online Jewish publication Avlaremoz and his current research is on the migration of Jews from Kurdistan in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. His previous work was on the failed peace and reconciliation processes in Turkey on the Kurdish question. His interest is in minorities in both the contemporary Middle East and in late Ottoman history as well as identity in Turkey. \nThe Jews of India – March 16th & 23rd\nWhat? There are Indian Jews? The answer emphatically is yes\, and there is a variety of different types of Indian Jews. One of the questions we will grapple with is when did Jews first arrive in the Indian sub-continent. What kinds of traditions emerged with this community and what kind of relationship did Indian Jews have with their co-religionists around the world\, if any? Another question relates to the fact that historically\, Indian Jews never experienced antisemitism. This being the case\, why did most Indian Jews emigrate to Israel in the 1950s? \nJoining us on March 16 was Dr. Maisie Meyer \nDr. Meyer was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) and grew up in a colonial setting. The subject she chose to research reflects her personal autobiography. It gives her a deeper understanding of Baghdadi Jews\, their emulation of a British lifestyle and their desire to appear as British as possible within the parameters of their faith. She is a double graduate in English and Humanities\, both with honours\, and obtained an MA degree in International History. The British Academy awarded her a scholarship to do a PhD which she was awarded from the London School of Economics in 1994. She pioneered the research of the Baghdadi Jewish Community of Shanghai. Her publications From the Rivers of Babylon to the Whangpoo: A Century of Sephardi Jewish Life in Shanghai (Lanham M.D.2003) and Shanghai’s Baghdadi Jews: A Compilation of Biographical Memories (Hong Kong 2013) have been widely acclaimed. \nJoining us on March 23 was Nissim J. Pingle and Ralphy Jhirad \nNissim J. Pingle works for the JDC\, India office as the Director for the EPJCC (Evelyn Peters Jewish Community Center). As a longtime member and somebody who has benefited immensely from the activities of AJDC and JCC\, he sees this role as an opportunity to give back. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations and growth of the JCC programs as well as developing and implementing programs that help in community building and/or Jewish learning. A Physics graduate from the Mumbai University\, he has worked as an Operations Manager for a Call Center and a General Manager for a chain of Fitness Centers. He lives in Navi Mumbai with his wife\, parents and 2 sons. When he is not glued to a computer or TV screen\, he spends time playing with his kids\, quizzing\, and trying hard not be the worst player in Table Tennis! \nRalphy Jhirad is the Trustees of the Bene Israel Heritage Museum and Genealogical Research Centre. Ralphy is the authority on the Jewish Heritage of India and is faculty on the same subject in the Guides Training Course of the Government of India\, Department of Tourism. He is a member of the Jewish Community in India and is dedicated to the preservation of their culture. He published following books\, BOMBAY : Exploring The Urban Jewish Heritage by Shaul Sapir\, Siyon se Sahyadri Tak by Sheba Jeremiah Nagaokar\, The Jews of Pakistan by Yoel Reuben\, Of Muse and Memories by Rebecca Yehezkielm\, The Demographic and Socio Economic Characteristics of Jews in India by Ralphy Jhirad and Lily Ezekiel. He has curated and organized following Exhibitions: Contribution of David Sassoon and family towards the development of Bombay and Jewish Landmarks in Mumbai. He has developed following itineraries for Tours of Jewish Heritage in India: Tour of Jewish Heritage in Mumbai\, Sassoon Landmarks of Mumbai\, Tour of Jewish  Arrival in Raigad and their original traditions\, India a Jewish Perspective\, Tour of the Jews of Kerala\, Tour of the Jewish Community of Ahmedabad. Ralphy organized the first ever visit of the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogues. A few photos from this visit are enclosed for reference. He has assisted several Authors\, Full Bright Scholars\, Film Makers and Museum Curators during their research in India. He has travelled to various centers of India where Jewish Heritage is predominant and assisted Thousands of Jewish Travelers to either discover their own Jewish Roots in India or learn about the incredible Jewish Perspective in India. Refer Website visitjewishindia.com for more details on various tour options including incredible India and it’s Jewish Heritage. \nFrench Jewry – April 6th & April 20th\nThe great medieval commentator Rashi\, Baron Rothschild\, Alfred Dreyfuss\, Leon Blum\, Simone Weil\, Emanuel Levinas are just a few famous French (Jewish) names that come to mind when thinking about the contribution of French Jewry. The first Jews in Europe to be offered emancipation\, in recent years French Jewry has found itself facing the worst antisemitic attacks in Europe. How this came to be are just some of the subjects we will engage in with this dynamic community. \nJoining us on April 6 was: \nPhilippe Boukara                Philippe Boukara was born in Paris in 1957. He is an historian\, specialised in Contemporary French Jewry. He is a coordinator of Adult Education in the Shoah Memorial in Paris\, and he has been teaching in various academic institutions. He is involved in Jewish-Christian dialogues ans is the honorary chair of Dorvador\, the Conservative Congregation in Eastern Paris. He publishes regularly in the French Jewish press. \nJoining us on April 20 is:  \n                 Yonathan Arfi is vice-president of CRIF and chairman of CRIF’s commission for international affairs. He has been a member of the Executive Board of the CRIF for the last 14 years and has worked closely with former and current presidents of CRIF\, Richard Prasquier\, Roger Cukierman and Francis Kalifat.