AJA Programs & Events
Bringing Opportunities for the Study and Discussion of Broad Topics in American Jewish History
AJA Programs & Events
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The Untold Story of the Dorchester Tragedy (February 27, 2023)
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This Freedom Rider: Welcome To My Prison Cell (November 15, 2022)
A webinar film screening of This Freedom Rider, followed by a Q&A session with author & social activist, Rabbi Philip Posner,
the film's producer and screenwriter. November 15, 4:00pm ET Flyer (Download PDF) -
A Just and Lasting Peace: Abraham Lincoln's Plans to Reunite the Nation (September 20, 2022)
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"Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By" featuring Georgette Bennet & Judy Collins (August 17, 2022)
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--The Blessings and Curses of Assimilation-- (May 31, 5:00 p.m.)
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Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate: Sally Priesand Paves the Way (May 19, 2022)
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The Rabbis and the War Against Jim Crow Part Two (March 27th, 2022)
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The Rabbis and the War Against Jim Crow (Feb 20th, 2022)
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Julian E. Zelizer-- Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (Nov. 4th, 2021)
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THE PRESIDENTS VS. THE PRESS: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media—From the Founding Fathers to Fake News (May 6th, 2021)
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A SHADOWY HISTORY: JEWS AND ADOPTION IN COLD WAR AMERICA (March 30, 2021)
Featuring Gabrielle Glaser, Author of, American Baby: A Mother, A Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption
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Confronting Hate in a Broken World (Feb. 18, 2021)
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Theodore Bikel – In The Shoes Of Sholom Aleichem (March 8, 2020)
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Scholar-in-Residence Weekend @ Temple Judea, Coral Gables Florida (Jan 27-28, 2023)
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"Spellbinding Stories from the Stacks" (Temple Israel, Memphis TN) January 13-15, 2023
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"The Sukkah as a Metaphor for the American Jewish Experience"
--A Northern Hills Synagogue "First Fridays" presentation by Marcus Center Executive Director, Dr. Gary P. Zola (October 7, 2022).
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Cincinnati's First Permanent Jewish Resident: Joseph Jonas and the Founding of Jewish Communal Life in Cincinnati
A sermon by Dr. Gary P. Zola, delivered at Rockdale Temple (September 9, 2022).
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"The U.S. and the Holocaust" Ken Burns Documentary Screening at Cincinnati Museum Center (Sept. 12, 2022, 5:00pm)
Panel discussion with Marcus Center Executive Director, Dr. Gary P. Zola
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A Natural Alliance: Alexander M. Schindler on Black-Jewish Relations, 1987-1992 (August 10, 2022)
@18th World Congress of Jewish Studies
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Minnesota speaking tour: Mount Zion Temple 165th Anniversary in Context, American Jewry and the Fight for Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness (May 13-14, 2022)
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MLK Day 2022 Commemoration Program Address: "We Have to Think About the Future" (Jan 17th, 2022)
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"The History of Jewish Summer Camps in the South" @ Jewish Historical Society of Memphis and the Mid-South (January 9, 2022)
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Scholar-in-Residence Weekend @ Temple Israel of the City of New York (Dec. 10-12, 2021)
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"Steeled By Adversity: Jews and the History of Communal Health Crises in America" @ Baltimore Hebrew Congregation (Nov 11, 2021)
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Chestnut Street Cemetery Rededication Address (Sep. 26, 2021)
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"American Exceptionalism vs. American Jewish Exceptionalism" @ Chautauqua Institute (July 21, 2021)
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"The History of American Jewish Summer Camps" @ Museum of Jewish Heritage (July 8, 2021)
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"Revisiting Roselawn's Time As A Jewish Community" @ Cincinnati Public Radio ( June 7, 2021)
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Virtual Adult Education Class @ Valley Temple (May 19 & 26, 2020)
“They Will Think of Me for a Century: A Bicentennial Reflection on the Life of Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise”
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