SAN DIEGO — Following are streaming Jewish programs of academic and general interest. All times are Pacific Standard Time
Sunday, December 13
Association for Jewish Studies (through December 16), Check link below for schedule. Public Sessions on:
Embracing Ambiguity: How History Matters
Why Racism Should Matter for Jewish Studies Scholars
People of the Helping Friendly Book: Jews, Judaism, and Phish
Visioning New Worlds and Recalling the Old World in Queer Yiddish Drag and Burlesque
Imperfect Panacea? American Jewish Education and Response to Crisis
Breach of Protocols: Revisiting Zion’s Elders
Prayer and Crime: An Introduction to the Cantorial Golden Age
A Half Century (1970-2020) of the Social Scientific Study of Jewry
The Uses and Abuses of Art in the Representation of Holocaust Violence
Marking 70 Years of the Blaustein-Ben Gurion Understanding
Blood Libel: An Old Accusation, New Approaches
Exploring New Terrain in the Landscape of Twentieth Century Black-Jewish Relations
Teaching About Antisemitism
Jews in the Middle Eastern City
#Me Too and the American Jewish Community associationforjewishstudies.org/ajstv
Los Angeles Israel Film Festival (through December 27), https://www.israelfilmfestival.com/
8 am Miriam Udel, “Honey on the Page: Yiddish Children’s Literature,” Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival, Miriam Udel (jccannarbor.org)
9 am Elliot Chodoff, “Gaza in the Media,” Honest Reporting, Webinar: Understanding Hamas-ruled Gaza & Israel’s Strategic Reality | HonestReporting
10 am Ben Avrahami, “Jerusalem from the Sixth-Floor: A View from the Mayor’s Office,” Menachem Begin Heritage Center, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thought-you-knew-jerusalem-think-again-tickets-129846234583?fbclid=IwAR3cKbXtQ8vi4e8XVQlliFonWvadl1poAXiOfAvZk7ggH0JBcAgNdEUA83o
11 am Steve Delgado Porter, “From Portugal to Jamaica-the Delgado Story,” Sephardic World, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82545628251
11:30 am Aaron Bergman,“Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz,” Holocaust Memorial Center, Webinar Registration – Zoom
12 pm Peter Geffen, “The Remarkable Young Jewish Leadership of Morocco,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/fe7a1d5095ac/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4543268
12 pm Steven Skybell, Max Lewkowicz, and Patricia Kenner, “Fiddler-A Miracle of Miracles!” Sousa Mendes Foundation, Upcoming Events Virtual program: Fiddler – A Miracle of Miracles! – Sousa Mendes Foundation
12 pm Micah Goodman, Sarah Hurwitz, and Abby Pogrebin, “Judaism in the Covid Age: What Will Be Lost, Gained, and Changed,” Z 3 Project, https://z3project.virtualjcc.com/watch/judaism-in-the-covid-era–what-will-be-lost-gained-and-changed
1 pm Richard Freund, “The Origins of Hanukkah,” Rodef Sholom Temple, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85421008646?pwd=WWJud1lGTllldFBPaWVVMkJqVnhZUT09 Passcode: 078873
6:30 pm Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, “A Chanukah Klezmer Celebration,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://cbi18.ejoinme.org/Hanukkah2020
Monday, December 14
9 am Don Seeman, “The Sigd as a Modern Jewish Holiday,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IFQ1ek2QQiimJ3ihNZL4jg
10 am Yonatan Brafman, “Mitzvot and the Path to Human Flourishing,” Jewish Theological Seminary, http://www.jtsa.edu/mitzvot-and-the-path-to-human-flourishing
10 am Ben Katchor, “Children’s Text-image work in Yiddish Communist School and Camp Movement,” Jewish Studies Program, Cornell University, Di Linke: the Yiddish Immigrant Left from Popular Front to Cold War – Cornell
12 pm Avi Weiss, “If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem: An Analysis,” Valley Beit Midrash, Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim – An Analysis (valleybeitmidrash.org)
1 pm Larry Wolff, “Woodrow Wilson and the Reimagining of Eastern Europe,” National History Center and Wilson Center, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/woodrow-wilson-and-reimagining-eastern-europe
3:30 pm Mandy Patinkin, Melanie Nezer, Shira Kline, and Teklit Michael, “The National Jews for Refugees Assembly,” HIAS, National Jews for Refugees Assembly | HIAS
4 pm “The Dybbuk,” Congress for Jewish Culture, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5pMmB-BHm0
6 pm Yonatan Malin, “Klezmer Music as Jewish Dialogue and Jewish Discourse,” Program in Jewish Studies, University of Colorado, Webinar Registration – Zoom
Tuesday, December 15
10 am Thane Rosenbaum, “Saving Free Speech from Itself,” Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, https://18161.blackbaudhosting.com/18161/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=9e419990-0a78-4cce-ba0a-056177c6a83d
10 am Francois Guesnet, “Of Chicken and Eggs: Jewish Political Agency in the Context of Jewish Self Government in the Polish Lands,” Institute of Jewish Studies, University College of London, Of Chicken and Eggs | UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies – UCL – University College London
