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March 21, 2012
Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638
Katherine Aron-Beller will be speaking about her book on the Modena inquisition of 1598-1638.

November 10, 2011
Joseph in Africa: The Story of a Story
Morgan Johnson presents the illustrated lecture, "Joseph in Africa: A 3,000 Year Story of a Story Retold in the Multi-ethnic Continent of Africa."

October 4, 2011
The Three Waves of Jewish Migration to China, 1845-1940
Liliane Willens discussed "The Three Waves of Jewish Migration to China, 1845-1940."

June 7, 2011
Poet Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub reads from his new book of poetry, "Uncle Feygele," which explores the issues encountered by gay Orthodox Jews. He follows up with questions from the audience regarding the book and translating between English and Yiddish.

May 17, 2011
Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry
Emile Berliner (1851-1929) was a German-born immigrant whose inventions contributed to the birth of the recording industry. A largely self-educated man, Berliner was responsible for the development of the microphone, the flat recording disc and the gramophone player. Often overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled that of his better-known contemporaries Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. Like the works of these two inventors, Berliner's innovations helped shape the modern American way of life. Berliner's life, work and connection to Washington, D.C., where he lived for many years, is the subject of a talk by Samuel Brylawski and Karen Lund.

May 5, 2011
Women Against Tyranny: Poems of the Resistance During the Holocaust
Davi Walders speaks about her new book, "Women Against Tyranny: Poems of Resistance During the Holocaust."

April 13, 2011
Jews & Magic in Medici Florence
With work published widely in the course of his 30 years of archival research in Florence, Edward Goldberg founded the Medici Archive Project to provide worldwide public access to the historical data in the Medici Granducal Archive through a fully searchable database. Established by Grand Duke Cosimo I in 1569, the archive of the Medici Grand Dukes offers the most complete record of any princely regime in Renaissance and Baroque Europe. The 3 million letters contained in more than 6,000 volumes richly document more than 200 years of human history (1537-1743). Through introducing his latest publication, "Jews and Magic in Medici Florence," Goldberg outlines Medici Florence and the culmination of his study on the topic.


April 4, 2011
Arthur Szyk and His Passover Haggadah
Irvin Ungar discusses Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk and his haggadah created in the stunning style of medieval illuminated manuscripts.

March 31, 2011
Coffee, Culture and Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of Ethiopia
Heran Sereke-Berhan discusses coffee and intellectual property rights in Ethiopia

March 23, 2011
Joel ben Simeon & the Washington Haggadah
David Stern and Katrin Kogman-Appel discuss the 1478 Washington Haggadah illustrated by Joel ben Simeon, among the most gifted and prolific scribe-artists in the history of the Jewish book.

March 15, 2011
Education of Jewish Girls in Tsarist Russia
Eliyana Adler discusses her new book, "In Her Hands: The Education of Jewish Girls in Tsarist Russia."

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