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How and where did Antisemitism develop? How has history impacted or developed Antisemitism to what we perceive it as today? These questions will be discussed in “Antisemitic Myths: From Medieval beginning to Contemporary Adaptations.” This seminar will span hundreds of years of history to further analyze how the development of Antisemitism and Antisemitic myths can […]

It may be surprising, but Jews have a long history of involvement in the alcohol industry in Israel, Europe, and North America. In his new presentation, Dr. Yigal Kotler will discuss what alcoholic beverages Jews drank in ancient times and how the Sages of the Talmud regarded alcohol. He will also talk about the widespread […]

COJECO welcomes Israeli expert on state security, historian, guide, and author of books about the secret war of the Soviet Union against Israel, Boris Dolin, to present “Israel at War 2023”. Mr. Dolin will highlight the background of the war against Hamas, analyze the current situation in the Middle East, immediate prospects and political forecasts […]

When Light Pierced the Darkness: A Danish Rescue Story by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust In 1943, Danish officials learned that the Germans were planning to deport all of the Jews in Denmark. Leo Goldberger was 13 years old when his family received an official warning to go into […]

The Volunteer Book Talk with Author Jack Fairweather by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust In “The Volunteer,” award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather reconstructs the remarkable, little-known story of Witold Pilecki, the Polish cavalry officer who spent nearly three years in Auschwitz clandestinely working to undermine the Germans and inform the […]

Jews and the Right by Leo Baeck Institute – New York Historian Philipp Nielsen will discuss his book, Between Heimat and Hatred: Jews and the Right in Germany, 1871-1935 with historian Jay Geller, author of the 2019 study The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction. They will examine the forces that shaped […]

Family History Today: Jewish Refugees & the U.S. Mexico Border by the Center for Jewish History In this presentation, Moriah Amit, the Center for Jewish History’s senior genealogy librarian, will explore the lesser-known history of Jewish refugee immigration to the U.S. via Latin America. Additionally, for those whose ancestors came to America through this route, […]

Journey to Yemen by the American Sephardi Federation ASF IJE Travels in Jewish History from home presents Journey to Yemen, a journey in time and space powered by Diarna Geo-Museum Tours. Vsit Yemen and learn about its millennia old Jewish community, visit major places of settlement and famous sites, and learn some unique aspects of this […]

Yiddish song: Step Forverts 10. Zhenya Lopatnik. Shura Lipovsky by The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience Shura Lipovsky performed as a singer, a Jewish storyteller (Magid) and a songwriter, in most of the important concert halls (The Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall New York, Salle Gaveau in Paris etc.) and has been a regular teacher in klezmer festivals around […]

Pride Shabbat: Masha Gessen & Pete Buttigieg by Congregation Beit Simchat Torah – CBST Masha Gessen is the author of ten books, including the just published Surviving Autocracy, the National Book Award-winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at […]

Houdini Comes Alive by the Jewish Museum of Maryland Harry Houdini wasn’t born. He was invented. The world’s most famous magician began life as Erik Weisz, the son of a Hungarian rabbi. In 1878 immigration to the U.S. transformed Erik Weisz into Ehrich Weiss. It was the first of many transformations for the man who would become […]

Bronx Bohemians, with David Mazower by the Yiddish Book Center An illustrated presentation about the cosmopolitan literary salon of Yiddish poet Bertha Kling. From the 1900s to the 1950s, the Klings’ apartment in the Bronx was a gathering place for Yiddish writers, musicians, and actors, somewhere to hear the latest Yiddish modernist poetry, literary gossip, […]

The Parisian School: Sentimental Journey to the  Russian Jewish Montparnasse with Yulia Patrakova Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, and many others will become the heroes of our artistic encounter. (In Russian) Yulia Patrakova is a literary and art critic. She is engaged in Jewish family educational and entertainment programs. Please join via Zoom link

How the USSR Tried to Turn Jews into Model Soviets (1930-1940) by COJECO Virtual Academy of the Russian Jewish Heritage in partnership with Federation CJA At this session with historian and educator Yigal Kotler, we will discuss the paradoxical Birobidzhan project, the influence of collectivization and industrialization on the Jews, the authorities fighting against the use […]

“Fairytale Shabbat” with Rabbi Ilana Baird. Shabbat stories and songs, holiday candles and blessings. For the whole family. (In Russian) Watch live on COJECO Facebook page