Sunday, July 19
12 p.m. Paul Liptz, “Indian Jews,” Orange County Community Scholar Program.
Monday, July 20
10 a.m. Benjamin Sommer, “The End of Days in Isaiah: Coming Soon (and Still Waiting),” Jewish Theological Seminary,
10:30 a.m. Etta Prince-Gibson, “Israel Beyond the Headlines,” American Jewish University.
Tuesday, July 21
10a.m. Yale Strom, “From Rajisthan to the World, the History and Culture of the Roma,” 92nd Street Y. (weekly series thru August 8).
10 a.m.Laurie Garcia and Wendy Warren, “The Life and Art of Samuel Bak,” Holocaust Museum of Houston.
12 p.m.Sandra Lawson, Eric Goldstein, and Stephanie Ruskay, “American Jews and Race: Past, Present and Charting a Future,” Jewish Theological Seminary.
4:30 p.m. Liel Leibovitz, “Is the Love Affair between Jews and the University Over?” Tikvah Fund,
6 p.m. Roberta Grossman, “Who Will Write Our History?” San Diego International Jewish Film Festival.
7 p.m.Marc Dollinger, “Jews, Whiteness, Power , and Privilege,” Temple Emanu-El (San Diego).
Wednesday, July 22
8 a..m. Samantha Frank, “The Hebrew Prophets Are the Social Icons We Need Today,” 92nd Street Y.
9 a.m. Sami Adwan, “Palestinian Narratives on Both Sides of the Green Line,” J Street.
11 a.m. Yaakov Katz, “The Changing Political Landscape in the Middle East and the Resurgence of the Coronavirus in Israel,” American Friends of Magen David Adom.
12 p.m. Abby Schwartz, “The Book of Job in Art: From Byzantium to Blake and Beyond,” Hebrew Union College.
1 p.m. Jayne Cohen, “From the Inquisition to the Mishiguene Restaurant:The Latin American Jewish Food Story,” Center for Jewish History.
4 p.m. Michael Dobbs, “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz and a Village Caught in Between,” Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center.
4:30 p.m. Pamela Nadell, Melissa Klapper, and Judith Rosenbaum, “Votes for Women: Jews and the Suffrage Movement,” Jewish Women’s Archive.
5 p.m. Jeremy Dauber, “Jewish Comedy: A Serious History,” Jewish National Fund.
Thursday, July 23
9 a.m. Layah Kranz Lipsker, “Kabbalah: The Soul of Judaism,” Vilna Shul. (4 part series).
9 a.m. David Benkof, “Another Song Will Rise: Debbie Friedman 1010,” David Benkof’s Jewish Culture 101.
10 a.m. Hasia Diner, “Julius Rosenwald: Repairing the World,” Jewish Museum of Milwaukee.
11 a.m. Joy Ladin, “Shekhinah Speaks: Gender and Divinity,” Hadassah-Brandeis Institute,
1:30 p.m. Alyssa Quint, “The Accidental Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theatre,” YIVO.
4 p.m. Annie Pollard, “America’s Jewish Lower East Side,” Yiddish Book Center.
6 p.m. Samira Mehta, “Eco Kashrut: Food, Jews, Justice,” Jewish Studies Program, University of Colorado.
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Laurie Baron, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of European History at San Diego State University; a humor columnist (in his own name and in that of his dog Elona), and is an authority on Jewish-themed movies, particularly those dealing with the Holocaust. To see an archive of his stories, please click on his byline at the top of this page. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com
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