Schneier YU Voices (formerly SPIA Crisis and Hope - YU Voices)
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Item Open Access An Evening with Jai Chakrabarti(Yeshiva University, 2022-11-07) Perelis, Ronnie; Puretz, David; Olson, Jess; Chakrabarti, JaiThe Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs presents An Evening with Jai Chakrabarti, author of "A Play for the End of the World," 2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner in conversation with Prof. Jess Olson and David Puretz. The event was co-sponsored by the Emil A. and Jennie Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Judaic Studies at Yeshiva University, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva College Department of English, Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program. Recorded November 7, 2022.Item Open Access Nacão Legal Consciousness: Discussions of Slavery and Slave Trade in 17th-Century Amsterdam(Yeshiva University, 2022-09-07) Perelis, Ronnie; Elazar-DeMota, YehonatanThis is one of the central topics Dr. Elazar is researching during his post-doc at the University of Antwerp and will be part of my class on the Jewish Presence in the Americas at Stern College. In addition to his scholarly and rabbinic endeavors, Dr. Elazar is an accomplished and innovative Jazz musician and will be performing Thursday night at Wilf campus with his Jazzphardic Project as part of the Nosotros at YU evening of Jewish-Latino art and music in partnership with the Philos Project. https://www.yu.edu/schneier/news-events Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Amsterdam. He was born in Miami to a Caribbean Sephardic family. He was trained and ordained as a rabbi and judge of Jewish law by Hakham Yosef Benarroch, at the Sephardic Centre of North Miami Beach and Hakham Mordekhay Levi de Lopes. He established a beth midrash (Jewish education centre) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 2009, and another in La Romana in 2013. Elazar-DeMota is the author of numerous books and articles on Western Sephardic Jewry.Item Open Access Columbus through Jewish Eyes: Joseph ha-Kohen's Sefer ha-India Ha-hadasha(The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs of Yeshiva University, 2022-04-27) Cassen, Flora; Holderness, J.B.; Perelis, Ronnie; Perelis, RonnieColumbus Through Jewish Eyes: Joseph ha-Kohen's "Sefer ha-India Ha-hadasha" - Professor Flora Cassen, Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, presents a discussion on the role of Jews in the discovery and early colonialism of America.Item Open Access Trauma and Repair: Psychologists and Social Workers Reflect on the Ukraine Crisis(Yeshiva University Libraries, 2022-04-04) Holderness, J.B.; Botman, Selma; Olson, Jess; Bate, Jordan; Békés, Vera; Beckerman, Nancy; Henshaw, LisaItem Open Access Elegy for Odessa(Yeshiva University Libraries, 2022-03-28) Botman, Selma; Olson, Jess; Wisse, Jacob; Vinokur, Val; Glaser, AmeliaA round table of historians and political scientists discuss the history and current situation in Odessa. Opening remarks by Dr. Selma Botman, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs. Contributors include: Dr. Val Vinokur, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, The New School; Dr. Amelia Glaser, Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of California, San Diego; and Dr. Jacob Wisse, Associate Professor of Art History, Yeshiva University. Moderated by Dr. Jess Olson, Associate Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva University. Recorded March 28, 2022.Item Open Access Book talk: Roya Kakakian: "A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious"(Yeshiva University Libraries, 2022-03-23) Hakakian, Roya; Holderness, J.B.; Perelis, RonnieAn Evening with Roya Hakakian: Immigration, Human Rights and Culture in a Globalized World - Poet, Human Rights Activist and Essayist Roya Hakakian discusses her new book on immigration "A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious." Recorded March 23, 2022.Item Metadata only Freedom, Human Rights and Jewish Values: The War in Ukraine(Yeshiva University Libraries, 2022-03-15) Holderness, J.B.; Blau, Yosef; Stone, Suzanne; Blau, Yosef; Luders, JosephA round table of historians and political scientists discuss the human rights impact of the war in Ukraine. Opening remarks by Dr. Selma Botman, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs. Contributors include: Dr. Joseph Luders, David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in Political Science and Associate Professor of Political Science; Suzanne Last Stone, Professor of Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at Cardozo Law School and Director of the Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization; Rabbi Yosef Blau, Mashgiach Ruchani [spiritual supervisor] of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Moderated by Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Director, Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs. Recorded March 15, 2022.Item Metadata only War by Other Means: The Legal, Cyber and Economic Fronts in the War in Ukraine(Yeshiva University Libraries, 2022-03-09) Botman, Selma; Perelis, Ronnie; 0000-0002-0338-2249; Kahn, James; Tehila, Sivan; Pearlstein, Deborah N.Yeshiva University round table discussion on the crisis in the Ukraine.Item Open Access Ukraine Under Attack: The Unfolding Situation in Ukraine [Roundtable] [video](Yeshiva University Library, 2022-02-28) 0000-0001-6796-489X; 0000-0002-5865-589X; Berman, Ari; Zimmerman, Joshua; Pilnik, Shay; Karlip, Joshua; Zaitseva, Maria; Olson, Jess; Shvetsov, DinaA roundtable of historians and political scientists discuss the unfolding situation in Ukraine. Opening remarks by