Streaming Jewish Programs (January 17-23, 2021) 

By Laurie Baron, Ph.D 

Laurie Baron

SAN DIEGO – Following are Jewish-interest programs intended for academic and lay audiences that may be accessed via the Internet All times are Pacific Standard Time.

Sunday, January 17
9 am  Gal Sofer, “Demons: Friends or Foes,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel, https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/mUnfFLam?utm_source=facebook_europe&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=kwaa_facebook_Conversions_DemonsEvent_0121_335&fbclid=IwAR08Byy_3ch9cKPAIl_LAsslf_lL9CteV5fHqd0fe_17rVOXvFdzuKpUuTo

11 am Mark Schonwetter and Ann Arnold, “Together: A Journey for Survival,” Museum of Jewish Heritage,” https://mjhnyc.org/events/stories-survive-mark-schonwetter/

11 am Stephen Smith, Mary Pat Higgins, and Max Glauben, “The Dimensions of Memory: The Future of Holocaust Testimony,” USC Shoah Foundation,  https://sfi.usc.edu/events/dimensions-memory

12 pm Edith Goldenhar, “Return to Calais,” Sousa Mendes Foundation, http://sousamendesfoundation.org/event/return-to-calais

12 pm  Graham Tomlin, Shaykh Dr Asim Yusuf, Bhaven Pathak, and Joseph Dweck, “Praying to the God of Covid,” London School of Jewish Studies, https://www.lsjs.ac.uk/praying-to-the-god-of-covid-19-1309.php

4 pm Donna Rifkind and Thomas Doherty, “The Sun and the Stars: Salka Viertel,” Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival,   https://events.palmbeachculture.com/event/953639/the-donald-m-ephraim-palm-beach-jewish-film-festival-kick-off-event

4:30 pm Susannah Heschel, Yosef Webb-Cohen and Jessy Dressi, “Yesterday and Today: Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement, Repair the World and Serve the Moment, https://werepair.org/mlk-day/?popupId=7013s000000JvB5AAK

Monday, January 18
6 am   Sara Labaton, Jonah Hain, and Lila Kagedan, “Judaism and Justice,” Shalom Hartman Institute, https://www.hartman.org.il/event/judaism-and-justice-a-morning-of-meaningful-learning/?timestamp=1610960400

8 am-10 am  “Who Wants to Be a Mediator?: Biden, the New Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Truman Research Institute: Hebrew University, https://truman.huji.ac.il/event/who-wants-be-mediator-biden-new-middle-east-and-israeli-palestinian-conflict

8:30 am Israel Bartal, “Tangled Roots: The Emergence of Israeli Culture,” Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel and the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, https://huji.zoom.us/j/81094908371?pwd=N2NRWXZlUXVoQlZpeWlNRVRZRzJ4UT09#success

10 am  Julia Wagner, “Love and Loss in an Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Community: Freudian Readings of the Hit Israeli Show Shtisel,” Orange County Community Scholar Program, https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMuceCspjgvEtMQnQsOwJQ6_SIBO-LI4ayI?utm_source=CSP&utm_campaign=2721e478e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_03_04_55_COPY_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ee28fcba1-2721e478e9-362313811

10 am Sarah Minslow, “Using Children’s Literature and YA to Teach the Holocaust,” Oregon Jewish Museum and Holocaust Education Center, https://www.ojmche.org/events/using-childrens-and-ya-literature-to-teach-the-holocaust/

10 am Richard Ovenden and Raquel Ukeles, “Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge,” Reading Room, National Library of Israel,  https://nlisrael.typeform.com/to/mBRPdz9d?_ga=2.51287273.1732537374.1610495160-804770561.1606880562&_gl=1*13n5ani*_ga*ODA0NzcwNTYxLjE2MDY4ODA1NjI.*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTYxMDQ5NTE1OS4xNy4wLjE2MTA0OTUxNjMuNTY.

