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The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

On October 27 at 7 P.M., E.T., noted scholar Khatchig Mouradian will discuss his new book, The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitariansm in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918 (Michigan State University Press, 2021) with Center Advisory Board member Ani Tchaghlasian who also serves on the National Board of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). Mouradian […]

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The Jewish Boxers Who Fought Back and for their Lives before and after the Shoah

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

On November 10 at 7 P.M., E.T. the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will host Jeffrey Sussman who will discuss his new book, Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers (Rowan&Littlefield, Oct. 2021) that tells riveting stories of victims who fought back against the Nazis. The lives of five boxers who were forced to fight for their […]

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Franci’s War: A True Story of Survival in Theresienstadt and Beyond

Virtually via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b6Y3DbzWT3qvD33O5OLtcw

On November 16 at 7 P.M., E.T., renowned author and journalist Helen Epstein will discuss her mother's Holocaust memoir, Franci's War (New York: Penguin, 2020)by Franci Rabinek Epstein. Franci's story begins in Prague with the German occupation of March 15, 1939 and continues with her deportation, in the summer of 1942, to Terezin, the former fortress […]

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Virtual Event in Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: From Awareness to Action: Confronting Antisemitism At Home and Abroad

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

On January 27 at 6 PM, ET, In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Dr. Robert Williams, Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will discuss about how current conspiracy theories and tropes fuel antisemitism domestically and internationally. He will also address how Holocaust education contributes to combatting this menace. […]

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Genealogy in Researching Holocaust History to be Unpacked

Via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3G2NCYm

On February 2 at 7 PM, ET, Avraham Groll, executive director of JewishGen-The Global Home for Jewish Genealogy and Ramapo alum, will be in conversation about “Using JewishGen to Research Your Roots - Including Holocaust Related Information” with Jerry Zaks, a retired technology expert, who has done just that. The program will take place under […]

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Jews Hiding and Passing as Gentiles in Eastern Galicia (Nazi occupied Poland)

Via Zoom Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

On February 9 at 7 PM, ET, Natalia Aleksiun, currently a scholar at the Warsaw Institute of Advanced Study and soon-to-be the Henry Rich Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Florida, will discuss the research she has conducted about “Jews Hiding and Passing as Gentiles in Eastern Galicia.” Then Nazi occupied Poland, after […]

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Holocaust Diary of Orthodox Jew from Alsace to be Discussed

Webex

On March 23 at 7 PM, ET, Alexandra Garbarini, , professor of history and Jewish studies at Williams College, will discuss "A Terrible and Terribly Interesting Epoch" The Holocaust Diary of Lucien Dreyfus, published last year by Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Garbarini co-edited the diary with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, reader in Holocaust Studies at the University […]

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Avinoam Patt discusses his new book on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Webex

On April 25 at 7 PM, ET, Avinoam Patt, the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut, will discuss his new book, The Jewish Heroes of Warsaw: The Afterlife of the Revolt, published last year by Wayne State University […]

MAUS Read-In for Students

York Room, The Birch Mansion 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the School of Humanities and Global Studies are sponsoring a MAUS read-in for 35 students on Wednesday April 27 from 3-5 PM in the York Room. Refreshments will be served, and together we will read MAUS and then have a brief discussion. The students will be able […]