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Historian to Examine Babi Yar Massacre in Ukraine

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

Dr. Martin Dean, Historical Consultant at Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, will give a talk on “Babi Yar and the Holocaust in Ukraine,” at Ramapo College of New Jersey.  The program is rescheduled from last March after having been postponed because of inclement weather. It is free and open to the public. Dr. Dean will […]

Film to be Screened Exploring Experiences of Jewish Professors from Nazi Germany at Historically African American Colleges

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Steven Fischler, co-director and producer of “From Swastika to Jim Crow,” will screen his film on Thursday, February 14 at 10 a.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The program will be presented under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and is free and open to […]

Scholar to Discuss Her Work on Jewish Survivors Returning to Poland after Holocaust

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Monika Rice, Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs at Gratz College in Philadelphia, will speak on Thursday, February 28 at 12 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey about her recently published book, “What! Still Alive?!" Jewish Survivors in Poland and Israel Remember Homecoming, published by Syracuse University […]

The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism to be Explored

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Paul Hanebrink, associate professor of History and Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will speak on Thursday, March 7 at 12 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey about his recently published book, A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism (Harvard University Press, 2018). The program will be presented under […]

Film on Return of Jewish Holocaust Survivors to Hungary to be Screened

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will screen the film, “1945,” on Thursday, April 4 at 10 a.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The program is free and open to the public. Directed by Ferenc Török and based on the acclaimed short story Homecoming by Gábor T. Szántó, […]

Son to Tell Story of His Parents’ Escape during Holocaust from Poland to the Soviet Union and Iran

Remotely via WebEx Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Dr. Victor Borden, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist from Bergen County, Thursday, April 25 at 12 p.m. in the H-wing Auditorium (H-129) at Ramapo College of New Jersey will recount how his parents escaped the Holocaust in a presentation with the title, “Flight from German Oppression:Lodz, Arkhangelsk, Teheran, Tel-Aviv, & Paterson.”  The program will be […]

Film about Wondrous Life and Career of Dr. Ruth Westheimer to be Screened

Truistees Pavilion (PAV 1-2) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will screen the film, “Ask Dr. Ruth,” on Friday, September 20 at 1:45 p.m. in the Trustees Pavilion (PAV1&2) at Ramapo College of New Jersey. The program is free and open to the public. Directed by Ryan White, the Hulu Original Documentary, Ask Dr. Ruth, tells the story […]

Year 1938 in the Development of the Holocaust to be Examined

Alumni Lounges (SC158) Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

Dr. Frank Mecklenburg, Director of Research and Chief Archivist at The Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) New York , will speak on Tuesday, October 22 at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni […]