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| Thursday, April 15, 2010 8PM Bowman Hall 137 |
"Turn Left at the End of the World" A film by Avi Nesher View the Flyer for More Information |
Amidst the turbulent climate of social change and post-colonialism in Israel in 1968, “Turn Left at the End of the World” chronicles the relations between two communities -- Indian and Moroccan Jews -- in a remote Israeli desert town through the eyes of two girls coming of age. |
| Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:15 PM KIVA, Kent State |
"Eva's Story - A Survivor's Tale by Anne Frank's step sister" Eva Schloss View the Flyer for More Information |
Eva Schloss was born in Vienna in 1929, and immigrated to Belgium and eventually to Holland with her family in 1938, shortly after Hitler annexed Austria. After the Germans invaded Holland in 1940, Eva and her family went into hiding. In May 1944, they were betrayed, captured, and sent to Auschwitz. Only Eva and her mother survived. |
| Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 7:30 PM KIVA, Kent State |
"Religion, Radicalism and Anti-Semitism in the United States" Leonard Dinnerstein View the Flyer for More Information |
The basis of all anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States is Christian teaching. The talk will discuss how this played out in the United States from colonial times until the end of World War II, and then show how the activi- ties of Jewish organizations and the decline in Christian preju- dice since the end of World War II have resulted in much greater tolerance and acceptance of Jews in this country. |
| Monday, November 9, 2009 7:30PM KIVA Kent State Student Center |
Join the Jewish Studies Program, the KSU History Club, and Kent Hillel as we jointly com- memorate a date of infamy when the Jews of Germany were subjected to the full violence and racist terror of the Nazis. |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 |
Punishing Homosexuals in Nazi Germany |
After the Jews, homosexual inmates of the concentration camps were treated worse than any other category of prisoner. Giles will discuss punishment and judicial systems for suspected homosexuals under the Nazis, and their attempts to identify “real” homosexuals as opposed to those that could be cured. |
