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  Popular Anger or Planned Pogrom? What Really Happened During Kristallnacht 78 Years Ago

  Michael A. Meyer

  Dr. Michael A. Meyer, Adolph S. Ochs Professor Emeritus, Hebrew-Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, historian, author."

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  Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence

  Jonathan H. Sacks

  "Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Author and former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth."

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  Sephardic Songs and Stories with musician Dan Saks

  Dan Saks

  "Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert."

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  Overcoming the Fear of Difference

  Timothy P. Shriver

  "The Nineteenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and Open VISIONS Forum present… Timothy P. Shriver, Activist, author and Chairman of Special Olympics."

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  Etty

  Susan Stein

  "'Etty' a one-woman play based on the diaries and letters of Etty Hillsum, a young Dutch Jewish woman who died in Auschwitz in 1943. Adapted and performed by actress/playwright Susan Stein."

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  Living in the Occupied Territories: A Liberal Academic Wrestles with "Israeliness," Jewishness and Nationalism

  Teddy Weinberger

  "Dr. Teddy Weinberger, Israeli journalist and columnist on life in Israel."

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  Donors Choose: Expanding the Possibilities of Education

  Charles Best

  "The Eighteenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and the Open VISIONS Forum" [Speaker] "Charles Best, Founder and CEO, DonorsChoose.org - one of Oprah Winfrey's 'ultimate favorite things' and among Fast Company's '50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.'"

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  From Enemy to Brother: The Revolution in Catholic Teaching on the Jews

  John Connelly

  "Ninth Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement… Dr. John Connelly, University of California, Berkeley."

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  Galeet Dardashti and Divahn: New York's All-Female Powerhouse Ensemble

  Galeet Dardashti and Divahn

  "Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert… An evening of Middle Eastern and Sephardic music, featuring traditional and original songs with smooth harmonies, entrancing improvisations, and funky arrangements."

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  American Jewry's Historical and Contemporary Scoreboard

  Jeffrey S. Gurock

  "2015 Judaic Studies Scholar-in-Residence Jeffrey S. Gurock, PhD, Klaperman Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University. From Sandy Koufax to Aly Raisman, a look at pivotal moments in Jewish history through the lens of sports."

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  Anti-Semitism in Europe Today

  David Harris

  "David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee."

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  Jewish Women & American Art

  Gail S. Levin

  "The Samuel and Bettie Roberts Memorial Lecture in Jewish Art, Sponsored by the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies… Dr. Gail Levin, Art historian, biographer, and distinguished professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women's Studies at City University of New York."

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  Where Harry Met Sally: The Jewish Deli in America

  Ted Merwin

  "Ted Merwin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies, Dickinson College."

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  Germans Who Stood Up to Hitler: The Resistance Movements of Nazi Germany

  Anne E. Nelson

  "Anne Nelson, Author, playwright, former war correspondent, and Columbia University faculty member."

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  Making America Harmonious: The Jewish Contribution to Popular Music

  Stephen J. Whitfield

  "Dr. Stephen J. Whitfield, Max Richter Professor of American Civilization, Brandeis University… An exploration of how American musical taste was unified from World War I through the Vietnam War by the contributions of Jewish songwriters."

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  Creativity in the Midst of Catastrophe: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe

  Debórah Dwork

  "2014 Judaic Studies Scholar in Residence Dr. Debórah Dwork, Rose Professor of Holocaust History and Director of the Strassler Center for the Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University."

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  Golem

  Golem

  "The Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies… Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert… Golem: A Klezmer rock band featuring Yiddish and Eastern European music with a contemporary edge."

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  Built Environment at Auschwitz: Between Imperial Ambition and Genocide

  Paul B. Jaskot

  "Dr. Paul Jaskot, Art historian, DePaul University."

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  Jewish Soul On Fire

  Esther Jungreis

  "Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Holocaust survivor, author, and founder of the Hineni Heritage Center."

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  Agreeing to Disagree: How Jew and Christians Read Scripture

  Amy-Jill Levine

  "Eighth Annual Lecture in Jewish-Christian Engagement" [Speaker] "Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University; Author, The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; Co-Editor, The Jewish Annotated New Testament."

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  Yentl: From Yeshiva Boy to Syndrome

  Pamela S. Nadell

  "How did the name Yentl become so iconic of the feminist struggle against gender bias? Dr. Pamela S. Nadell, Patrick Clendenen Professor of Women's and Gender History; Director of the Jewish Studies Program, American University."

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  Whose Heroes? Hollywood Portrayals of the Bible

  Adele Reinhartz

  "Dr. Adele Reinhartz, Professor of Religious Studies and Classics, University of Ottowa, Canada."

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  I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World's Children

  Caryl M. Stern

  "The Seventeenth Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture underwritten by the Frank Jacoby Foundation in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and Open VISIONS Forum… Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF; former chief operating officer and senior associate national director for the Anti-Defamation League."

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  Remembering to Forget: Images of the Holocaust

  Barbie Zelizer

  "Dr. Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania."

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  Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball

  Rebecca T. Alpert

  "The relationship between Jews and black baseball in Jim Brow America. Dr. Rebecca T. Alpert, Associate Professor of Religion and Women's Studies, Temple University."