Spring 2021
Please see below for the recordings of our virtual lectures held in Spring 2021. Each recording is captioned in English.
Recordings for the conference The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Second Public Conference are coming soon.
Event Recordings
Before the Revolution a Conversation with Director Dan Shadur
March 14, 2021
A virtual conversation with Director Dan Shadur about his film, Before the Revolution, moderated by Dr. Dan Chyutin, Tel Aviv University.
This event was part of our Spring 2021 film series, Secrets Unveiled: Contemporary Israeli Documentary Series.
Following the Evidence to Babyn Yar: A Lecture by Dr. Martin Dean
March 22, 2021
In this lecture, Dr. Dean examines the complex history of the Babyn Yar ravine, where more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children were shot by units of the German SS and Police in late September 1941. By following the evidence from the photographs, witness testimonies, and aerial images, Dr. Dean has pieced together the route taken by the Jews into the ravine and identified the site of the mass shootings.
My War Hero Uncle (Elifelet): A Conversation with Film Director Shaked Goren
April 11, 2021
A virtual conversation with Director Shaked Goren about his film, My War Hero Uncle, moderated by Dr. Laliv Melamed, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
This event was part of our Spring 2021 film series, Secrets Unveiled: Contemporary Israeli Documentary Series.
Priestly Narratives: A Review Panel & Book Launch for Liane Feldman's Story of Sacrifice
April 16, 2021
A virtual book panel on the newly published The Story of Sacrifice: Ritual and Narrative in the Priestly Source by Liane M. Feldman, Assistant Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies.
Scholars Mira Balberg (UC San Diego), Martha Himmelfarb (Princeton), Andrew McGowan (Yale), and Hindy Najman (Oxford) joined Prof. Feldman for the panel.
Aida's Secrets: A Conversation with Film Director Alon Schwarz
May 2, 2021
A virtual conversation with Director Alon Schwarz about his film, Aida's Secrets, moderated by Dr. Ohad Landesman, Tel Aviv University.
This event was part of our Spring 2021 film series, Secrets Unveiled: Contemporary Israeli Documentary Series.
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II
May 26, 2021
A virtual lecture with Leah Garrett, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Hunter College, in conversation with HJS Professor Hasia Diner, about Prof. Garrett's new book, X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II, which tells the remarkable and unknown story of a group of Jewish Holocaust refugees who were trained by the British to be commandos, fighting on the front lines of many of the most crucial battles of the Second World War. These were the elite of the elite, a special forces unit that would help bring the Nazis to their knees.
Fall 2020
Recordings of Fall 2020 events are coming soon.
Africa: A Conversation with Film Director Oren Gerner
Oct 18, 2020
A virtual conversation with Director Oren Gerner about his film, Africa, moderated by Dr. Dan Chyutin of Tel Aviv University.
This event was part of our Fall 2020 Film Series, "Breakout Debuts: An Israeli Film Series," featuring contemporary films from outstanding breakout directors.
In Between: A Conversation with Film Director Maysaloun Hamoud
Nov 15, 2020
A virtual conversation with Director Maysaloun Hamoud about her film, In Between, moderated by Dr. Laliv Melamed, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
This event was part of our Fall 2020 Film Series, "Breakout Debuts: An Israeli Film Series," featuring contemporary films from outstanding breakout directors.
Outdoors: A Conversation with Film Director Asaf Saban
Dec 13, 2020
A virtual conversation with Director Asaf Saban about his film, Outdoors, moderated by Dr. Avner Shavit, Institut de recherche sur le cinéma et l'audiovisuel.
This event was part of our Fall 2020 Film Series, "Breakout Debuts: An Israeli Film Series," featuring contemporary films from outstanding breakout directors.
Spring 2020
Please see below for the recordings of our virtual lectures held in Spring 2020. Each recording is fully captioned in English.
Strangers in a Promised Land
April 13, 2020
A virtual lecture by Yifat Thereani, Research archaeologist at the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College and Archaeology Director at NYU Tel Aviv, entitled "Strangers in a Promised Land: In the Footsteps of the Assyrian Deportations to the Southern Levant."
HOW THE IRISH TAUGHT THE JEWS TO BECOME AMERICAN
April 20, 2020
A virtual lecture by HJS Professor Hasia Diner, with response by Kevin Kenny, NYU Professor of History and Director of the NYU Glucksman Ireland House.
THE JEWS’ INDIAN: COLONIALISM, PLURALISM, AND BELONGING IN AMERICA
April 27, 2020
A virtual lecture by David S. Koffman, J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and Associate Professor in the Department of History at York University, Toronto. The talk focuses on Prof. Koffman's newly published book, The Jews’ Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TEREZÍN MUSICAL COMPOSITION IN FOUR SLIDES
May 4, 2020
A virtual lecture by Michael Beckerman, Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music and Affiliate of the Skirball Department at New York University.