\nYonathan Arfi was born in 1980 in Toulouse and raised in Paris\, where he graduated from HEC business school in 2003. He is the CEO of Optimal Gestion\, the financial consulting firm he founded in 2007 in Paris.He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Alliance Israélite Universelle (www.aiu.org – main Jewish organization in the field of education in France) and Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (www.ose-france.org – main Jewish social welfare organization in France).\nYonathan Arfi was also the chairman of the French Union of Jewish Students from 2003 to 2005. He founded in 2005 CoExist (www.coexist.fr)\, the leading program in France against racial\, religious andcultural prejudices among French pupils and has been working on the issue of anti-Semitism since 2000. \nMasha Ugryumova is 27 years old and was born and grew up in Tcheliabinsk\, Russia. \nShe moved to France at the age of 18 to study Communication at La Sorbonne University. \nToday she lives in Paris and works for international organisation for Jewish youth Hilel Campus France as the Head of Communication.  \nThanks to her job\, she’s directly concerned by today’s challenges and struggles that Jewish youth of France have to face and looks for the solutions how to deal with that. \n                Elie Touitou\nBorn and raised in Paris\, in a Zionist and traditionalist Jewish Family\, Elie is a Lawyer specialized in Digital and Business Law. In 2016\, during his studies at Sorbonne Law School\, he founded the association Alliance\, in a double reference to Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Beitar and to René Cassin’s Alliance Universelle Israélite (Kol Israel Haverim). \nFirst acting as a local organization inside the University\, the association grew fast and is now a federation of five local association gathering +500 students across the major Parisian campuses. Alliance aims to organize Jewish life on campus\, provide Jewish and Zionist students with the intellectual means necessary to be able to defend their convictions by organizing formation\, lectures\, workshops\, debates and journeys and also to fight antisemitism\, in all its forms\, on French Campuses. \nThe Association developed close bounds with Zionist and/or Israeli organizations with which it works on a daily basis. \nDelphine Gamburg: Director of Communication at the Embassy of Israel in France \nDelphine Gamburg was born in France and emigrated to Israel in 1995. After working for the Israeli Ministry of Integration between 1996-1998\, she joined the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  She worked there as a lawyer until 2005\,  then held various positions in the Department of International Development Cooperation\, and to the Department of Strategic Affairs until her departure to the United States in 2015 where she was the cultural attaché at the Embassy of Israel in Washington DC. \nShe is currently in charge of the Public Communication Department at the Embassy of Israel in France. Delphine has a Bachelor of Laws\, a Masters of International Relations\, and a PhD in American foreign policy in the Middle East. She is married and has 3 children \nKAREN REB RUDEL \nBorn and raised in Johnstown\, Pennsylvania\, Karen grew up with the aspiration to be a comedian\, a musician\, or both… She groomed these crafts from a young age by making everyone around her laugh and beginning a lifetime romance with the flute at the age of 9. She went on to study drama at Temple University in Philadelphia and played in a series of bands. \nFrom the age of 30 until she got married\, Karen was back and forth between Paris and Philadelphia\, working on musical projects and touring (including being the flautist and singer in a Reggae band in Paris). One day her parents came to visit her and Karen\, having learned a lot about Paris\, was showing them around when her mother exclaimed\, “Karen\, you would make a great tour guide!” \nThat was the light bulb moment\, and as the French say\, voila! \nParis has been Karen’s stomping ground for over 20 years\, and her company is in a unique position to give you the historical background and underground cultural scoops that most walking tours leave out. \nAvi Ben-Hur \nA Brooklyn native\, Avi moved to Israel in 1983. Currently\, he is on the faculty of the University of Haifa Tourism School\, an examiner for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism\, and the Director of Education of Classrooms Without Borders. \nAn eclectic Israeli educator specializing in Land of Israel studies\, the history of Jerusalem\, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Holocaust studies\, Avi’s expertise is in integrating ideas and knowledge from various disciplines into a comprehensive and coherent narrative.”
