SAN DIEGO — Following are streaming Jewish programs of academic and lay interest that may be accessed via the Internet. All times Are Pacific Standard Time.
Sunday, January 10
Conference on #DHJewish: Jewish Studies in the Digital Age (through Jan.14),” Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg, https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/events/dhjewish-jewish-studies-digital-age
Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival, https://2021brjff.eventive.org/films/5ff104dbf07bff007f0f0b62?fbclid=IwAR1P6Ac_E8KBuWeSc5pv_WUdxeohOSTM-Wtn6zWkszbmdFt1nKn6zDdxjsk
7 am Alan Kadish and Daniel Shapiro, “The United States, Israel, and the New Middle East,” Touro College, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vgwk5G4gTJCAiHjxWmSi7Q
10 am Alden Solovy, Leon Morris, and Hara Person, “Encountering the Divine with Poetry and Prayer,” Central Conference of American Rabbis and Pardes Institute, https://pardes.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrce-gqDgsGdGyIIeB0Zqss-EUeMObEJFK
10 am Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine, “The Bible With and Without Jesus,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/FWhn1EHm?_gl=1*18mg7q8*_ga*ODA0NzcwNTYxLjE2MDY4ODA1NjI.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYwOTM1NTQwNS4xMi4wLjE2MDkzNTU0MDkuNTY.&_ga=2.183853861.264690940.1609355405-804770561.1606880562
10:30 am Valeriya Nakshun, “Kavkazi ‘Mountain Jews’: Ancient Hebrew and Persian roots at the border of Azerbaijan and Russia,” Qesher, https://www.qesher.com/kavkazi-mountain-jews/
10:30 am Norman Lebrecht, “Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World,” London School of Jewish Studies, https://www.lsjs.ac.uk/genius-and-anxiety-how-jews-changed-the-world-1306.php
11 am Shulamit Reinharz and Ayala Sharot, “Youth Aliyah and the Rescue of Jewish Teenagers,” Sousa Mendes Foundation, http://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/virtual-program-youth-aliyah-and-the-rescue-of-jewish-teenagers/#more-18890
11 am Jeff Cohen and Adam Graham, “The Soap Myth,” Holocaust Memorial Center, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KkzOea0ETcqiW5O5fczyBg
11 am Henk Dijkman, Fokko Weerstra, and Esther Shaya, “The Dutch Pimentel Family: History and Holocaust,” Sephardic World, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86549610494
11 am New York Ladino Day: Adelantre/Onward!” American Sephardi Federation and Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4016070167269/WN_IhJDvi2JRviBvCX99lAmJQ?mc_cid=1c3433584d&mc_eid=a9a90f049b
12 pm Fred Guttenberg, “From Grief to Activism: One Father Makes a Difference,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/byachad-together/events/From-Grief-to-Activism-One-Father-Makes-a-Difference
1 pm Alec Nevala-Lee, “Isaac Asimov,” Enoch Pratt Free Library and Jewish Museum of Maryland, https://jewishmuseummd.org/events/an-afternoon-of-asimov/
1 pm Gene Festa, “Life in the Secret Annex,” San Antonio Public Library, https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D149984648
2 pm Judea Pearl, Mark Weitzman, and Naya Leykt, “How Did Antisemitism Become Anti-Zionism?” Museum of Tolerance, https://museumoftolerance.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FF-AH7h9RiWtOTMDaHz0YQ
4 pm David Mazower, “Becoming Sholem Asch,” Yiddish Book Center, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TM1VEMq9RuCrfRu1648svg?utm_source=weeklyreader&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklyreader
4 pm Meir Soloveichik, “Mikdash and Memory: The Jewish Relationship to the Temple,” Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, Yeshiva University, http://yeshiva.imodules.com/s/1739/2-yu/index.aspx?sid=1739&gid=17&pgid=3301&content_id=3031
Monday, January 11
9 am Sara Offenberg, “Sword and Buckler in Hebrew Letters: Traces of Early Illuminated German Fight Books in Hebrew Manuscripts,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/NRAZOADy?_ga=2.53663917.407346064.1609858398-804770561.1606880562&_gl=1*1o3rbuw*_ga*ODA0NzcwNTYxLjE2MDY4ODA1NjI.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYwOTg1ODM5My4xNC4xLjE2MDk4NTg1OTUuNjA.
