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 […]
On November 10 at 7 P.M., E.T. the Gross 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 […]
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 Gross Center Advisory Board member Ani Tchaghlasian who also serves on the National Board of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). […]
On October 20th at 4 PM, ET, Zohar Segev, professor of History at the University Haifa in Israel, will offer a new understanding of the Allied decision of whether or not to bomb Auschwitz Concentration Camp. In conversation with Gross Center Director Michael A. Riff, Segev will present new research into archival documents related to the work […]
0n October 6 at 7 P.M., E.T., in conversation with Ramapo College librarian Christina Connor and Gross Center Director Michael A. Riff, Dr. Wendy Lower will share the gripping story of the photograph she discovered at the U.S. Holocaust Museum taken at the moment of the horrific murder of Jewish woman by a Ukrainian collaborator […]
Griselda Pollock (University of Leeds, UK) will be in conversation with Kerry Wallach (Gettysburg College, PA) about the work and life of the German Jewish artist, Charlotte Salomon. Gross Center Director, Dr. Michael A. Riff will act as moderator. The program will be delivered virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, April 20 at 2 p.m. It […]
Dr. Lisa Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Literature at Ramapo College, will discuss her recently published book, Forget Russia (Tailwinds Press, 2020) with Dr. Santamaría Laorden, Associate Professor of Spanish at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Gross Center Director, Dr. Michael A. Riff will act as moderator. The program will be delivered virtually via Zoom on […]
On Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m., Dr. Sarah A. Stein, Professor of History, U.C.L.A and Dr. Joe Halio, physician and President of the Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture, will discuss “A Sephardic Journey: The Jews of Salonica from the Ottoman Empire to the Holocaust.” The Gross Center for Holocaust and […]
Jerry Zaks, a retired IT professional from Bergen County and son of survivors, will conduct a presentation on researching the history of one’s family in the Holocaust titled, “Recovering the Past: Researching the Fate of One’s Family in the Shoah.” He will also discuss his endeavor with Gross Center Director, Dr. Michael A. Riff. The […]
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