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February 2020
Trapped in German Occupied Eastern Europe: Collaboration and Resistance
Lecture by Dr. Kimberly Allar and Dr. Yan Mann, Clinical Assistant Professors of History, Co-Directors of the World War II Studies online MA degree, Arizona State University. This presentation offers…
Find out more »Tikkun Olam Together Spa Day with Friendship Circle
Tikkun Olam Together provides cultural learning and togetherness opportunities for mothers and their daughters’ grades 6-10 as they work to improve the world – Tikkun Olam. It is an initiative…
Find out more »BJE Passages: A Beautiful Place
A musical presentation by composer, Craig Bohmler, A Beautiful Place is how the International Red Cross inspector described Terezin in his report after visiting the concentration camp in June 1944.…
Find out more »Allyship as Spiritual Practice
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Being an ally can sometimes feel awkward and unsustainable. How might we see allyship as part of a restorative religion that is nourishing? We will explore models of change…
Find out more »Gender and Clothing
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Purim is a story about the shift from living with a hidden identity to coming out as truly oneself. What might it teach us about the role…
Find out more »Commemorating the Crimes of Ordinary Men: The 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII
Three short lectures by ASU faculty including: Dr. Kimberly Allar, Clinical Assistant Professor of History speaking on "Who were the Perpetrators? Auschwitz and Holocaust by Bullets." Professor Tobias Harper discussing…
Find out more »March 2020
Violence, Morality and Megillat Esther
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The book of Esther concludes with a paroxysm of violence perpetrated by the Jews of Persia against their Persian attackers. Over the centuries many have been troubled by…
Find out more »Twas the Best of Times, ‘Twas the Worst of Times: Antisemitism, Israel and the Politics of Resentment on the Campus Today
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Is it as bad as we’ve been led to believe? How has the increasing support for the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment initiative effected campus climate and attitudes…
Find out more »Emergent Judaism: How an Ancient Tradition Gets New Ideas
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: The paradox within any tradition is that it is supposed to be old, venerable and stable and yet, in order to stay alive and relevant, it needs to…
Find out more »Ecological Justice and Judaism: A Deep Shift in Consciousness
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: In order to confront the pressing contemporary issues of climate crisis, mass extinction, insecure and unjust food systems and more, we need more than technical fixes. Science can…
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