10 am “Virtual Tour of Yemen’s Jewish Community,” Jewish Museum Milwaukee, https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/events/touryemen/
12 pm John Withers II, “A Liberator’s Story,” Echoes and Reflections, https://info.echoesandreflections.org/a-liberators-story-john-l-withers-ii
12 and 5 pm Edward Westerman, “Isolation and Social Death in Nazi Germany,” San Antonio Public Library, https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D149984661
1 pm David Nasaw, “The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War,” National History Center, https://nationalhistorycenter.org/event/last-million-europes-displaced-persons-world-war-cold-war/
3 pm Sid Schwartz, “The Creation Story and Humanity’s Homework,” Valley Beit Midrash, https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/the-creation-story-and-humanitys-homework/
4 pm Sarah Hurwitz, “Here All Along: A Jewish Journey in the White House,” Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, https://www.spertus.edu/programs-events/here-all-along-jewish-journey-white-house
4 pm Michael Solomonov, “Bringing Israeli Cuisine Home,” Hillel@home, https://form.jotform.com/203443698929167
4:30 pm Arthur Green and Arnold Eisen, “Judaism for the World: A Neo-Hasidic Perspective,” Jewish Theological Seminary, http://www.jtsa.edu/judaism-for-the-world-a-neo-hasidic-perspective
5 pm Philip Graubart and Amelia Glaser, “Women and God,” Jewish Studies Program, University of California-San Diego, https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpcO-gpz8sE9SOr1pKhvwBCU9ZnITeD8TY
5 pm Sara Abosch-Jacobson, “The Pianist,” Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, https://dallasholocaustmuseum.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.163135220.915848305.1607973385-626133639.1607125357#/events/a0S5A00000dSUhhUAG
Tuesday, January 12
9:30 am Rachel Korazim, “Ha-Tikvah: The Genesis of Hope,” 92nd Street Y, Hatikvah: The Genesis of Hope – 92Y, New York
10 am Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy, and Stephanie Butnick, “Voices from Israel,” 92nd Street Y, https://www.92y.org/event/voices-from-israel
10 am Isaac Bleaman, “Attitudes toward Change in New York Yiddish, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College of London, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/attitudes-toward-change-in-new-york-yiddish-isaac-l-bleaman-uc-berkeley-tickets-131373153639
10:30 am Shlomo Avineri, “Israeli Democracy: Historical Origins and Future Perspectives,” Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, UCLA, https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q8OnlCmeRDKKVd5WPG3sAA
11 am Rachel Biale, “Growing Up Below Sea Level: A Kibbutz Childhood,” Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebb2dkSHlhPV2c6FGXEL6nPZQuh_X0-dfj_jnAKXTu0Rna7w/viewform
11 am Wolf Gruner, “Defiance and Protest: Forgotten Individual Jewish Resistance in Nazi Germany,” Wiener Holocaust Library, https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=592
12 pm Or Rose, “Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Interreligious Pioneer,” Valley Beit Midrash, https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/rabbi-zalman-schachter-shalomi-interreligious-pioneer/
1:30 pm Arun Viswanath and Miriam Udel, “From Folktales and Fables to Harry Potter: Yiddish Storytelling for a New Generation,” Moment Magazine, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j18Nm267Qm6agJiQh1unkQ
2 pm Jordanna Gessler, Joe Goldman, and Henry Slucki, “Welcome to Paradise: Refugees at Home in LA,” HIAS and Holocaust Museum LA, https://www.holocaustmuseumla.org/event-details/welcome-to-paradise-refugees-at-home-in-la
4 pm Rachel B. Gross, “Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice,” Department of Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University, https://sfsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkce6oqDgvGNDAyDV334p_WIqVondxeXYq
4 pm Liz Reichman, “Hiding in the Attic or in Plain Sight,” San Antonio Public Library, https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D149984573
