Tag: Jewish
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Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
We would like to share the following announcement. Prof. Elliot Ratzman, who has taught in Swarthmore’s Religious Studies Department and the Peace and Conflict Studies program, will interview Dr. Albie Sachs and the film’s Director after the screening on Saturday Nov. 21, 2015. SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA CLOSING NIGHT! Date:…
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Lost Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust
From our friends in History and Music: LOST YIDDISH SONGS OF THE HOLOCAUST Tuesday, November 10 1:00 to 2:15 Lang Concert Hall Lang Music Building “Avant-bard” singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and Professor Anna Shternshis of the University of Toronto bring to life lost Yiddish songs of the Holocaust in this combined concert and lecture. Written and…
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Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and why antisemitism poses a challenge for the Left
We would like to share this announcement about an upcoming event that may be of interest: Please join us for a talk by Moishe Postone, the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of History at the University of Chicago, on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. On the basis of a reading of Marx’s social epistemology, Dr. Postone will…