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SUMMARY:Stages of Genocide: A Toolkit for Educators
DESCRIPTION:April is Genocide Awareness Month\nJoin us as we explore this new instructional unit: Stages of Genocide: A Toolkit for Educators with the The Genocide Education Project and Woven Teaching. \nThe Genocide Education Project\, in partnership with Woven Teaching\, offers a new resource for high school social studies educators: Stages of Genocide: A Toolkit for Educators – an instructional guide and lesson plans for teaching about genocide and its common stages\, using the histories of six case studies:  \n• Armenian\n• Cambodian\n• Guatemalan\n• Holocaust\n• Native American\n• Rwandan  \nStudying genocide is a critical part of a student’s understanding of both history and of current events. Based on the “Ten Stages of Genocide” framework describing how societies engage in genocide\, this interactive lesson plan provides an opportunity to explore multiple instances of mass atrocity\, while recognizing their commonalities and differences\, and encouraging reflection and discussion of personal and institutional responsibility\, connecting these historical events to current events and to students’ lives.  \nStages of Genocide: A Toolkit for Educators guides educators in setting up student groups to carry out team projects related to comparative evaluations of the six genocide case studies. The toolkit includes the readings on genocide and the historical summaries as well as student handouts\, project instructions\, group norms\, roles\, evaluations\, key terms and graphic organizer. \nSara Cohan\, The Genocide Education Project’s Education Director\, will facilitate the workshop. Cohan’s background combines research\, study\, curriculum development and teaching. She has a Master’s degree in Social Science Education and was a high school social studies teacher in Florida.  She was a teacher fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and has received multiple other fellowships and awards\, including those from Fulbright-Hays and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She received the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedoms Foundation and served as a research fellow for Teaching Tolerance\, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. She has written articles and educational materials for scholarly journals\, magazines and multiple nonprofits. \nNina Simone Grotch\, Executive Director of Woven Teaching is a longtime educator and advocate for social justice\, a public speaker with over 20 years of experience teaching children\, youth\, adults\, law enforcement officers\, and government officials. Her experience includes working with diverse audiences locally\, nationally\, and internationally on examining and interrupting prejudice and discrimination. Ms. Grotch served as the Education Director for the Anti-Defamation League in Northern California where she directed the Holocaust education and anti-bias programs for students\, educators and community members. Ms. Grotch has a bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of California\, Santa Cruz and master’s degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University. \nThe full inclusion of people of all abilities is a core value of Classrooms Without Borders. For questions or to make requests for special accommodations contact melissa@classroomswithoutborders.org
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SUMMARY:"Yerusalem: The Incredible Story of Ethiopian Jewry " Post-Film Discussion with Film Director Levi Zini\, Rubi Viterbo former Israeli Naval Commando and ex-Mossad Agent\, and Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom
DESCRIPTION:Classrooms Without Borders\, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation\, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film “Yerusalem” and engage in a post-film discussion with the film director\, Levi Zini\, former Israeli Naval Commando and ex-Mossad agent Rubi Viterbo\, and Rabbi Sharon Shalom in conversation with CWB scholar Avi Ben Hur. \n“Yerusalem”\, a brand new feature documentary (based on the Israeli documentary series) brings to life the story of a long\, dramatic and tumultuous journey as the Jewish Ethiopian community\, also known as “Beta-Israel”\, finally find their way back to the heart of the Jewish people after centuries – Jerusalem. “Yerusalem” is the story of an isolated Jewish tribe who kept its faith for thousands of years even though they lived in a hostile Christian environment. This is the story of ancient Jewish traditions\, of heroic actions and daring covert operations. But mainly\, this is the story of a powerful religious yearning that has been passed