Memorial Foundation - Academic Convocation 2001

 

 

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Academic Convocation 2001:
AN EPIC CENTURY OF JEWISH LIFE


"The Jewish People in the 20th Century:
 Looking Back; Facing the Future"

The 2001 Academic Convocation was sponsored jointly by the Memorial Foundation and the Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History. Enjoy here lectures by renowned scholars and academics who participated in this historic event (January 14-15, at the Center for Jewish History, NY).

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Keynote Address: "Memory and Hope: The Jewish People at the Turning of the Millennium"
Arthur Hertzberg    [bio]

"The Jewish People in the 20th Century: Looking Back"
Michael Stanislawski    [bio]
Aviezer Ravitzky    [bio]

"The Jewish People in the 20th Century: Varieties of Jewish Cultural Expression"
Frederic Brenner    [bio]
David Roskies    [bio]
David Weiss-Halivni    [bio]

"The Jewish People in the 20th Century: From Powerlessness to Power"
David Engel    [bio]
Shmuel Trigano    [bio]
Anita Shapira    [bio]

"The Jewish People in the 20th Century: The Dimensions of Jewish Peoplehood"
Moshe Halbertal    [bio]
Menachem Bankier    [bio]
Jacob J. Schachter    [bio]

"Facing the 21st Century"
Ismar Schorsch     [bio]

"Remembering Alexander Schindler"
Rhea Schindler

Concluding Remarks
Jerry Hochbaum    [bio]