JJ STREAMING GUIDE
January 12-19
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Thursday, January 12
POST FILM DISCUSSION LIGA TEREZIN WITH ODED BREDA, MICHAEL SCHWARTZ, MODERATED BY AVI BEN HUR
“LIGA TEREZIN” is a documentary film (2012, 52 minutes) that tells the incredible story of the soccer league which took place in Ghetto Theresienstadt, 40 miles North West of Prague. From 1942 to 1944, Jewish prisoners played hundreds of soccer matches on improvised fields set up in the court-yards of the Barracks where they lived. Thousands of spectators watched a mixture of professional and amateur players and briefly escaped the reality of their terrible plight: the hunger, the sickness and death. All the while they lived in a shroud of fear casted by the terror of the transports that sent people to the “East” and their certain death. In the summer of 1944, the Nazis made a propaganda film which highlighted the cultural activities in the ghetto. Oded Breda identified his uncle in the soccer sequence and this discovery set him on a quest to uncover information regarding the sport that took place in the ghetto. Breda has harnessed the modern-day connection between the Holocaust and Soccer as a vehicle to commemorate the players of the Terezin League. The film illustrates the educational power this opportunity presents when German and Israeli youth soccer players visit Yad Vashem together. Jan. 12, 12:00 pm, PT. Free. https://cwbpgh.org/event/post-film-discussion-liga-terezin/?mc_cid=51fb9ae92b&mc_eid=e8a3d7d6de
BUILDING A BETTER LIFE
The search for happiness and meaning, lessons from ancient traditions and modern science. Presented by Rabbi David Wolpe for Valley Beit Midrash. David Wolpe is Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple. A weekly columnist for the New York Jewish Week and weekly Torah columnist for the Jerusalem Post, Rabbi Wolpe has been published and profiled in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic and many more. He has been featured on The Today Show, Face the Nation, ABC This Morning, and CBS This Morning. In addition, Rabbi Wolpe has appeared prominently in series on PBS, A&E, History Channel, and Discovery Channel, and has engaged in widely watched public debates with Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and many others about religion and its place in the world. Rabbi Wolpe, who has spoken in seminars, public and scholarly forums and scholar in residence appearances hundreds of times all over the world from Israel to India, is the author of eight books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. Jan 12, 11:00 am, PT. Free. https://www.valleybeitmidrash.org/event/building-a-better-life-the-search-for-happiness-and-meaning-lessons-from-ancient-traditions-and-modern-science/
MUHAMMAD AND HIS VISIONS
Within a century of the death of Muhammad, in 632 CE, Muslim armies had conquered almost the whole of the world where Jews lived. This new situation transformed Jewish existence. Fortunes changed in legal, demographic, social, religious, political, geographical, economic, linguistic and cultural terms. Along with legal near-equality came social and economic equality. Jews were not confined to ghettos, either literally or in terms of economic activity. The societies of Islam were, in effect, open societies. In religious terms, as well, Jews enjoyed virtually full freedom. By the year 900 CE, the Jews had largely abandoned other languages and taken on Arabic. The change of language in its turn brought Jews into direct contact with broader cultural developments. The result from the 10th century on was a striking pairing of two cultures. The Jews of the Islamic world developed an entirely new culture, which differed from Jewish culture before Islam in terms of language, theology, philosophy and worldview. In order to truly understand Judaism as we know it today, therefore, we need to understand Arab culture. Who was Muhammad? How did he come to unify the Arab world? How does one person’s vision and code of ethics and morality unify a people? What was Muhamad’s major unifying message? What was the attraction that eventually caused so many to convert? Jan. 12, 10:00 am, PT. Free. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rf-2uqzgvHdEJTxFcnxTqnmNiilTaMEYs?utm_source=CSP&utm_campaign=ab49381795-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_03_04_55_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ee28fcba1-ab49381795-380715096
UNDERSTANDING THE LGBTQ+ LANDSCAPE IN ISRAEL TODAY
As Israel prepares to welcome a new government, many members and supporters of the country’s LGBTQ+ community are troubled by the coalition’s inclusion of outspoken opponents of LGBTQ+ rights. Join us for a system-wide call to hear the concerns and learn what is being done to support the LGBTQ+ community in Israel. Presented by Jewish Federations of North America. Jan. 12, 8:00 am, PT. Free. https://form.jotform.com/223485348707464
HOLOCAUST CONSCIOUSNESS AND COLD WAR VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
In this presentation Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss her recent book about how Holocaust memory and history circulate in Latin America and shape the ways Jews and non-Jews understand the state violence they experienced during the Cold War period. For many Americans the main connection to the topic concerns Nazis who fled to South America after the War. In this presentation Professor Tarica will deepen our approach by examining how and why the Nazi genocide of the Jews in Europe became meaningful to Latin American authors and activists from the 1960s to the present. Jan 12, 7:00 pm, PT. Free. https://jewishlearning.works/event/holocaust-consciousness-and-cold-war-violence/?event_date=2023-01-12
