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SCHOLAR TO DISCUSS HUMOR IN RESPONDING TO THE HOLOCAUST

Alumni Lounges (SC156-157) 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Avinoam Patt will examine how in the Holocaust humor was both a psychological weapon and a defense mechanism. He will show how in the face of unspeakable it established camaraderie and helped boost morale. At the University of Hartford since 2007, Dr. Patt teaches courses on Modern Jewish History, American Jewish History, the Holocaust, […]

Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) Commemoration to Feature a lecture Struggle for Restitution

Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom 280 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Joanne Intrator, a practicing psychiatrist and author, will speak about her pursuit of restitution for Wallstrasse 16, a center-city Berlin property stolen by the Nazis. The evening also will include a service and  a program featuring choral music performed by the Ramapo Chorale and the adult choir of Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom.

Roads Taken. The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way

Temple Israel and Jewish Community Center 475 Grove Street, Ridgewood, NJ, United States

Dr. Hasia Diner, the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, will discuss her  book Roads Taken. The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way (Yale U. Press, 2015), that tells the story of millions of young Jewish men who sought opportunity abroad, […]

Role of Women in Postwar Effort to Aid Displaced Persons to Be Discussed

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC157-158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Ellen Ross, Emerita Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey will discuss “Food and Shelter for Seven Million: The Women of the United Nations […]

THE LIBERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMP OF GUNSKIRCHEN

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Mr. Alan Moskin of Nanuet, New York will speak about how at the beginning of May 1945 as a young G.I. he participated in the liberation of the Gunskirchen Concentration […]

Jewishness on Display: Gender and Jewish Visibility in Weimar Germany

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Wallach will argue that there was, in fact, a pronounced desire for visibility among Jews in Weimar Germany and that gender played a central role in decisions about displaying […]

FILM SCREENING: “PRISONER OF HER PAST” (2010)

River Edge Public Library 685 Elm Avenue, River Edge, NJ, United States

On the night of February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich fled her home in Skokie, Illinois, insisting that someone was trying to kill her — to “put a bullet in head,” […]