James Loeffler, Johns Hopkins University Searching for Raphael Lemkin: On the Study of Jewish Universalism How does the particular produce the universal? In this seminar, I discuss how Jewish Studies engages this question by drawing on research on Raphael Lemkin’s …
James Loeffler, “The Crime of Menticide: Antisemitism and Hate Speech in American Law” Register for Zoom meeting. Can law stem hate speech without violating the First Amendment? In 1977, a group of Holocaust survivors from Skokie, Illinois filed a class …
The Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies is proud to host "Wild Burning Rage and Song: Replies to Scottsboro" as part of our "Colors of Jewishness" series The Scottsboro Trials stand as one of the most renowned miscarriages …
How does the history of Jews and Broadway musicals intersect with the worlds of Disney cinematic and theatrical music? Drawing from a larger book project on religion and the Walt Disney company, Dr. Eichler-Levine will workshop examples of how Jewish …
2025 Faye Greenberg Sigman "Woman of Valor" Lecture 7 pm UWM, Curtin Hall 175 Without Jewish American women, we would have no Barbie dolls, far less modern art, and less-interesting ritual objects. Through the stories of women artists, crafters, and …
The Stahl Center is pleased to cosponsor this film, part of the 46th Annual Latin American Film Series. Poli Martínez Kaplun 2023 Argentina | 80 minutes The film will be introduced by Joel Berkowitz, with a talkback with Rachel Baum …
What is the relationship between anti-Black racism, antisemitism, sexism, and Nazism? Why did the white supremacists who marched at Charlottesville in 2017 to protest removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee carry swastika flags and shout, "Jews will not …
This interactive workshop will explore the conceptual, theoretical, and ethical opportunities and limits of putting memories and histories of violent pasts in conversation.
This talk presents the key arguments of Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (Ashkenazi, Grossmann, Miron and Wobick-Segev) and outlines potential directions for future research. The rise of National Socialism coincided with the unprecedented popularization of private photography, leading German Jews …
The stringed survivors were brought back to life – and to the world – by a family of violin restorers spanning three generations. This is the true story of luthier Amnon Weinstein who took what might have become an exhibit …