10 am “The Civil Rights Movement and the American Jewish Congress,” American Jewish Historical Society, Live From The Archives – Registration (office.com)
12 pm Daniel Lee, “The SS Officers’ Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi,” Holocaust Center for Humanity, Holocaust Center for Humanity Lunch-and-Learn Registration (google.com)
12 pm Yossi Klein Halevi, Yiffat Bitton, and Mijal Bitton, “New Notions of Identity: American Jews, Mizrahim, and Zionism, Z 3 Project, https://z3project.virtualjcc.com/watch/american-jews-mizrahim-and-zionism
12:30 pm Danny Siegel, “Radiance: Creative Mitzvah Living,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/8e91d7311cfe/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4555196
2 pm Shimon Attie, “Writing on Walls: A Master Class,” American Jewish University, Writing on Walls: A Master Class | American Jewish University (aju.edu)
4 pm Sarah Stein, “Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century,” Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival, Sarah Stein (jccannarbor.org)
4 pm Jeanette Kuvin Oren, “The History and Artistry of the Menorah,” My Jewish Learning, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8MN5qhUgnls_tA5yh-vgVmg8H_439YeWjXPF1X74RY_Zsyg/viewform
5 pm Peter Beinart, Marc Lamont Hill, Barbara Ransby, and Rashida Tlaib, “Dismantling Antisemitism, Winning Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit, https://www.facebook.com/jewishvoiceforpeacedetroit/
7 pm Fred Rosenbaum and Darrin Kleinberg, “Lehrhaus(est. 1920): A Revolution in Jewish Life and Learning, HaMaquom, Celebrate 100 years since the Frankfurt Lehrhaus – HaMaqom | The Place (hmqm.org)
Wednesday, December 16
6:30 am Steven Fenves and Alon Shaya, “Rescued Recipes: Heroic Actions That Saved Family Treasures,” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/VEFBSTAYCONRECIPES1220
10 am Tim Cole, Simone Gigliotti, Anne K. Knowles, and Sharon Oster, “The Holocaust in the 21st Century: Relevance and Challenges in the Digital Age,” Holocaust Education Foundation of Northwestern University, https://northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r3e7eu62R6OoOEwSUQBcVg
11 am Adam Milstein, “Defining Antisemitism as a Jewish Problem is a Lose, Lose Proposition,” Holocaust Museum LA, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8nPqpiOMSRaSaDubqxFZOw
12 pm Ethan Bronner and Ron Dermer, “In the Thick of It,” Z 3 Project, https://z3project.virtualjcc.com/watch/in-the-thick-of-it
3 pm Dahlia Lithwick, “The Supreme Court in Transition,” Hebrew Union College, Learn and Connect with HUC-JIR – Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Thursday, December 17
9 am Ruben Shimonov, “Writing Between Tongues: An Exploration of Hebrew and Arabic Calligraphy,” American Sephardi Federation, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3016018808363/WN_ZCuh4dswRMiqloKu7_xIrw?mc_cid=a2ab1021cb&mc_eid=a9a90f049b
10 am Esther Safran Foer, “I Want You To Know We’re Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir” Ann Arbor Jewish Book Festival, Offering Details (daxko.com)
12 pm Neta Riskin and Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, “Lights, Camera, Action: The Power of Israeli Film,” Z 3 Project, https://z3project.virtualjcc.com/watch/lights-camera-action-the-power-of-israeli-film
12:30 pm Rachel Musleah, “Jewish Calcutta through Music and Memory: The Personal Story of a Baghdadi Jewish Family,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://mailchi.mp/b2c11c7eff53/csp-zoom-programs-week-of-april-5-4553488
2 pm Michael Aloni, Doval’e Glickman, Shira Haas, and Neta Riskin, “Shtisel: Premier of Season 3,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, SHTISEL, Season 3 – The Streicker Center
4 pm Hankus Netsky, “How Folkways Records Planted the Seeds of the Yiddish Renaissance,” Yiddish Book Center, Webinar Registration – Zoom
4 pm Heather Morris and Lois Lowry, “Cilka’s Journey,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, “Cilka’s Journey” Book Talk with Heather Morris and Lois Lowry : Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (mjhnyc.org)
Friday, December 18
12 pm Francesco Spagnolo and Shir Kochavi, “Hanukkah and Survival in the DP Camps in Germany in 1945,” Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California-Berkeley, Hanukkah and Survival: A Workshop for “Displaced Persons” in Germany, 1945 | The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (berkeley.edu)
Sunday, December 20
9 am William Kolbrener, “Midrash of the Northern Renaissance: Rembrandt’s Readers-Reading Rembrandt,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/hJyN1R38?_ga=2.142487794.1136590024.1607610374-804770561.1606880562&_gl=1*7qpuie*_ga*ODA0NzcwNTYxLjE2MDY4ODA1NjI.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYwNzYxMDM3My42LjEuMTYwNzYxMDQ0MC42MA..
