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Imagine A World Without Hate: the Current State of International and Local Anti-Semitism

Robert A. Scott Student Center, Alumni Lounges (SC158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in co-sponsorship with Hillel will present Joshua Cohen, ADL New Jersey Regional Director, who will explore the recent rise of anti-Semitism around the world, in the U.S. and locally. Ways to fight anti-Jewish hatred in your community will also be shared. Mr. Cohen joined ADL in 2009, serving […]

The Mischlinge Expose: Multimedia Performance about Intermarriage in the Third Reich and Beyond

York Room, The Birch Mansion 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

The Mischlinge Exposé is a many-layered multimedia performance centering around Carolyn Enger’s family's history and her personal experience with Judaism. The program features the music of German-Jewish-born composers Felix Mendelssohn, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Hanns Eisler. It will also highlight a new work written by the acclaimed composer Bruce Adolphe especially for this project. The […]

Lisbon, the Port of Last Resort, and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of World War II

Alumni Lounge (SC156) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Professor Kaplan will focus on Jewish refugees in Portugal during World War II and examine a triangle of actors: the Jewish refugees themselves; the Portuguese national and local governments, civil servants, and citizens; and Jewish and transnational philanthropies. Using diplomatic, political, and legal history, and the history of daily life, Kaplan’s presentation will analyze the […]