Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on anti-Semitism in Germany. Anti-Semitism seems to be on the rise, in Germany and elsewhere. However, the scope of this rise, its reason, its agents and its meaning, … Read more
Join the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies on April 11 at 2:00 p.m. for a book launch for the Moments of Enlightenment conference publication. Register here to receive the Zoom link. Focusing on two new volumes published in honor of … Read more
Join the Carolina Public Humanities department on April 14 at 11:00 a.m. for a virtual talk by Oskar Czendze in collaboration with Wake Technical Community College and the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. Register here for the Zoom link. In … Read more
The Oldest Guard: Landowners, Local Memory, and the Making of the Zionist Settler Past In this talk, Liora Halperin tells the story of Zionist memory in and around the private Jewish agricultural colonies (moshavot) that were established in late 19th-century Ottoman Palestine. Though they … Read more
Registration is required on the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies' Eventbrite site. The Zoom link will be sent to registered guests a couple days prior to the lecture. Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler is a 2021 graduate of the Folklore MA program at UNC, … Read more
In the wake of the Holocaust, a religious phenomenon arose in Israel fueled by survivors who had converted to Catholicism as well as by Catholics determined to address the anti-Judaism inherent in their religious tradition. This talk examines this “Judeocentric … Read more
During archaeological excavations in Israel/Palestine over the last century, fifty-seven separate coin hoards have been found in ancient synagogue buildings dated to Late Antiquity (300-700 CE). This talk provides an overview of these deposits and lays out the separate functions … Read more
The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies' first lecture of the spring semester is the Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Event: How Healers Became Killers: German Physicians and the Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Program with Patricia Heberer-Rice from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Physicians … Read more
NPR International Correspondent Daniel Estrin joins the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies from Jerusalem to share reflections on his recent reporting about the ordinary and extraordinary lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Estrin has reported from the Middle East … Read more
Poetry reading with Ronny Someck. This in-person event will feature readings by the poet and translations in English. Visitor parking options include the Morehead Planetarium lot, meters on Franklin Street, and surface lots on Rosemary Street. Free and open to … Read more
