EVENTS

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Day
February – April 2019 Feb – Apr 2019
Feb
22
Fri
Feb 22 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
2:00 pm
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In New York City in the 20th Century, Jews officially changed their names at a much higher rate than other groups. Antisemitism and Jewish desires for upward mobility combined to help propel this phenomenon. But[...]
256 Old Horticulture
Feb
22
Fri
Feb 22 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
3:30 pm
Tickets
Faculty, students, and the community are welcome to discuss with Dr. Kirsten Fermaglich (Associate Professor, History and Jewish Studies) her recently published book, A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: a History of Jewish Name Changing[...]
256 Old Horticulture
Feb
25
Mon
Feb 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
Nathan Englander (Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, New York University) will discuss his recently published book, Dinner at the Center of the Earth. He is also the author of the novel The Ministry of Special Cases and the[...]
MSU Library Green Room
Mar
13
Wed
Mar 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
Faculty, students, and community members are welcome to discuss selections of The Messianic Idea in Judaism.
Wells Hall B-342
Mar
24
Sun
Mar 24 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
The Serling Institute will show four full-length Israeli films: Muhi: Generally Temporary; And then She Arrived; Shoelaces; and The Unorthodox.
Wells Hall B-122 and B-115
Mar
25
Mon
Mar 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
The Serling Institute will show four full-length Israeli films: Muhi: Generally Temporary; And then She Arrived; Shoelaces; and The Unorthodox.
Wells Hall B-122 and B-115
Apr
12
Fri
Apr 12 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
9:00 am
Tickets
Students will present projects from their Jewish Studies courses. Lunch with Jewish Studies alumna Sara Kirsch (’11) will be provided during the conference. Sara is currently resides in Israel working as a Digital Copywriter at[...]
Wells Hall B-243
Apr
15
Mon
Apr 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
Faculty, students, and community members will come together to discuss Indecent by Paula Vogel.
Wells Hall B-243
Apr
18
Thu
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
Doris Bergen will discuss sexual violence during the Holocaust against Jews and non-Jews, against women and girls, and also boys and men. Professor Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies[...]
Lincoln Room of the Kellogg Center, MSU
Apr
22
Mon
Apr 22 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Tickets
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel’s Indecent is a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance. Members of the cast and crew will[...]
RCAH Theater
Apr
28
Sun
Apr 28 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
2:30 pm
Tickets
This concert features the very powerful Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 “Babi Yar,” and “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” by Charles Davidson. A setting of poems by the renowned Soviet writer Evgeny Yevtushenko, Shostakovich’s work significantly[...]
The Wharton Center
February – April 2019 Feb – Apr 2019