Judaic and Holocaust Studies - Youngstown State University

Calendar

To reserve space at any event or for more information, please contact the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at 330-941-1604 or at judaic@ysu.edu

September 7-9, 2008
Famine and Mass Violence
An International Conference
For more information see the conference website.

Scholars of famine and mass violence from a variety of disciplines will be drawn together at Youngstown State University to discuss and increase understanding of the intersections between these two phenomena.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Schindler's List (film screening)
7 pm
Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center

Schindler's List presents the true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It was winner of seven Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes among others.

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Schindler's List (film screening)
4 pm
James Gallery Room, Kilcawley Center

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

September 10, 2008 – October 22, 2008
Exhibition on Oskar Schindler
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, Ohio Historical Society, 151 W Wood St, Youngstown, OH
Exhibition organized by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and sponsored by Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies, Youngstown State University

This exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler, the German-Catholic industrialist and rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust who was the subject of the film Schindler's List.
For programming in connection to this exhibition, see below or download the flyer

Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 4 p.m.
Praying with Lior (film screening)
DeBartolo Hall Auditorium

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 11 a.m.
Can a Jew live in a Muslim land?: The remarkable 2,200 year story of Moroccan Jewry. (lecture)
Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center

Raphael David El Maleh, a Jewish Moroccan historian, will share his stories about returning to Morocco after many years away. Co-sponsored by the Center for Islamic Studies.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Steel Toes (film screening)
USA Cinema

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lecture by Cantor Moshe Taube (Schindler Jew)
12:30 pm
McKay Auditorium, Beeghly College of Education

Cantor Moshe Taube, a Holocaust survivor, was saved by Oskar Schindler.

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Exhibition Opening of Schindler
7 p.m. at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, Ohio Historical Society, 151 W Wood St, Youngstown, OH
Exhibition organized by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and sponsored by Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies, Youngstown State University

Opening of Schindler exhibition including reception and short talk by a Holocaust survivor saved by Oskar Schindler.
For programming in connection to this exhibition, see below or download the flyer

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Workshop for Teachers on Teaching the Holocaust
For more information, contact judaic@ysu.edu or call 330-941-1604

This workshop on teaching the Holocaust, offered in connection with the exhibition on Oskar Schindler, is for middle and high school teachers.

Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 1 p.m.
Knowledge is the Beginning (film screening)
The Butler Institute of American Art

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Jellyfish (film screening)
USA Cinema

Screened as part of the Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival

October 6, 2008
Beyond Schindler: The Other Jews of the Krakow Ghetto (lecture)
12 pm, Gallery Room, Kilcawley Center

Dr. Helene J. Sinnreich, Director of the Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown State University will discuss her research on Krakow Ghetto. Dr. Sinnreich was a 2007 Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.

October 13, 2008
Sukkah Building Party hosted by the Jewish Student Organization
Outside DeBartolo Hall

Join the Jewish Student Organization for their annual Sukkah building party! Learn about this Jewish harvest festival.

October 16, 2008
Slaves for the Wehrmacht: Forced Labor during the Holocaust (lecture)
7 pm, Gallery Room, Kilcawley Center

Dr. Thomas Leary, co-Director of the Center for Applied History at Youngstown State University will discuss his research on forced labor during the Holocaust.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Studying the Jewish and Islamic Traditions
Gallery Room in Kilcawley Center at 7 pm

Join Dr. Mir, Director of the Center of Islamic Studies at Youngstown State University and Dr. Sinnreich, Director of Judaic and Holocaust Studies at Youngstown State University for a discussion on Jewish and Islamic Traditions.

November 9, 2008
Bus Trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
All Day - Depart at 5 am from YSU

Judaic and Holocaust Studies will once again co-sponsor with the Jewish Student Organization a one day bus trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The bus will depart at 5 am and return around 11 pm. The cost of the trip is $10. The low cost of this trip is made possible by the Mr. & Mrs. William B. Clayman Endowment Fund and the Youngstown Jewish Federation. To obtain the sign up form, please email judaic@ysu.edu. Pictures from last year's trip can be seen here.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Studying the Jewish and Islamic Traditions
Gallery Room in Kilcawley Center at 7 pm

March 25, 2009
Einstein (lecture)
Ward Beecher Planetarium

Famed Einstein scholar Don Howard of Notre Dame will be giving a lecture on Einstein and his Jewish identity.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Model Sedar
TBA

Join the Jewish Student Organization for a model run through of the traditional Jewish Passover sedar.