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January 2023
Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture
Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture Jewish Perceptions of Justice Kaplan-Brauer Lecture in Jewish Studies with Dr. Laura Jockusch, Brandeis University. January 30, 5:30pm. In-person lecture, free and open to the public. UNC Stone Center, Multi-Purpose Room Parking: Bell Tower Deck. This event will not be recorded. “If you survive, you must take revenge”: Jewish vengeance during and after the Holocaust Revenge was ubiquitous among European Jews during the Holocaust. It included direct acts—i.e. violence against Nazi perpetrators and their…
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Co-sponsoring: A Tar Heel in the Knesset
We are pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by UNC Hillel: A Tar Heel in the Knesset: Making sense of Israel’s tumultuous parliament with Alon Tal Thursday, February 16 at 7pm. Venue and other details TBA in late January. As the seventh American citizen (and the first North Carolinian!) to serve in Israel’s Knesset, seeing Israel’s complex and colorful legislative and government decision making up close was sometimes uplifting, sometimes appalling and always fascinating. Based on dozens of idiosyncratic…
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Daniel Zamir Jazz Duo / 20th Anniversary Celebration
Please help us celebrate our 20th anniversary at our March 2nd reception and jazz performance! Schedule: 6:00-6:45pm: Reception, Hill Hall, Rotunda 7:00-8:15pm: Performance, Hill Hall, Moeser Aud Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Event in Jewish Studies In person event, free and open to the public. FREE Parking: Swain Lot. Daniel Zamir Duo with Gadi Lehavi Internationally renowned saxophonist and composer Daniel Zamir, together with pianist Gadi Lehavi, will be performing a special jazz concert of Daniel's music. Join us…
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Co-sponsoring: Michael Twitty
The Center is pleased to co-sponsor this event: Michael Twitty, in conversation with Marcie Cohen Ferris Hutchins Lecture by Michael Twitty in conversation with moderator Marcie C. Ferris, focused on the new, much anticipated publication, Kosher Soul: The Food and Faith Journey of an American Jew (HarperCollins, 2022). Michael Twitty will meet with UNC students earlier in the day. Michael Twitty is a food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian, and historical interpreter at the intersection of American and…
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