4:30 pm Talia Carner, “The Third Daughter,” Jewish Theological Seminary Library, http://www.jtsa.edu/the-third-daughter
5 pm Irina Nevzlin, “The Impact of Identity,” Limmud North America, https://limmudna.org/event/book-club-the-impact-of-identity-irina-nevzlin/
Wednesday, January 13
New York Jewish Film Festival (through January 26), Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center, https://virtual.filmlinc.org/page/new-york-jewish-film-festival-2021/
6:30 am Patricia Heberer Rice and Arie Kruglanski, “Communities of Hate: Why People Join Extremist Movements,” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/vefbstayconextmov0121
9 am Edith Scott Saavedra, “The Lamps of Albarracin,” American Sephardi Federation, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7616055299412/WN_6ddsznLhRPyAkcUOF2r3nw?mc_cid=2adef83b27&mc_eid=a9a90f049b
10 am Mark Geller, “Forget about Galen: Talmudic Medicine in Context,” Center for Jewish Studies, SOAS University of London, https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-prof-mark-geller-talmudic-medicine-in-context-tickets-128499167469
11 am Fred Lazin, “JDC’s Initial Response to European Refugees in Postwar Shanghai,” Joint Distribution Committee Archives, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dZQ9ZiTeR3STJnXPa3Oyzw
12 pm “Jews in Space: A Virtual Tour,” Jewish Museum of Maryland, https://68398.blackbaudhosting.com/68398/Jews-in-Space-Virtual-Tour-13Jan2021
12 pm Alan Morinis, “Live Your Best Life: The Mussar Edition,” American Jewish University, https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_POx3QbxUQ1aaLGW5GZuMjA
1 pm “Spotlight on Contemporary Antisemitism,” Echoes and Reflections, https://info.echoesandreflections.org/spotlight-on-contemporary-antisemitism-1
2 pm Wendy Holden and Deborah Oppenheimer, “One Hundred Miracles: A Memoir of Music and Survival,” US Holocaust Memorial Museum, One Hundred Miracles: A Memoir of Music and Survival (ushmm.org)
4 pm Steven Skybell and Zalmen Mlotek, “The Yiddish Texas,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker.nyc/events/the-yiddish-texan
5 pm Roger Barnes, “Isolation in the Wobbelin Concentration Camp,” San Antonio Public Library, https://www.mysapl.org/Events-News/Events-Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D149984621
Thursday, January 14
9 am Donniele Hartman and Kenneth Weinstein, “From Election to Inauguration and Beyond,” Shalom Hartman Institute and Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, https://www.hartman.org.il/event/from-election-to-inauguration-and-beyond-session-2/?timestamp=1610625600
9 am Tulane Chartock, “Caring for the Jewish Refugee Community in Cincinnati,” Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center and Skirball Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p-pA6UZURa6-mjZcHyQjCA
11 am Michael Meyer, “Rabbi Leo Baeck: Living a Religious Imperative in Troubled Times,” Leo Baeck Institute, https://www.lbi.org/events/rabbi-leo-baeck-living-a-religious-imperative-in-troubled-times/?bbeml=tp-33-1nCCfl0eM4xEdePg6gg.jf3_39W1OXk-tyuTxicEteg.rct_RLIIx3kOGv6iOIHIaMw.lgDjQ8aS8RESh6s8lW3mNHQ
11 am Talia Levin, Oren Segal, and Eric Ward, “Extremism: What You Need to Know in 2021,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, https://mjhnyc.org/events/extremism-what-you-need-to-know-in-2021/
12 pm Joy Ladin, “The Soul of a Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective,” Valley Beit Midrash, https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/the-soul-of-a-stranger-reading-god-and-torah-from-a-transgender-perspective-2/
12 pm Jessica Marglin, “Jews and Legal Belonging in the Modern Mediterranean: The Life and Afterlife of Nissim Shamama,” UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies and UCLA Leve Center for Jewish Studies, https://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/event/14173
1 pm Tal Ben-Shahar, “Growing through Hardship,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/byachad-together/events/Growing-Through-Hardship
