Rotem Giladi: The Rise and Fall of Jewish International Politics, 1919-1949 March 11, 2021 at 12:30 pm – 1:45 pmWebinarRotem Giladi studied law at the University of Essex (UK), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he obtain a doctoral degree (S.J.D.). He teaches international law at the Hebrew University Law Faculty and is an Associate Researcher of the Leibnitz Institute for Jewish History and Culture—Simon Dubnow in Leipzig, Germany. His research…
Michael Twitty: Not That Far Apart: Black and Jewish Identities in IntersectionMarch 22, 2021 at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pmZoom webinarBlack and Jewish: A Talk Series: Panel 2Panelists:Michael Twitty Tema Smith (Conversant) Part two of the Black & Jewish talk series Registration Linkhttps://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0dF2EbalT_WJxkqQSVFsYA Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian and food writer from the Washington D.C. area. He blogs at Afroculinaria.com. He’s appeared on Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern, Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates and most…
Michael Wachtel: In Battle for the German Mind: Evsei Shor, Rudolf Roeßler, and the Vita-Nova Publishing HouseMarch 24, 2021 at 12:30 pm – 1:45 pmRegister for Zoom Webinar or Watch live on Facebookhttps://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y71sIhBTSF2hEUFe_2c-VAhttps://www.facebook.com/DCRES/Though the names Evsei Shor and Rudolf Roeßler are known only to specialists (of the Russian emigration, anti-Nazi resistance, and international espionage), they were major cultural figures, and their voluminous correspondence is an unwavering testimony to humanist values during an inhuman era. A Russian Jew, Shor emigrated to Germany in 1923 as the secretary of…