Thursday, 9/01, 6pm: Russia’s War in Ukraine: A Conversation with Amber Nickell
Online Only. Click here to join on Zoom.
Please join Professors Ashley Walters and Chad Gibbs for a discussion on Russia’s war in Ukraine with Dr. Amber Nickell of Fort Hays State University. Dr. Nickell is an expert on Ukraine, the Holocaust, genocide, and human rights studies as well a prior Fulbright Fellow to Ukraine. She is presently at work on a book examining ethnic Germans and Jews in southern Ukraine from the late tsarist era to the postwar. The conversation will focus on the present state of the war and its important historical background.
Sponsored by the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture
and the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies
Thursday, 9/08, 7pm: A Conversation with Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Hybrid with both in-person and online options. Click here to register.
Rabbi Sandra Lawson is the director of racial diversity and inclusion for Reconstructing Judaism. The 2018 Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduate is one of the first African American, queer, female rabbis. The thought-leader has consciously sought to alter the perception of what a rabbi — and the rabbinate — looks like. Lawson is known for tackling difficult questions surrounding Jews and race in podcasts, essays, media appearances and speeches. A social media pioneer, Lawson models what it means to teach Torah in digital spaces. She has built a following of more than 50,000 people on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok.
Join us at Arnold Hall located at 96 Wentworth Street.
Thursday, 9/08, 3pm: Fighter, Worker, and Family Man: German-Jewish Men and their Gendered Experiences in Nazi Germany, 1933-1941
Online Only. Click here to register.
Sebastian Huebel (University of the Fraser Valley) will discuss his new book Fighter, Worker, and Family Man with comment provided by Sarah Imhoff (Indiana University-Bloomington) and chaired by Chad Gibbs (College of Charleston).
Sponsored by the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies and the George L. Mosse Program in History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wednesday, 9/14, 7pm: Gili Yalo Concert
In-person only. Click here to register.
The Ethiopian Israeli International musician, Gili Yalo combines an Ethiopian musical legacy with genres such as funk, jazz, and soul. He incorporates sounds from traditional Ethiopian music into a contemporary music production. The result is an exceptional, rich, vivid melody accompanied by Yalo's unique voice with lyrics in both English and Amharic. Click hereto listen to Gili Yalo's music.
The outdoor concert will take place at the Stern Center Gardens located at 71 George Street. Cosponsored by the Charleston Jewish Federation.
Sunday, 9/18, 10am: Bienvenidos a Miami: How Latinx Jews Remake the Jewish Mainstream with Laura Limonic
Hybrid with both in-person and online options. Click here to register.
Almost three quarters (72%) of the population in Miami-Dade county is of Latinx/Hispanic origin. Spanish of various accents can be heard in supermarkets, schools and synagogues. Miami has the largest influx of Jewish immigrants from Latin America, immigrants who have entered the community at a pivotal point when existing congregations, schools and Jewish community centers have been losing members. Laura Limonic will discuss how Latin American Jews, with their strong commitment to communal ties and institutions, have invigorated existing communities while forging new identities as a panethnic Latinx Jews.
Join us at Arnold Hall located at 96 Wentworth Street. Brunch will be available beginning at 9am provided to in-person attendees. Sponsored by the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture.
Thursday, 9/22, 6pm: Charleston Jewish Filmfest Presents: "The Levys of Monticello"
Hybrid with both in-person and online options. Click here to register.
Watch "The Levys of Monticello" with Charleston Jewish Filmfest. This film tells the little-known story of the Levy family, which owned and carefully preserved Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home just out of Charlottesville Virginia, for nearly a century. A Zoom discussion with the film's director, Steven Pressman, follows the screening. Click hereto watch the trailer.
Join us at Arnold Hall located at 96 Wentworth Street. Sponsored by the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture, the Stanley Farbstein Endowment Fund, and the Charleston JCC Foundation