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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 […]

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 […]

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

After the Synagogue Shooting: Pittsburghers Reflect by Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust “Meanings of October 27th” is an oral history project that explores Jewish and non-Jewish Pittsburghers’ life histories and reflections on the October 27th, 2018 synagogue shooting at the Tree of Life building. Join project co-creators Noah Schoen and […]

The East Side Jew Who Conquered Europe by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Leon Trotsky through the Eyes of Jews – many Jews, during Trotsky’s lifetime, saw him differently. Jewish admirers viewed Trotsky as an intellectual genius and a fearless revolutionary; a Russian by cultural attainment but still a Jew in some essential sense; a Jewish hero […]

Circus Jews Under National Socialism: A Lecture/Performance by Leo Baeck Institute – New York The stories of Jewish circus artists between the world wars are told with sensitivity and humor by Stav Meishar, circus artist and academic.This event will explore the lives of Jewish circus artists in Germany from 1880-1945 and the process of transforming […]

15 Minute Yiddish – For Adults by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene 15 Minute Yiddish – A weekly lunch and learn with Motl Didner. The basics of Yiddish conversation, no Yiddish experience necessary. Live on Folksbiene Facebook Page

Yemenite Jewry: From the Times of the Temple to Today by the Institute of Jewish Experience A virtual tour of sights, sounds and culture with Drora Arussy, Director of the Institute of Jewish Experience of the American Sephardi Federation, and Eddie Ashkenazie, Co-Curator of the Teimani Experience. During this journey we will explore the unique history of […]

From Israel to Ethiopia: Virtual Tour with Einat Klein How did the Jews end up in Ethiopia, what was their significance in the royal court, what role did Biblical Judith play, where are the Tablets of the Covenant, and much more. Tour will be led by Einat Klein, a famous Israeli journalist, photographer and guide of ethno- and photo-tours […]

Jewish Chekists, Kolkhozniks and Komsomoltzy (1918-1930) by COJECO Virtual Academy of the Russian Jewish Heritage  in partnership with Federation CJA Historian and educator Yigal Kotler will devote this session to the first decade of the Soviet Jewish history- with all its new opportunities and challenges. The participation of Jews in the Cheka-NKVD and their role in the […]