Sunday, January 15
CARING CORRUPTED: THE KILLING NURSES OF THE THIRD REICH” SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
In the Third Reich, many German nurses served the Nazi regime, choosing to abandon professional ethics. They used their skills to murder people with physical and mental disabilities and illnesses, participating in cruel medical experimentation and genocide. Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of the Third Reich chronicles the stories of these nurses and questions how and why they became involved in Nazi crimes. This program will feature a screening of Caring Corrupted followed by a discussion with Dr. Patricia Starck, Dean Emerita of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing, and Dr. Cathy Rozmus, PARTNERS Professor and Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The discussion will be moderated by Joseph J. Fins, M.D. Jan. 15, 11:00 am, PT. $10.00 suggested donation.https://mjhnyc.org/events/caring-corrupted-the-killing-nurses-of-the-third-reich-screening-and-discussion/
NEWTON’S THEOLOGICAL AND ALCHEMICAL MANUSCRIPTS AND WORKING HABITS
Although Newton is best known for his theory of universal gravitation and discovery of calculus, his interests were much broader than is usually appreciated. In addition to his celebrated scientific and mathematical writings, Newton also wrote many alchemical and theological texts, and he left many administrative papers in his role as Warden and then Master of the Mint. This presentation will consider the way that Newton worked with printed and manuscript sources in constructing written arguments in the realms of both alchemy and the history of mythology, providing new interpretations of manuscripts in the Yahuda Collection. The intention will be to draw out Newton’s methods of working and to demonstrate the depth of interpretation that modern scholarship can achieve in the recreation of his intellectual activities. Newton manuscripts held at theCambridge University Library and at the National Library of Israeltogether represent the registration of the Papers of Isaac Newton in the Unesco Memory of the World Register. Presented by William R. Newman, Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Indiana, Derrick Mosley, University of Cambridge, and ScottMandelbrote, Perne librarian at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He was co-founder of the Newton Project, now based at the University of Oxford, of which he is editorial director. Jan. 15, 10:00 am, PT. Free. https://www.nli.org.il/en/visit/events/the-newton-watermark-project-2
Tuesday, January 17
BEYOND NOVEMBER
JIMENA presents Beyond November, a virtual screening of our short video “We Are Mizrahi Jews” followed by a discussion featuring Ysabella Hazan, Adiel Cohen, Cindy Seni, and moderated by JIMENA’s Community Engagement Director Matthew Nouriel. In an effort to shift away from the idea that we need only celebrate North African and Middle Eastern Jewish heritage during Mizrahi Heritage Month in November, we have gathered some of the brightest emerging Mizrahi & Sephardi voices to share what it means to be a young Mizrahi and Sephardi Jew whose culture and history is included and celebrated year-round. Jan. 17 11:00 am, PT. Free. https://www.jimena.org/
JEWISH HARLEM: SYNAGOGUES & STORIES OF A ONCE THRIVING COMMUNITY’
Any visit to Harlem is a journey through Black America’s urban capital — replete with the culturally rich history of creative arts, jazz and gospel music, religious faith, special cuisine and stunning architecture, this storied New York City neighborhood has so much to offer. But did you know that it was once home to a thriving Jewish community that ranked as one of the world’s largest? It’s time to explore Harlem and the remnants and stories of the forgotten Jewish settlement of Upper Manhattan. Join New York Adventure Club as we uncover the New York neighborhood of Harlem, with a focus on the stories and landmarks belonging to the historic Jewish community that once ranked as the third largest Jewish community in the world after NYC’s Lower East Side and Warsaw, Poland. Led by Jewish urban historian Barry Judelman. Jan. 17, 2:30 pm, PT. $10.00 https://www.nyadventureclub.com/event/jewish-harlem-synagogues-stories-of-a-once-thriving-community-webinar-registration-495652398667/
THE EDUCATIONAL LEGACY OF JULIUS ROSENWALD AND BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Working with African American intellectual Booker T. Washington, Jewish businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald established challenge grants that lead to the creation between 1912 and 1937 of almost 5,000 schools, known as Rosenwald Schools, for African American children throughout the segregated south. Come learn from our distinguished guests, Dorothy Canter (the founder of the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools National Historic Park Campaign) Marian Wheeler Coleman (once a student at a Rosenwald school-the Nobel Hill School that her great grandfather helped build), Stephanie Deutsch (author of You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South.), Andrew Feiler (author of the photodocumentary A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America), and Aviva Kempner (a filmmaker who created the documentary Rosenwald: The Remarkable Story of A Jewish Partnership with African American Communities.) They have dedicated their time to documenting, preserving, and sharing the historical and educational legacy of Washington and Rosenwald, “one of the earliest collaborations between Jews and African Americans,” according to photographer Andrew Feiler. They will discuss Rosenwald and Washington’s historic partnership, the impact the Rosenwald schools had on the African American community and the importance of remembering and preserving their legacy. This program is in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Jan. 17, 1:30 pm, PT. Free. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6016730960300/WN_xUC9RNSiRn6BE3Rn_RrVsQ
