Events
Center for Jewish Studies
Radical Jewish Politics Workshop
Humanities 2, Room 259Marking the centennial of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the UCSC Center for Jewish Studies invites you to attend an afternoon of roundtable discussions around the theme of “Radical Jewish Politics.” This event both addresses and pushes the standard canon to discuss a wide variety of contexts, not only on their own, but in conversation with […]
Freedom, Justice, Difference: The Merchant of Venice Now
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryEvent Video: Freedom, Justice, Difference: The Merchant of Venice Now 11.7.17 from IHR on Vimeo. Event Photos: Karin Coonrod, the Founding Director of Compagnia de’ Colombari, will join Nathaniel Deutsch and Sean Keilen for a public discussion of her path-breaking production of The Merchant of Venice in the Venice Ghetto (2016). Join us to discover […]
Daniel Lee: “A Sleepy English Village and a North African Jew: An Unlikely Story of French Resistance during World War Two”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesThe story of the Free French who rallied to Charles de Gaulle in London following the fall of France in June 1940 is well-known. But until now, historians have ignored the experiences of men and women from France and the French Empire who were not sympathetic to De Gaulle and the Free French, but who […]
Devin Naar: “Sephardic Archives from Analog to Digital: Three Tales of Memory and Visibility”
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United States"Sephardic Archives from Analog to Digital: Three Tales of Memory and Visibility" Join us as Devin E. Naar, founder of the Sephardic Studies Program at the University of Washington, traces three key moments in the development of Sephardic Studies libraries and archives in the 1880s, 1930s, and today. Often relying on community members to supply […]
Rachel Gross, The Jewish Deli Revival: Buying and Selling American Jewish Nostalgia
Humanities 1, Room 520 Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesIn recent years, there has been a nostalgic resurgence of interest in the Jewish deli menu. Restaurateurs and purveyors of Jewish food are deliberately making American Jewish food fit for the twenty-first century, emphasizing sustainability, local produce, and a nostalgic longing for family and communal histories. By selling and consuming a revitalized deli cuisine, American Jews […]
James Loeffler, “The Right to Be Heard – Jews, Human Rights, and Global Democracy”
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Ranch View Rd, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEvent Photos by Crystal Birns: Presented by The Humanities Institute and The Center for Jewish Studies 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights amid a time of crisis for global democracy. It is imperative that we revisit the history of the modern Human Rights movement and reexamine the relationship between […]
Antisemitism and the Internet: Old Hatred and New
CA, United StatesEvent Photos by Paul Schraub: As Ian Bogost noted in The Atlantic this week, recent events have shown that internet technologies facilitate the rapid spread of forms of bigotry and hatred, and the planning of violent terror attacks. This year's UC Santa Cruz Night at the Museum seeks to explore the relationship between these […]
Eli Yassif: Before Seinfeld – The Early Modern Roots of Jewish Humor
Humanities 1, Room 210 1156 high st, Santa cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join us for Eli Yassif's lecture "Before Seinfeld - The Early Modern Roots of Jewish Humor" Jewish humor has been described as one of the most outstanding characteristics of the Jewish People, and its history dates back to Biblical times. But is there really “Jewish Humor”, and if so, what are its major characteristics? […]
Layali Morocco: Jewish Songlines & Soundscapes
Kuumbwa Jazz CenterEvent Photos by Jessica Guild: Samuel Torjman Thomas & ASEFA ASEFA (meaning “gathering”) is led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud, violin, nay, and plenty of percussion, with songs in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Ladino, this trio ensemble traverses several North African song traditions. Drawing upon a rich intercultural […]
“Free Men” Film Screening
The Nickelodeon Theatre 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesFree Men (French: Les hommes libres) is a 2011 French film written and directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi, which recounts the largely untold story about the role that Algerian and other North African Muslims in Paris played in the French resistance and as rescuers of Jews during the German occupation (1940–1944). It features two historic figures: […]