Jewish Studies Public Programs Calendar
Events in this calendar are free and open to all unless otherwise noted. All times MST (Arizona). Events subject to change — see event page for up-to-date details. Pre-registration is required for all events via the links provided, so we may easily notify you of any unplanned schedule adjustments.
Due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in our community, all Jewish Studies programs in January will be offered via Zoom only. Any in-person events offered in 2022 will have limited seating capacity. Social distancing will be observed and masks will be required.
We are grateful for the support of our Community Partners!
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This year’s programming is offered in partnership with the Martin Pear JCC. Together, we are building connections, enhancing accessibility to ASU programs, and advancing the social and cultural well-being of the local community.
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Spring 2022 offered in partnership with Jewish Family & Children's Services Center for Senior Enrichment to further enrich community access to ASU programs, and enhance learning experiences for local seniors.
Upcoming Public Conferences
Judaism and public health: living in the shadow of pandemics
Judaism, Science and Medicine Group
Sunday, March 27, 2022
9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (MST) via Zoom
free and open to all
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has upended the life of all people worldwide, is still raging, despite the invention of a vaccine against the virus. The annual Judaism, Science, and Medicine Group (JSMG) conference will reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic from historical, sociological, legal, philosophical, and ethical perspectives. Special attention will be paid to clinical and practical lessons learned since the beginning of the pandemic, and the diverse responses of the Jewish community to the pandemic. Through interdisciplinary examination of accumulated data, the conference will reflect on the past and future of living in the shadow of pandemics.
2022 Upcoming Public Programs
Rabbis of the Talmud
series | The rabbis that shaped Jewish history
Stanley Mirvis
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies, ASU
RESCHEDULED
January 20 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Jewish women and the feminist revolution
Albert and Liese Eckstein Scholar-in-Residence
Pamela Nadell
American University
January 24 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Rabbis of the Middle Ages
series | The rabbis that shaped Jewish history
Stanley Mirvis
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies, ASU
RESCHEDULED
January 27 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Reading the Bible with ancient Jews and Christians
series | Ancient roots: Judaism and ancient Christianity
Blake Hartung
Religious Studies, ASU
February 1 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Rabbis of Early Modernity
series | The rabbis that shaped Jewish history
Stanley Mirvis
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies, ASU
RESCHEDULED
February 3 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Toward Judaism and Christianity: processes of separation
series | Ancient roots: Judaism and ancient Christianity
Francoise Mirguet
Jess Schwartz Associate Professor of Hebrew and Near Eastern Cultures, ASU
February 8 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Identities and Categories in Jewish Antiquity
series | Ancient roots: Judaism and ancient Christianity
Tim Langille
Religious Studies, ASU
February 15 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Why do people discriminate against Jews?
lecture
Jonathan Fox
Bar Ilan University
February 16 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom and in person at the Martin Pear JCC
12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
registration required
The silence of the Pope: Pius XII and the SS roundup of Rome’s Jews
The Lowe Family Lecture
David Kertzer
Brown University
February 22 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom and in person at the Martin Pear JCC
12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
registration required
New perspectives on dancing Jewish
workshop
Naomi Jackson
School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Arizona State University, Arizona State University
March 6 | 4 p.m.
via Zoom | registration required
Purim revenge fantasy
lecture
Stanley Mirvis
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies/History, Arizona State University
March 8 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom and in person at the Martin Pear JCC
12701 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale
registration required
Drunk with Genocide. Drinking Rituals and the Intoxication of Mass Murder in Nazi Germany
lecture
Edward Westermann
Texas A&M-San Antonio
April 3 | 5 p.m.
via Zoom and in person at the ASU Tempe campus
Memorial Union | Alumni Lounge (room 202)
registration required
Gender, genocide, and White Supremacy
lecture
Elisa von Joeden-Forgey
Keene State College
April 26 | 7 p.m.
via Zoom and in person at the Arizona Jewish Historical Society
22 E. Culver Street, Phoenix
registration required
From Samarkand to the Valley of the Sun: the history and culture of the Bukharan Jews
lecture
Daniel Stein Kokin
and
Stanley Mirvis
Harold and Jean Grossman Chair in Jewish Studies/History, Arizona State University
May 1 | 4-7 p.m.
in person
Beth El Phoenix | 1118 W. Glendale Ave., Phoenix
2021-2022 Past Programs
Religion and science: religion and trust
Campus antisemitism: where, when, and why Jews are targeted
lecture
Ayal Feinberg
Texas A&M University-Commerce
October 14 | 7 p.m.
event information
Jewish-Muslim relations through the ages: co-existence and conflict
The Lowe Family Conference
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Understanding the past is conducive to addressing the challenges of the present and the future. World-renowned historians, sociologists and scholars of religious studies examined the past and present of Jewish-Muslim relations.
Religion and science: religion’s role in human evolution
series | Religion and science
Paul Cassell
Leadership and Integrative Studies, ASU
October 20 | 7 p.m.
Conscious history: Polish Jewish historians before the Holocaust and today
The impossible art of survival: the poetry of Paul Celan
series | Thinking through literature after Auschwitz
Natalie Lozinski-Veach
International Letters and Cultures, ASU
November 9 | 7 p.m.
Ghost writing: Phillip Roth, Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz
series | Thinking through literature after Auschwitz
Brian Goodman
English, ASU
November 16 | 7 p.m.
Poetry and prose after Auschwitz: a roundtable
series | Thinking through literature after Auschwitz
Brian Goodman
English, ASU
Natalie Lozinski-Veach
International Letters and Cultures, ASU
Claudia Sadowski-Smith
English, ASU
November 30 | 7 p.m.
community partner event | Holocaust memory and its misuse during COVID-19
December 1 | 5:30 p.m.
Join our community partner Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Arizona for an informative webinar on the recent rise of Holocaust comparisons used to describe COVID-19 health mandates by local and national elected officials, and learn ways to combat them.