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Professor Ira Spar Presents Excerpts from His Research and Writings

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Ira Spar, Professor of History and Ancient Studies, will be presenting excerpts from his research and writings: “Discovering the Past: Cuneiform Texts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

Memoirist Dani Shapiro

Mindfulness at Ramapo College

Memoirist Dani Shapiro will be available for a short question and answer period and book signing after her talk.

The Birth of the New Justice

Alumni Lounges (SC 156-157)

Join Dr. Mark Lewis, Associate Professor of History (CUNY) and author of The Birth of the New Justice, in examining how ad hoc and permanent international criminal courts and new international criminal laws from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Cold War evolved into an attempt to repress aggressive war, war crimes, […]

Presentation by Cuban Writer María Elena Llana

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Cuban writer, María Elena Llana, will present in the Hispanic Caribbean Literature class. Llana is a journalist and short story writer. Her presentation will be in Spanish.

Dr. Vicki Caron to Explore the Topic of Her Forthcoming Book

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Dr. Vicki Caron, Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History in the History Department and Jewish Studies Program at Cornell University, will explore the topic of her new book, The Battle for the Republic: Jews and Catholics in fin-de-siècle France, 1870-1914, to be published by Harvard University Press in 2018.

Scholar to Discuss Humor as a Response to the Holocaust

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Dr. Avinoam Patt, the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, will speak about “Humor in Responding to the Trauma of the Holocaust”.

Kristallnacht Commemoration

Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom 280 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

There will be a Kristallnacht Commemoration at the Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom on Monday Noember 9th. Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom 280 Ramapo Valley Road Mahwah, NJ 07430