Lecture and book signing by Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm – “19th Century German-Jewish Immigration to the United States and the Emergence of the Independent Order of B’nai Brith as a Pioneer of a New Civil Jewish Identity.” 4 p.m., 7th Floor lounge, YRT. Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm is Visiting DAAD Professor at Emory University in the Departments […]
Jewish Teacher Education Opening Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Vanier Senior Common Room – 010 Vanier College.
Dov Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University. “Philosophy versus Personality: Moderate Elements in the Messianic Lore of R. Menahem Mendel Schneersohn.” 7th Fl. YRT Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Dov Schwartz is professor of Jewish Thought at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, where he is currently The Natali and Isidor Friedman Chair for “Teaching the Writings of Joseph Dov Soloveitchik.” The author […]
Toronto book launch of Nazi Germany: Canadian Responses. 7 p.m., 7th Floor, York Research Tower. Four contributors to the book will comment: Professors Doris Bergen, University of Toronto, Richard Menkis, University of British Columbia, Harold Troper, University of Toronto, Michael Brown, York U niversity. The book is a project of the National Task Force on Holocaust […]
3 pm – Sunday, April 22, 2012 Robert R. McEwen Auditorium Executive Learning Centre, Schulich School of Business York University, Keele Campus