1 pm National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Soul to Soul: “African American and Jewish music meet in a celebration of two cultures.” Yiddishkayt Initiative, https://watch.eventive.org/…/play/5fe3ae18ff2ac9007577ca66

1 pm Joshua Shanes, “Orthodox Politics and Religious Identity in the 21st Century,” Tannenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, https://www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/joshua-shanes-%E2%80%9Corthodox-politics-and-religious-identity-21st-century%E2%80%9D

Tuesday, January 19
9 am Rebekkah Grossman, “On Turning Local Sights into Global Sights: When Zionist Politics Met Photography,” Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Colombia University and Jewish Studies Program, Fordham University, https://www.iijs.columbia.edu/upcoming-events/2021/1/19/on-turning-local-sites-into-global-sights-when-zionist-politics-met-photography

9 am  Mary Ainslie, “Chinese Philosemitism and Historical Statecraft: Accosting Judaism into Contemporary Chinese Civilizationism,” Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies, York University, https://cjs.yorku.ca/event/chinese-philosemitism-and-historical-statecraft-accosting-judaism-into-contemporary-chinese-civilizationism/?instance_id=24

10 am David Steinberg, “The Women Who Built Jerusalem,” American Jewish University, https://www.aju.edu/whizin-center-continuing-education/events/The-Women-Who-Built-Jerusalem-

10 am Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, “Speaking Out Against Hate,” Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary,  http://www.jtsa.edu/poetry-and-music-grzegorz-kwiatkowski

10 am Sander Gilman, “Placing the Blame for Covid-19 in and on the Ultra-Orthodox Communities,” Institute of Jewish Studies, University College of London, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/events/2021/jan/placing-blame-covid-19-and-ultra-orthodox-communities

11 am Carolyn Enger, “Mischline Exposé,” Museum of Jewish Heritage, Live from Edmond J. Safra Hall™: Carolyn Enger’s Mischlinge Exposé : Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust (mjhnyc.org),

3:30 pm  Adriana Jacobs, “Translation and Catastrophe: Hesz Leskly’s Zombie Memories,” Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies, University of Chicago, https://ccjs.uchicago.edu/node/4/details/CAL-ff808081-76e0f843-0176-e227ee32-00000bf9eventscalendar%2540uchicago.edu

4 pm  Jordanna Gessler and Christie Jovanovic, “Symbols of Hate and the Nazi Propaganda Machine,” Holocaust Museum LA, Inside the Acid Free Box: Symbols of Hate and the Nazi Propaganda Machine | Holocaust Museum LA

4 pm   Sara Luria, “In the Waters of a New Administration: An Inauguration Mikveh Exploration,” Meyerson JCC Manhattan,  https://mmjccm.org/programs/waters-new-administration-inauguration-mikveh-exploration?utm_source=JewishLiving&utm_medium=Email-1-10-21&utm_campaign=InaugurationMikveh

4 pm Marni Davis and Harlan Greene, “Taking It to the Streets: Mapmaking in the Digital Age,”  Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture, the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program-College of Charleston, and the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqcuuoqz4vHNO_VnJnP_gTGGhsq37WeExz

4:30 pm Dina Maiben, “Do You Speak Jewish?” Gratz at Home, https://www.gratz.edu/event/gratzhome-webinar-do-you-speak-jewish

5 pm Discussion of Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, https://18161.blackbaudhosting.com/18161/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=5b04b5b1-4d77-42b5-bedd-f1b30411b418

5 pm  Gerard Edery, “(Sephardic), Jewish Music Masterclass,  Milken Center for Music of the American Jewish Experience, UCLA, https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/jewish-music-masterclass-featuring-gerard-edery/?fbclid=IwAR1jbfV0yWhaFuWpUcQj7nUcEzcSEiP8gOctb2vLHC0DEe5Ou3Qt3dJ31mM

Wednesday, January 20                   

2:30 am Brendan McGeever, Elisa Bemporad, and Francois Guesnet, “Antisemitism in the Bolshevik Revolution,” Institute of Jewish Studies, University College of London, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/events/2021/jan/antisemitism-bolshevik-revolution

