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Building Peace Across the Globe; a workshop with Brie Loskota

Lakeview Terrace Room, USU

Experience peace building and learn about what it’s like to work in this fascinating field. Brie Loskota is a researcher with the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. She has won widespread recognition for her leadership in peace building and strengthening communities all over the world. She… Continue reading Building Peace Across the Globe; a workshop with Brie Loskota

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

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

Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book about Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan

Skirball Museum

How can children’s books and families’ shared reading experiences foster empathy, resilience, and the skills for peace building even in the midst of violent conflict? Join Reza Aslan, author of A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine, in conversation with Miriam Udel, a scholar of Yiddish children’s literature and author of the New York Times… Continue reading Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book about Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan

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Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book about Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan

Skirball Museum

How can children’s books and families’ shared reading experiences foster empathy, resilience, and the skills for peace building even in the midst of violent conflict? Join Reza Aslan, author of A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine, in conversation with Miriam Udel, a scholar of Yiddish children’s literature and author of the New York Times… Continue reading Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book about Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan

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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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