Jewish Studies Calendar

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  • Shttl min
    • 5:15 pm    10/16/2025
    • Main Library Building, Room 66 (1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801)

    Film screening: SHTTL

    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.

  • Hilit
    • 5:00 pm    10/21/2025
    • Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB 1080, 707 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)

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

    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.

    • 5:00 pm    10/28/2025
    • Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S Lincoln Ave, Urbana, IL 61801)

    Songs for the Brokenhearted

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