1 pm Shir Levav and Arthur Spielman, “One Hand, One Heart: An Intergenerational Celebration of Broadway and Yiddish Song,” Wagner Holocaust College Center, https://wagner.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvcO2qqD4qH90tnvM4DN6pJbCb8bbLpxdd

Thursday, January 21
8 am Matthias Hass, “The Wannsee Conference: Understanding the Origins of the Final Solution,” Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, https://www.hmtcli.org/events/wannsee-conference

9 am  Saul Berenthal, “Tour of Jewish Cuba,” My Jewish Learning, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFIEDu9qQB9a7w2UsO0tl-cnVHhwob7XekRloKD04yHXmeBw/viewform

10 am Esther Amini, “Concealed,” American Sephardi Federation, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8316067392381/WN_pbznJuRPT7SU49Q4pcXyKg?mc_cid=2adef83b27&mc_eid=a9a90f049b

10 am Spencer Cronin, “The History of Holocaust Education: The American Approach,” Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, https://dallasholocaustmuseum.secure.force.com/ticket/?_ga=2.175486754.181401301.1608751544-626133639.1607125357#/events/a0S5A00000dSUhwUAG

11 am Garri Regev, “Researching Your Family History in Israel from Home,” Center for Jewish History and Israel Genealogy Research Association, https://programs.cjh.org/tickets/family-history-today-2021-01-21

11 am Dan Schnur and Speakers for the Jewish Center for Justice, Los Angeles Urban League, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, and Center for Asian Americans Organized for Self-Empowerment, “Building Bridges: Reflections on the Inauguration and Challenges Ahead,” Holocaust Museum Los Angeles,   https://www.holocaustmuseumla.org/event-details/building-bridges-reflections-on-the-inauguration-and-challenges-ahead

1 pm (and January 28 at same time) Pinchas Giller, “Jung and the Kabbalah,” American Jewish University, Jung and the Kabbalah | American Jewish University (aju.edu)

2:30 pm                                                                                                                                                   Jodi Eichler-Levine and Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, “Crafting Objects, Crafting Community: Gender And Material Culture In American Religion,” Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crafting-objects-crafting-community-gender-material-ulture-in-america-tickets-135355392623

3 pmGuy Sharett, “Text and the City – Learning Hebrew in the Street,” 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 Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, “The 100 Year Struggle for Civil Liberties,” Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, https://streicker.nyc/events/michael-chabon-and-ayelet-waldman

4 pm Eric Marcus, Stephen Naron, and Mary Hendra, “Those Who Were There: Using Holocaust Survivor Podcast Testimony in Your Classroom,” Facing History and Ourselves,  https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/web2021nat1-those-who-were-there-using-podcasts-and-survivor-testimony-your-classroom?utm_source=paidsocial&utm_campaign=2021socialads&utm_content=hubspotjan21&utm_medium=paid&hsa_acc=908457187361&hsa_cam=6242947576153&hsa_grp=6242949375353&hsa_ad=6242949375153&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&fbclid=IwAR0d_EY2Fa5dJWR983PzAjbEKBQSf9mQ0VD81npE9Rm-dafVqcVWi2Oz-Hs

4 pm Eli Rosenblatt, “To Travel a Different Road: The Translation of African-American Poetry into Yiddish, 1925-1936,” Frankl Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan,  https://lsa.umich.edu/judaic/news-events/all-events.detail.html/80077-20556854.html

5 pm Anna Shternshis and Psoy Korolenko, “Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II,” Holocaust Living History Workshop, University of California-San Diego, https://library.ucsd.edu/visit/library-workshops/holocaust-living-history-workshop/events/2020-2021.html#January-21:-Yiddish-Glory:-The-

Friday, January 22                 

9 am  Sato Moughalian, “How Art Survives: David Ohannessian and the Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem,” Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpceCuqzMpHt15yjC_37jwCYSSX6MruKLv

Saturday, January 23                                                                                                   

4 pm Cellin Gluck, Linas Venclauskas, and Staci Rosenthal, “Persona Non-Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara,” Vilna Shul, Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara Virtual Screening & Discussion | Events at the Vilna (vilnashul.org)

4:30 pm “The Dead of Jaffa,” 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, Ph.D., 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