Schwalb Center Events
SPRING 2022 EVENTS
Thursday, May 12, 2022 | Luncheon, Discussion & Book Signing with Dr. Alla Shapiro
Dr. Alla Shapiro discussed her experiences as a stateless refugee in Rome fleeing the Soviet Union after Chernobyl, on Thursday, May 12 starting at 12 noon via Zoom and at the Jewish Community Center, 333 S 132nd St, Omaha, NE 68154.
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February 22/March 22,2022 | Lecture and Q&A Session: Three Model Blood Libels about Israel: Vaccines, Evictions, and Apartheid
The 2022 Sokolof Lecture, “Three Model Blood Libels about Israel: Vaccines, Evictions, and Apartheid,” lecture, question & answer session, with Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, Antonin Scalia School of Law, and Director, Center for International Law in the Middle East at George Mason University.
March 29 at 7:00 PM CT | Saving the Holy Middle Ground: Reimagining the Future of Conservative Judaism
Tristan Newman, a senior at UNO in Religious Studies and History, will examine the history and current state of Conservative Judaism and advocate for maintaining plurality of practice in a virtual event on March 29 at 7:00 P.M. This works builds on Newman's previous presentation for the Schwalb Center, Zionism for Generation Z: Drawing from Jewish Ethics, that grew out of his History of Zionism independent study with Dr. Jeannette Gabriel.
April 5 at 1:00 to 2:30 PM CT | Jewish Histories of Iran with Dr. Lior Sternfeld
Dr. Lior Sternfeld, an Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Penn State University, will present "Jewish Histories of Iran: Transforming Communities in Times of Upheaval and Revolution" on April 5, 2022 from 1:00-2:30 P.M. in CPACS Commons, Room 132.
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April 5 at 6:00 PM CT | Iranian Jews in the Diaspora with Dr. Lior Sternfeld
Dr. Lior Sternfeld, Associate Professor of History & Jewish Studies at Penn State University, is a social historian of the modern Middle East with particular interests in Jewish (and other minorities') histories of the region. His 6 pm lecture on April 5th, Iranian Jews in the Diaspora - The Making of Jewish "TehrAngeles", will focus primarily on Jews from Tehran who have created community in Los Angeles, CA.
Persian Dinner & Lecture Staenberg Kooper Fellman Campus 333 S. 132nd Street, Omaha, NE 68154
Dinner will be a vegetarian/fish meal catered by Ahmad's Persian Cuisine; if you would prefer a kosher meal from Star Catering - please select during reservation.
We will have limited space; no walk-ins will be allowed.
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