March 19, 2020 // Annual Diller Lecture: “The Future of Jewish Food”
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents “The Future of Jewish Food”: A Conversation with Rachel Gross, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, and Nathaniel DeutschThursday, March 19, 6:30-8pm
February 12, 2020 // “Free Men” Film Screening
Free Men (French: Les hommes libres) is a 2011 French film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other North African Muslims in Paris played in the French resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944).
January 9, 2020 // Samuel Torjman Thomas & ASEFA present “Layali Morocco: Jewish Songlines and Soundscapes”
Instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. will blend vocals, oud, violin, nay, and plenty of percussion, with songs in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Ladino,