Serial uprisings in Middle East, known as the Arab Spring, set the political stage for Sunday’s premiere of “Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace” at the Laemmle Fallbrook Theatre. “Today, the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt seem very fragile in this post-Mubarak era, and this documentary may help you better understand current events,” said Jody Myers, CSUN professor of religious studies and coordinator of the Jewish studies program. The film was meant to “focus on (the) historically impactful… Read more

CSUN Jewish studies will present a documentary about the 1979 peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, in a narrative film called, “Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace,” on Sunday at the Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7 Theatre.“Our purpose will be first and foremost to provide the documentary as a background to see if we can learn some lesson from the process. In order to apply it to current conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians,” said Kassem Nabulsi, professor of political science…. Read more

California is one of 20 states pioneering a 2012 change in science standards and requirements for students in K-12, according to the state’s department of education. This will be the first change in over a decade. Changes will shift the “emphasis of science education from memorizing factoids to understanding big ideas about how the world works and how we can use science to solve real problems,” said Dr. Matthew A. D’Alessio, CSUN professor of geoscience education. Selected states will review… Read more

Reverend James Lawson will lecture about civil rights and peaceful activism, in a speech called “empowering students for social change: lessons for today from the past,” Monday Sept. 26 from 4 – 6:45 p.m. “It is extremely exciting. Reverend Lawson is very very bight and knowledgeable and not only familiar with what has happened in the past, but continues to organize with social groups that work on social change. It is an exhilarating experience working with Reverend Lawson and he… Read more

A short-term increase in church attendance followed the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, as Americans converged to become part of a religious revival. “Right after 9/11, in America churches were flooded, people (wanted) to become part of a Christian or other represented group,” said Dr. Rick Talbott, religious studies department chair.  “Within a matter of months that went away, with a decrease in membership and conversions.” Except during the months immediately after the attacks, two-thirds of American adults think… Read more