SEPTEMBER
Sept
14
Tue
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The Paradoxes of Identity in a Time of Conversion
14 September 2021 / 5:30 - 7:00PM
Steven Kruger (CUNY)
UConn Stamford (+ livestream)
Sept
19
Sun
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Mitka's Secret - Book Talk
19 September 2021 / 7:30PM
Joel N. Lohr, Lynn G. Beck, Steven W. Brallier, Avinoam Patt
Mandell JCC (+ livestream)
Sept
23
Thu
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The Shifting Sands of Babyn Yar 80 Years On
23 September 2021 / 7:00PM
Dr. Martin Dean and Stu Abrams
Virtual
OCTOBER
Oct
6
Wed
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The Eyzaguirre Lecture on "Eduardo Halfon and the Itinerary of Memory"
6 October 2021 / 3:00PM
Prof Marilyn Miller
Virtual
Oct
7
Thu
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Eduardo Halfon in Conversation
7 October 2021 / 12:00PM
Eduardo Halfon and Marilyn Miller, moderated by Avinoam Patt
Virtual
Oct
20
Wed
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Jewish Youth in Argentina
20 October 2021 / 7:00PM
Adriana Brodsky (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
Virtual
Oct
26
Tue
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Voices of Survivors: How a Racist Attack in Germany Created an Unexpected Jewish-Muslim Alliance
26 October 2021 / 12:30PM
Esther Dischereit
Hybrid: Oak Hall 236 or via Zoom
Oct
27
Wed
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Israel's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
27 October 2021 / 12:30PM
Avi Weiss, Suzanne Patt Benvenisti and Nadav Davidovitch
(all from Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel)
Virtual
NOVEMBER
Nov
8
Mon
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EXHIBITION FORMAL OPENING & KRISTALLNACHT LECTURE
Vilde Khayes/Wild Things: Childhood in the Eyes of Maurice Sendak
8 November 2021 / 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Clara Nguyen (UConn Archives & Special Collections) and Dr. Avinoam Patt (Director)
HYBRID: Doris & Simon Konover Auditorium + Zoom Registration [here]
Nov
17
Wed
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"The Trials of Stella Goldschlag: Nazi Victim, Holocaust Survivor, and War Criminal?"
17 November 2021 / 12:30PM
Faculty Colloquium with Prof. Laura Jockusch (Brandeis University)
Virtual