Events

Transforming Conflict: a conversation with Aaron Hahn Tapper

EUC 130 and Zoom

Mae and Benjamin Swig Professor in Jewish Studies Founding Director, Swig Program in Jewish Studies & Social Justice University of San Francisco Founder, Abraham’s Vision Co-founder, Center for Transformative Education Zoom registration Sponsored by: Jewish Studies Program Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing 2024–25 CSUN Diversity and Innovation Grant. Co-sponsored by the American Indian Studies… Continue reading Transforming Conflict: a conversation with Aaron Hahn Tapper

Breaking Barriers, Building Hope: A Conversation with Michal Greenfield and Adnan Jaber of Standing Together

The speakers are part of a grassroots movement mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social justice. Representatives of the organization visit campuses around the world with the goal of creating a shared society during conflict. Come and hear about their work, how they got started, and what they… Continue reading Breaking Barriers, Building Hope: A Conversation with Michal Greenfield and Adnan Jaber of Standing Together

Building Good Kids: How Twentieth-Century Jewish Culture Tried to Save the World One Child at a Time

Johnson Auditorium, Jacaranda Hall 18111 Nordhoff st, Northridge, United States

Professor Miriam Udel, Emory University, will deliver the 12th Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics on Dec. 2, 4:00-5:15, in Johnson Auditorium. In the early decades of the twentieth century, a lively, multifarious literature for children sprang into being across four continents in the Jewish hybrid language of Yiddish. The cultural and educational… Continue reading Building Good Kids: How Twentieth-Century Jewish Culture Tried to Save the World One Child at a Time

Fostering Justice and Peace in Israel and Palestine

Prof. Mira Sucharov (Carleton University) and Prof. Sa’ed Atshan (Swarthmore College) are Jewish and Palestinian academics who teach people how to converse about Israel and Palestine while maintaining a positive relationship and openness to learning from each other.

Parents Circle/Bereaved Families Forum

Two speakers, one Jewish Israeli and one Palestinian, will visit campus to discuss their work with this joint Israeli-Palestinian organization, made up of families who have lost loved ones to the conflict. Members visit schools and other institutions to promote their message of reconciliation and coexistence.

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