A SANCTUARY IN THE STORM: CARL LUTZ AND THE RESCUE OF BUDAPEST’S JEWS
Budapest, 1944: Vice Consul Carl Lutz and the Swiss Legation of Budapest started the largest diplomatic operation to rescue Jews during WWII. Thanks to an ingenious system of safe-conduct papers and residential buildings put under consular protection, Carl Lutz, who had acted as a protective power representing interests of the U.S. and UK in Hungary, sheltered and saved tens of thousands of Jews. Frederic Hayat, vice president of the Switzerland-based Carl Lutz Society, will deliver a presentation about Lutz and will be joined by Agnès Hirschi, Lutz’s stepdaughter, and Charles Gati, a Survivor saved by Lutz’s efforts. Pascale Baeriswyl, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Nations, will deliver the introductory speech. Jan. 17, 11:00 am, PT. Suggested $10.00 donation. https://mjhnyc.org/events/sanctuary-in-the-storm-carl-lutz-and-the-rescue-of-budapests-jews/
Wednesday, January 18
THE MATCHMAKER’S GIFT WITH AUTHOR LYNDA COHEN LOIGMAN
Please join LILRC when we welcome author Lynda Cohen Loigman to discuss her latest novel, The Matchmaker’s Gift. From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places. Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York’s Lower East Side, Sara’s vocation is dominated by devout older men—men who see a talented female matchmaker as a dangerous threat to their traditions and livelihood. After making matches in secret for more than a decade, Sara must fight to take her rightful place among her peers, and to demand the recognition she deserves. Two generations later, Sara’s granddaughter, Abby, is a successful Manhattan divorce attorney, representing the city’s wealthiest clients. When her beloved Grandma Sara dies, Abby inherits her collection of handwritten journals recording the details of Sara’s matches. But among the faded volumes, Abby finds more questions than answers. Jan 18, 11:00 am, PT. Free.https://www.lilrc.org/event-5036017
Thursday, January 19
UKRAINE CRISIS RESPONSE
As Ukraine endures a nearly yearlong crisis alongside persistently harsh winter weather, we invite you to hear updates from professionals at the center of our aid efforts. Learn how JDC continues its response to support Jewish life in the former Soviet Union and holds steadfast to our mission of providing tens of thousands of Jews throughout the region with vital lifesaving aid. Please join us for a LIVE Briefing Jan 19, 9:00 am, PT. Free.
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WHEN WORDS BECOME…” THE POETRY OF HAIM O. RECHNITZER
The wind and the rain at the window sing from the narrator’s throat, and the train that traverses the Jezreel valley goes out of Eden to encompass the whole land of Havilah. Pictures/Reproductions תמונות/רפרודוקציות is Rabbi Haim O. Rechnitzer, Ph.D.’s third poetry book and his first bilingual one. In Pictures / Reproductions, the demarcations that exist between animate and inanimate, the present and our memories, and even space and time, become a playground for the reader’s imagination. All the poems in this book were collaboratively translated from Hebrew to English with Haim’s wife, Claire. Rabbi Rechnitzer is the Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. Jan. 19, 9:30 am, PT. Free. http://huc.edu/libraryseries/spring
CHALLENGES OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS FLIGHT OF THE ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL
In recent years we have witnessed the move of middle-class Arab families in Israel to Jewish cities that lack the facilities to provide them with cultural services. This presentation will examine the housing characteristics of these families, and the ways in which they change the spatial structure of the cities to which they move, as well as the effect of this process on mobilizing a new discourse of rights. Dr. Manal Totry-Jubran is an associate professor at the Law faculty – Bar Ilan University. Her main fields of interests are: Law and Society, Legal Geography, Multiculturalism, Minority Rights, Planning and Building Law, Local government. In 2018 she was selected by “Calcalist” newspaper and “Bank Hapoalim” as one of ten Young Promising Arab leaders in the Arab Society. In 2019 she was awarded the “Gorni Prize”, by the Israeli Association of Public Law young researchers for Excellent young researcher in public Law. In 2015 she was awarded the Ma’of scholarship for outstanding Arab students, The Council for Higher Education. Jan. 19, 9:00 am, PT. Free. https://www.brandeis.edu/israel-center/events/seminars.html#jubran
THEY SURVIVED TOGETHER” – FILM SCREENING AND TALKBACK
The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community of Krakow when the arrival of World War II changed their lives forever. When Nazis forced the family into harsh Ghetto life, they made a vow to escape as a family. But when circumstances forced the family to separate from older brother Ben, their will to survive was put to the test. Their story is told in They Survived Together, Winner of Best Historical Documentary, New York Emmy’s 2022. Our screening of the film will be followed by a discussion with the creative team, including John Rokosny (director), Andriette Redmann (producer), and Patty Schumann (editor). Jan. 19, 3:30 pm, PT. $10.00 suggested donation. https://mjhnyc.org/events/they-survived-together-film-screening-and-talkback-with-john-rokosny-andriette-redmann-and-patty-schumann/
