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A (post) Hanukkah Celebration: Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg, “Jews, Bluegrass, and Other ‘American’ Musics”

Eastern Michigan University Student Center Auditorium 900 Oakwood, Ypsilanti, MI, United States

Wednesday, December 8 at 7:00 PM Live in the EMU Student Center Auditorium and on Zoom at: tinyurl.com/nefeshmountain According to Rolling Stone, Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg’s bluegrass ensemble, Nefesh Mountain offers “a master class in string music . . . preach peace, understanding, and acceptance with musical muscle.” Among the first to capture Jewish […]

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The Third Annual Art and Mary Schuman Lecture: Tamar Manasseh, “An African-American Jewish Mother Repairing Cracks in Our Communities” Co-Sponsored by BIC

Tamar Manasseh describes herself: “I’m just a Jew . . . . And I’m a Black woman in America.” In 2015, Tamar Manasseh, an African-American Jewish mother of two teenagers, heard about another young mother from her Chicago neighborhood, murdered while attempting to break up a fight. In response, Manasseh decided to sit vigil at […]

EMU Center for Jewish Studies Third Annual Art and Mary Schuman Lecture: Tamar Manasseh, “An African-American Jewish Mother Repairing Cracks in Our Communities”

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The EMU Center for Jewish Studies Presents The Third Annual Art and Mary Schuman Lecture Tamar Manasseh, “An African-American Jewish Mother Repairing Cracks in Our Communities” Tamar Manasseh, an African-American Jewish mother of two teenagers, is Founder and Director of “Mothers and Men Against Senseless Killings” (MASK), an organization fighting gun violence on the streets […]

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No Longer Wandering: The EMU Center for Jewish Studies @ 10

Eastern Michigan University Student Center Ballroom 900 Oakwood, Ypsilanti, MI, United States

It has been an absolutely exhilarating TEN YEARS for Jewish Studies at EMU, and we hope you can join us to celebrate our first decade, and look ahead to a bright future. On Tuesday, May 24, at 6:00 PM, the Eastern Michigan University Center for Jewish Studies will celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Come join us […]

$36.00

David I Kertzer, The Pope at War

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Pulitzer Prize Award winning author David I. Kertzer will discuss his new book, The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler. Kevin Madigan, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University writes that “This remarkably researched book is replete with revelations that deserve the adjective ‘explosive’ . . . The Pope at War is a masterpiece.”

The Ones Who Remember (Sponsored by ORT and EMU Center for Jewish Studies

Eastern Michigan University Student Center Auditorium 900 Oakwood, Ypsilanti, MI, United States

Authors of chapters of the powerful book, The Ones Who Remember, will present their portions of this compiled memoir, which presents the personal stories of the children of Holocaust survivors and the impact of that on their lives. The general theme is Healing and Resilience. After the presentation/discussion, there will be refreshments as well as […]

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Performance of Ori Urian, “Connected”

Eastern Michigan University Legacy/Sponberg Theatre 1030 E Circle Dr, Ypsilanti, United States

Performance of the play "Connected" with talk-back afterward by visiting Israeli Playwright, Ori Urian. The cost is 10$ for adults, and 5$ for seniors or students.

$10

EMU CJS: A Discussion with Leroy Clemons on the Impact of Youth on Voting and the Civil Rights Movement

Eastern Michigan University Sill Hall 124 109 Jones-Goddard, Ypsilanti, MI

EMU Center for Jewish Studies: A Discussion with Leroy Clemons, Community Organizer & Activist, on the Impact of Youth on Voting and the Civil Rights Movement The brutal murder of three young voting rights activists during Freedom Summer was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movements. The nation's quest for justice went unanswered for […]

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