President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman. Contributors include: Dr. Jess Olson, Associate Professor of Jewish History, Revel Graduate School; Dr. Joshua Karlip, Herbert S. and Naomi Denenberg Chair of Jewish Studies; Dr. Joshua Zimmerman, Eli and Diana Zborowski Professorial Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History; Dr. Maria Zaitseva, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science; Dina Shvetsov, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Political Science; and Dr. Shay Pilnik, Director, Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Recorded February 28, 2022.Item Metadata only Climate Resilience in the Middle East : ECOPEACE @YU(2022-02-09) Holderness, J.B.; Perelis, Ronnie; Bromberg, GidonClimate Resilience in the Middle East - Gidon Bromberg, co-founder and Israel director of EcoPeace Middle East, discusses climate solutions from Israel. Recorded February 9, 2022.Item Open Access Antisemitic and anti-Black Violence: Ukraine and Oklahoma, 1921.(A joint project of Judaic Studies @ YU, The Center for Israel Studies, The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Bernard Revel Graduate school of Jewish Studies, 2021-01-11) Bemporad, Elissa; Ellsworth, Scott; Olson, JessAntisemitic and Anti-Black Violence: Ukraine and Oklahoma, 1921 - Elissa Bemporad (CUNY) and Scott Ellsworth (University of Michigan), in conversation with Professor Jess Olson (Yeshiva University). Recorded January 11, 2021.Item Open Access Antisemitism, white nationalism and racism in America today.(A joint project of Judaic Studies @ YU, The Center for Israel Studies, The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Bernard Revel Graduate school of Jewish Studies, 2021-04-27) Ward, Eric; Olson, Jess; Holderness, J.B.Antisemitism, White Nationalism and Racism in America Today - Eric Ward, Executive Director, Western States Center (Portland, OR), in conversation with Professor Jess Olson (Yeshiva University). Recorded April 27, 2021.Item Open Access Kugel and frijoles: A conversation with the author.(A joint project of Judaic Studies @ YU, The Center for Israel Studies, The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Bernard Revel Graduate school of Jewish Studies, 2021-04-27) Limonic, Laura; Perelis, RonnieHyphenated Identities: Latino Jews in the US - Laura Limonic, Assistant Professor of Sociology (SUNY College at Old Westbury) discusses her book "Kugel and Frijoles: Latino Jews in the United States" with Professor Ronnie Perelis (Yeshiva University). Recorded April 27, 2021.Item Open Access Cities, suburbs and race.(2021-04-20) Perelis, Ronnie; Lebovits, Hannah; Holderness, J.B.CIties, Suburbs and Race - Dr. Hannah Lebovits, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs (University of Texas at Arlington), discusses human-centered sustainability issues in urban and metropolitan contexts with Professor Jess Olson (Yeshiva University). Recorded April 20, 2021.Item Open Access A synagogue of Mexico City's historic district: A virtual tour.(2021-04-06) Unikel-Fasja, Mónica; Perelis, RonnieA Synagogue of Mexico City's Historic District: A Virtual Tour - Mónica Unikel-Fasja leads a virtual tour of Synagoga Justo Sierra. Recorded April 6, 2021.Item Open Access Seeing matzah: From the Talmud to medieval haggadot.(2021-03-24) Perelis, Ronnie; Fine, StevenCrisis and Hope: YU Voices brings today's topics to life through in-depth interviews with leading experts in Jewish Studies and beyond from Yeshiva University. Item Open Access Ambassador Dan Shapiro and Rabbi Yosef Blau in conversation.(2021-03-17) Blau, Yosef; Shapiro, DanCrisis and Hope: YU Voices brings today's topics to life through in-depth interviews with leading experts in Jewish Studies and beyond from Yeshiva University. Item Open Access Diasporas and borderland: A virtual tour of Alejandro Meter's photography: Alejandro Meter.(A joint project of Judaic Studies @ YU, The Center for Israel Studies, The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Bernard Revel Graduate school of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, New York., 2021-03-04) Meter, Alejandro; Perelis, RonnieAs part of the Diasporas Project at the Schneier Program and the ongoing Crisis and Hope: YU Voices series, Professor Perelis hosts Alejandro Meter, a professor of Latin American literature (USD) and award winning photographer. Professor Meter discusses his series of portraits of artists and writers along the US-Mexico border and the Latin American Jewish diaspora. Dr. Meter began taking remote portraits during Covid which are particularly fascinating. Meter’s work has been shown throughout Latin America and Europe and you can learn more about this project here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/postcards-from-confinement/ His portraits are intimate and piercing and his ability to meld image with the personal story of these individuals opens up a window into these little known networks of culture and creativity that cross borders and nationalities.Item Open Access Lessons from Selma 1965, for American Jews 2020.(Sponsored by the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, Yeshia University., 2020-06-11) Berman, SaulLessons from Selma 1965, for American Jews 2020Item Open Access From Africa 70 to Zion 80: Race and culture in contemporary Jewish music [video](A joint project of Judaic Studies @ YU, The Center for Israel Studies, The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Program for International Affairs and the Bernard Revel Graduate school of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University., 2020-06-25) Madof, Jon; Olson, JessFrom Africa 70 to Zion 80: Race and Culture in Contemporary Jewish Music [video]