Preserving Our History http://www.cjh.org/ en-us 2006 Center for Jewish History all rights reserved http://www.cjh.org/images/cjh_rss.jpg http://www.cjh.org/ February 10, 2010: http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1625 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1625 Programs February 10, 2010: Director: Nissim Mossek. Israel, 2006, 70 mins. Bulgarian, English, Hebrew w/English subtitles.On the night of December 3, 1940, at the Black Seaport of Varna, Bulgaria, The Salvador - a rickety, old, sail-powered coal freighter - is finally towed out to sea and 352 Bulgarian Jews begin their voyage to Palestine. Ten hellish days later, the vessel is shattered to pieces on the shore, not far from Istanbul. Most of its passengers are lost at sea. While some of the survivors return to Bulgaria, most struggle on towards their original destination against all odds. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1640 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1640 Programs February 10, 2010: Director: Sami Shalom Chetrit. Israel 2009, 77 mins. Hebrew, Moroccan and French w/ Hebrew and English subtitlesThe filmmaker embarks on a journey with his mother in search of classmates from her elementary school, the Alliance, which she attended 60 years ago in the little village of Gurama in the Tafilalt region of Morocco. Through their stories of past and present, Morocco is reconstructed and comes to life through vivid memories. It is a story of transition, cultural crisis, social survival and also lots of faith, optimism, joy and dignity, told for the first time by Moroccan women of the first generation to immigrate to Israel. Post-screening discussion with Sami Shalom Chetrit http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1649 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1649 Programs February 10, 2010: Director: Israela Shaer-Meoded. Israel, 2009. 53mins. Hebrew w/English subtitles.This award winning documentary follows two Yemenite writers - one is a songwriter and lyricist of love; The other is a Jerusalem-born, religious poet and writer, who touches on demons, madness, rape, and rebellion and has garnered her community's denunciation. The film explores the personal costs of straddling the ambitions of their creative expression within their conservative communities. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1650 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1650 Programs February 11, 2010: Director: Nitza Gonen. Israel 2009, 53 mins. Hebrew and Amharic w/English subtitles.The rapper and informal educator, Jeremy "Cool" Habash, exposes us to the complex situations facing Ethiopian-Israeli youth. Jeremy works towards changing the humiliated and depressed image of the Ethiopian community in Israel, both in its own eyes and in the eyes of Israeli society, by bringing members of the Ethiopian community closer to their tradition – the songs, the meaning of the Ethiopian names, stories about the lives of the Ethiopian community and about the journey that has taken on mythical proportions.Followed by Closing Night Reception http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1641 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1641 Programs February 16, 2010: David Myers (UCLA). A series of talks by fellows at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies (UPenn) who are engaged in a critical analysis of the notions of the "secular" and "religious" as they affect all aspects of Jewish life over the past three centuries. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1626 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1626 Programs February 17, 2010: Phoenix Chamber Ensemble performing.This program is made possible through the generous support of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Blavatnik. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1627 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1627 Programs February 21, 2010: Speaker: Joseph Van Nostrand, Senior Management Analyst, NY County Clerk's OfficeMr. Van Nostrand will discuss the use and interrelationship of the various record series at the Division of Old Records for use in genealogy. He will discuss the information provided in the NY County naturalizations (1792-1924) with emphasis on the dichotomy in the records before and after 1895. Additionally, the census records for 1855, 1870, 1905, 1915 and 1925 and their varying information and means of access, depending on the year, will be explored. Mention will be made of the business records and the genealogical information they provide. Of course, court proceedings in civil actions such as divorces, guardianships, changes of name, foreclosures, and other torts will be included. Joseph Van Nostrand has been the supervising archivist at the Division of Old Records of the New York County Clerk for almost thirty years. The Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at CJH will be open 12:30 to 1:45 PM for networking with other researchers and access to research materials and computers. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1655 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1655 Programs February 22, 2010: YIVO is cosponsoring a memorial event for Avrom Sutzkever's shloyshim (one-month anniversary of his death) together with the Congress for Jewish Culture, the Forward, and the Workmen's Circle. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1654 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1654 Programs March 4, 2010: Jeffrey Herf, eminent historian and a professor at the University of Maryland, discusses his new book, Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World (Yale University Press), a detailed account of how Hitler's Germany planted the seeds of its own brand of virulent anti-Semitism in the Middle East. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1628 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1628 Programs March 8, 2010: Czernowitz-"Vienna of the East"-is the site of two different powerful memories. To some, it was home to an assimilationist Austro-German Jewish culture; to others, it was a hub for the creation of modern Yiddish language and culture. A panel of historians and writers, including Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer, the authors of a new volume entitled Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory, will discuss and debate the reconciliation of these two different memories within the broader history of Jewish emancipation, assimilation and resistance in Eastern Europe. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1629 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1629 Programs March 9, 2010: In his new book, Rabbi Marc Angel, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, provides a challenging look at two great and very different Jewish philosophers, and what their thinking means to our understanding of God, truth, revelation and reason today. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1630 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1630 Programs March 10, 2010: RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ("RtoP" or "R2P") is a new international security and human rights norm to address the international community's failure to prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. A panel of scholars and practitioners will explore the evolution of the developing norm, its current status in law and politics, and its greatest challenges going forward.Sponsored by CJH, Yeshiva University Museum, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Cardozo Law School http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1622 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1622 Programs March 10, 2010: http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1631 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1631 Programs March 10, 2010: Performed by the combined choirs of the Hebrew Union College-School of Sacred Music (Joyce Rosenzweig, Conductor) and the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary (Hazzan Joann Rice, Director). http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1632 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1632 Programs March 24, 2010: Zachary Levine, Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Fellow at CJH, 2009; Ph.D. Candidate at NYU presenting. Dr. Paul Hanebrink, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University, responding Dr. Nancy Sinkoff, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Rutgers University, conducting http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1653 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1653 Programs March 25, 2010: Daniel Schwartz (George Washington University) http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1633 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1633 Programs April 20, 2010: Featuring Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, and others. http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1652 http://www.cjh.org/programs/calendar.php?eventID=1652 Programs