down from father to son for countless generations. A desire for a “Yerusalem” tied with gold threads. “Exodus of the Black Jews”‘\, “Rescue of the Lost Tribe” cried out international news headlines in January 1985 when the airlift known as “Operation Moses” was revealed. In one of several clandestine operations in the Ethiopian Exodus\, Israeli Mossad\, the US administration and world Jewry collaborated to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews from the hellhole refugee camps in Sudan. The London Times wrote: “The airlift was in its way as inspiring a story as the Biblical Exodus”. “Yerusalem” is the complex story of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel bringing the stories of the first and second generation of immigrants\, rabbinical cases\, Aliyah activists\, Mossad personnel\, ship commanders and pilots\, decision-makers and many others who risked their lives to bring Ethiopian Jews to their ancestral land. Here they were required to prove their Jewishness and fight for their legitimate place in Israeli society. \nLevi Zini \nLevi Zini is a leading documentary filmmaker in Israel with over 40 years of creating independent films and television documentaries in a variety of genres\, including art films\, docu-activism\, and current affair exposés. In 2009-2013\, Zini served as Chief Commissioner of Israel’s premiere documentary channel – Channel 8. Zini is a recipient of a variety of awards from local and international festivals. He was awarded Israel’s Minister of Education Award for Documentary Filmmaking in 1999 and 2012. Zini is a board member of the Israeli Documentary Forum\, a lecturer and a judge for film funds and festivals. Levi is the founder and Art Director of Doc.Films production house in Tel Aviv. \nRubi Viterbo\nRubi Viterbo is former Israeli Naval Commando and ex-Mossad agent who participated in some of the most secret missions in Israel’s modern history. Rubi is also a scuba-diving instructor and he grew up on Kibbutz Givat Brenner in the center of Israel. \nFrom the Smithsonian Channel Series: Spy Wars with Damian Lewis: Exodus: In the early 1980s\, retired Israeli Navy SEAL Rubi Viterbo was running a dive school in a resort town when he got a call that would change his life – an offer to join a secret mission for the Mossad. \nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom\nRabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom (born in Ethiopia\, 1973) is a lecturer and Jewish writer. He is a Rav of one of the Tzohar “Open Communities” in Kiryat Gat. He grew up with the name Zaude Tesfay in a Jewish community in the North of Ethiopia. He works as a Rabbi in Merkaz Shapira Or Meofir special program for Ethiopian emigrants. Rabbi Dr. Sharon is the Head of the International Center for Study of Ethiopian Jewry\, and a Jewish Studies Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities\, Ono Academic College. \nThank you to our partner:
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SUMMARY:Anti-Asian American Racism and Violence: Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:This program is geared for educators\, but open to all learners.\nPhoto by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash \nAnti-Asian American Racism and Violence: Then and Now -with CWB resident teaching artist Susan Stein\nWith violence and racism against Asian-Americans surging\, we will focus on a dark chapter in American history during World War II too often omitted from school curricula. Through close readings in several genres\, including fiction\, graphic novels\, film\, and survivor testimonies\, we’ll explore the roots and relevance of World War II Japanese Internment camps today. Texts include excerpts from When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka\, Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo\, and A Fence Away from Freedom by Ellen Levine as well as the documentary The Cats of Mirikitani. This is an interactive session that combines discussion\, imagination\, and critical thinking. \n	Susan Stein is an actor\, playwright and teaching artist in NYC. Stein has spent the past eight years touring her original play\, Etty\, directed by Austin Pendleton\, to theaters\, universities\, schools and prisons throughout the United States and parts of Europe. Stein has been an Artist/Scholar in residence at Cambridge University\, Duquesne\, Boston College\, Vanderbilt and Chapman University. She leads workshops in writing and acting throughout the US and UK. Susan studied acting at NYU Graduate School and SUNY Purchase and received a Master’s in Writing at Wesleyan University. She was on the faculty of Princeton Day school for 13 years.
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