Jewish Studies Calendar

Thursday, October 16, 2025

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  Film screening: SHTTL

  5:15 pm

  Main Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)

  An award-winning film, SHTTL, portrays the lives of people in a small Ukrainian Jewish town (shtetl) at the border of Poland, 24 hours before the Nazi invasion.

  • Film Screening

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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  Between Amsterdam and the Antilles: Diaspora and Community in Colonial Curacao

  5:00 pm

  Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080, 707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)

  This talk explores Curacao's pivotal role at the height of its influence by examining the production and circulation of religious material culture, focusing on the significance of "the gift" within Sephardic communities across the Americas.

  • Lecture

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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  Songs for the Brokenhearted

  5:00 pm

  Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)

  Ayelet Tsabari will discuss her recent book "Songs for the Brokenhearted."

  • Lecture