Building Peace Across the Globe: A Workshop with Brie Loskota
Lake View Terrace Room 13901 Nordhoff St, Pacoima, CA, United StatesJoin us for a talk with Brie Loskota as she discusses the field of peacekeeping.
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Building Good Kids: How Twentieth-Century Jewish Culture Tried to Save the World One Child at a Time
Johnson AuditoriumProfessor Miriam Udel, Emory University, will deliver the 12th Annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics on Dec. 2, 4:00-5:15, in Johnson Auditorium. In the early decades of the twentieth century, a lively, multifarious literature for children sprang into being across four continents in the Jewish hybrid language of Yiddish. The cultural and educational...
Peacebuilding Through Art-Making
Maple Hall 317These sessions offer an enjoyable way to process the challenging content offered by our expert speakers and community leaders. The Jewish Studio Process combines accessible Jewish learning with art therapy best practices, inspiring breakthroughs in personal and organizational wellbeing.
Compassionate Conversations: A Kids Book about Israel & Palestine with author Reza Aslan
Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHow can children’s books and families’ shared reading experiences foster empathy, resilience, and the skills for peace building even in the midst of violent conflict? Join Reza Aslan, author of A Kids Book About Israel & Palestine, in conversation with Miriam Udel, a scholar of Yiddish children’s literature and author of the New York Times...
The Futures of Memory w/ Natasha Zaretsky
Jerome Richfield 202In the face of political violence and injustice, societies negotiate meaning and identity through memory. How we grapple with complicated pasts also tells a story about broader cultural values. Dr. Zaretsky will draw on her ethnographic research with Jewish Argentines to show how a community responds to the reality that perpetrators of violence may never...
The Parents Circle-Families Forum: Listening from the Heart
Jack and Florence Ferman Presentation Room, University LibraryThe Parents Circle-Families Forum is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization made up of more than 800 bereaved families. Their common bond is that they have lost a close family member to the conflict. But instead of choosing revenge, they have chosen a path of reconciliation. The PCFF models constructive dialogue around shared values including the sanctity...