Dr. Linda M. Shires, professor and chair of English at Stern College for Women, gave a three-hour workshop for graduate students, teachers and the public, titled “The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry.” Organized by Syracuse University on October 27, the lecture examined relationships among poetry, painting, museum architecture and graphic novels to highlight [...]

Dr. Jeffrey Gurock,  Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University, will present a lecture titled, “Jews as Outsiders in Inter-War America: A Sports Perspective” at a symposium organized by the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris on November 13-14. The topic of the Symposium is “Sport, body, authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.” The [...]