1 pm Lina Insana, Shulamit Ottolenghi, Shai Bachar, and Frank London, “Primo Levi: His Life and Work Celebrated through Education and Song,” Jewish Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, https://classroomswithoutborders.org/events/rsvp.php?354
1 pm Anthea Butler, Marc Dollinger, Ginna Green, and Susannah Heschel, “From Civil Rights to Anti-Racism,” Forward, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_18DLlYFVRROT_an9iM–Yg
2 pm Elliot Kulka and Eric Weiss, “Queer Jewish Spiritual Care for Times of Transition,” https://www.gtu.edu/events/queer-jewish-spiritual-care-times-transition-rabbi-elliot-kukla-and-rabbi-eric-weiss-online
3 pm Eitan Hersh, “Take Action and Make Real Change,” Vilna Shul, https://vilnashul.org/events/event/take-action-and-make-real-change-with-eitan-hersh
3 pm Ghil’ad Zuckermann, “Do Israelis Really Speak Hebrew?” Consulate General of Israel to New England and Hebrew Program of Brandeis University, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gsnfqeI3SQqdI2ZQ-FUhHw
3:30 pm Stephanie Butnick, Liel Leibovitz, and Mark Oppenheimer, “The New Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker.nyc/events/from-abraham-to-zabars
3:30 pm Irvin Unger, “Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue: the Art and Propaganda of Arthur Syzk,” Florida Holocaust Museum, http://www.facebook.com/thefhm
4 pm Marc Dollinger and Tracie Guy-Decker, “Expanding Frameworks: Black Lives Matter, Antisemitism and Antiracism,” Jewish Museum of Maryland, https://68398.blackbaudhosting.com/68398/Expanding-Frameworks-Black-Lives-Matter-Anti-Semitism-and-Antiracism
4 pm R. Derek Black, “Rising out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist,” UJA Federation of New York, https://www.ujafedny.org/event/view/renouncing-hate
4:30 pm Sarah Megan Thomas, Lydia Dean Pilcher, and Kristin Wood, “A Call to Spy,” Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, https://jccfilmfest.jccchicago.org/event/film-discussion-a-call-to-spy/?type=month
4:30 pm Miriam Udel, “In League with the Future: Yiddish Stories for Children and Their Grownups,” Jewish Public Library, https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/479/tickets?eventId=5fe1131e011f970f7b117dfd&date=2021-01-14T19:30:00-05:00&cart
5 pm Adam Domby, Shmulik Nili, Shari Rabin, and Magda Teter, “The Present Day Uses of the Jewish Past,” Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University, https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/570564
5 pm Dalia Kandiyoti, “The Converso’s Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture,” Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, University of Washington, https://events.uw.edu/event/2d106859-dfdc-47f2-9d77-70460f5ad09e/summary?environment=P2&5S%2CM3%2C2d106859-dfdc-47f2-9d77-70460f5ad09e=
5 pm Pam Jenoff, “The Diplomat’s Wife,” Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, https://dallasholocaustmuseum.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.210239381.181401301.1608751544-626133639.1607125357#/events/a0S5A00000dT4TrUAK
5 pm Jackie Krentzman, “American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco,” Contemporary Jewish Museum, Webinar Registration – Zoom
5:30 pm Dahlia Lithwick and Avi Helfand, “Religious Liberty, the Supreme Court, and the Jews,” Shalom Hartman Institute, https://www.hartman.org.il/event/oc-civics/?timestamp=1610656200
Friday, January 15
10 am Simon Fujiwara, Alexandra Zapruder, and Mary Lee Webeck, “Simon Fujiwara Exhibition: Hope House,” https://hmh.org/events/dialogue-with-simon-fujiwara-alexandra-zapruder-and-mary-lee-webeck-2021-01-15-12:00:00
Saturday, January 16
4:30 pm “Esau,” Israeli and Jewish Film Festival-Jewish Public Library, https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/479/tickets?eventId=5fe0f94ee8827e149af24f0d&date=2021-01-16T19:30:00-05:00&cart
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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.
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