3 pm Eric Goldman, “The Jewish Philip Roth in Cinema,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, The Jewish Philip Roth in Cinema (Eric Goldman) (mailchi.mp)
Monday, December 21
10 am Flory Jagoda, Susan Gaeta, and Howard Bass, “Lunchtime Ladino Concert,” National Museum of American Jewish History, https://www.facebook.com/NMAJH/
10 am Noam Sienna, “On the Altar of the Press: Jewish Print Culture in 19th Century North Africa,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/Xn6x9XCt?_ga=2.109449669.1136590024.1607610374-804770561.1606880562&_gl=1*1ocdunl*_ga*ODA0NzcwNTYxLjE2MDY4ODA1NjI.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYwNzYxMDM3My42LjEuMTYwNzYxMDY5OC42MA..
10 am David Fishman, “The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: Choosing a Life of Meaning under the Specter of Death,” Jewish Theological Seminary, The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: Choosing a Life on Meaning Under the Specter of Death (jtsa.edu)
1 pm Hagai Levine, Covid-19 in Israel: Where We Came From and Where We Are Going,” American Friends of the Hebrew University, Webinar Registration – Zoom
3 pm Steven Exler, “As Long as the Candle Burns, Repair Is Possible: Rav Yisrael Salanter and the Mussar Movement,” Valley Beit Midrash, As Long as the Candle Burns, Repair is Possible: Rav Yisrael Salanter and The Mussar Movement (valleybeitmidrash.org)
4 pm Juan Meija and Abram Kronsberg, “Reclaiming Jewish Heritage: Latinos, B’nai Anusim, and Other Seekers, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Jewish Museum of Maryland (blackbaudhosting.com)
5 pm Charlotte Decoster, “The Book Thief,” Dallas Holocaust Museum, Buy: Movie Monday Film Discussion: The Book Thief (force.com)
5 pm David Saperstein, “The Election from a Jewish Perspective,” Men of Reform Judaism, https://bit.ly/35fF4OF or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0OsWvURLD4
Tuesday, December 22
10 am David Ellenson and Michael Marmur, “Thinking Jewish in a Changing America,” Learn and Connect with HUC-JIR – Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
10 am Andrew Coe, “Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Food,” YIVO, Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Food | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
12:30 pm Tobi Kahn, “Formation: Images of the Body,” FORMATION: Images of the Body (Tobi Kahn) (mailchi.mp)
Thursday, December 24
4 pm Talia Reese, Ben Resnick, and Joshua Plaut, “Nittel Nacht: A Jewish Christmas Eve Celebration,” My Jewish Learning, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhlN-JvWfTmnIlhE5OZF4Uinl2qkYbTnnjb0UV_V2moM-0tg/viewform
Friday, December 25
8 am Nefesh Mountain, “Concert,” Jewish Museum, https://thejewishmuseum.org/calendar/events/2020/12/25/nefesh-mountain-122520
11 am “Crossing Delancey,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, https://898a.blackbaudhosting.com/898a/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=ca0317cf-f7e4-42cb-926e-60b69f258185&_ga=2.124859267.88101973.1607125814-1414246400.1606975263&_gac=1.91133672.1606975333.Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhps_k0mJFBoEE_3mKgo5sSw7OP_wB_rGfpvCy7CencmrcVMCUNyEIogaAvbbEALw_wcB
Saturday, December 26
Yiddish New York Festival (daily through December 29), Yiddish New York Festival : Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (mjhnyc.org)
Monday, December 28
12 pm Ariel Anbar, “Are We Alone? Reason, Religion, and the Search for Life in the Universe,” Valley Beit Midrash, https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/are-we-alone-in-the-universe-faith-perspectives-of-an-astrobiologist/
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Lawrence (Laurie) Baron, now retired, served as the Nasatir Professor of Modern Jewish History at San Diego State University. He served from 1988 to 2006 as director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies. He was the founder in 1995 of the Western Jewish Studies Association.
Dr. Baron: Thank you for this wonderful Hanukkah gift….every week! Links working great this week.
Thank you for this always-useful list.